Formulation - Engineer 3

TekWissen•Greensboro, NC

5d•Onsite

About The Position

Provides the formulation engineering technical capability in both existing and novel manufacturing technologies to maximize quality, capacity and efficiency outcomes during scale-up, and after launch, of new formulated products to commercial manufacture. Generates the process definition in CP capital projects, including process plant design and equipment evaluation and specification. Progress projects to increase manufacturing capacity, improve quality and/or reduce manufacturing costs at CP sites and/or the bulk supply chain. Provides advice for the creation and implementation of development programs and procedures within the formulation engineering processing area.

Requirements

Technical skills referenced to TCDS.
Should uphold high organizational standards, values, and policies, especially for Health Safety and Environment.
Should understand stakeholder and customer needs, develop and maintain a strong network with them.
Should have ability to communicate technical facts, ideas, and opinions to a general or technical audience.
Should understand formulation scale-up, process risk assessment and formulation processing study activities.
Should have highly collaborative approach in working across regions to simplify, harmonize and continuously improve formulation processes.
Should be able to confidently recommend technical options and alternatives based on available data.
Should have good project and time management skills.
Should be well organized and have strong attention to detail.
B.S. Engineering degree with 5+ years of proven experience (adjusted based on further degree) technical position in formulation processing development or formulation manufacturing.
Strong continuous improvement, process risk assessment and HSE excellence mindset.
Experience working in cross-functional organizations, transiting in a dynamic and uncertain environment ensuring effective and focused project delivery (on time and in budget).
Proven ability to prioritize activities and manage multiple requests from different stakeholders.
Understanding of the end-to-end processes for product development, formulation processing scale-up and lifecycle management.

Responsibilities

Support all Safety and Compliance requirements.
Must be fully knowledgeable of, and compliant with all client safety policies and department standard operating procedures.
Must lead by example, to drive a strong safety culture of individual accountability.
Delivers the scale-up of formulation processes from lab to full-scale manufacturing ensuring process safety, health and environmental subjects are fully anticipated.
Support technology transfer teams for inter-regional transfer or re-siting of products and is the technical lead in product establishment teams, and a member of the technical start-up team for new processes and equipment at client manufacturing sites or tollers.
Designs pilot plant trials and full-scale manufacturing trials - writes operating procedures, trains operating team, provides technical supervision, documents the outcomes, and identifies next steps and shares best practices.
Applies formulation engineering processing knowledge to identify solutions that improve capacity, quality, and cost efficiency at manufacturing sites and/or in the bulk supply chain and is a member of the project teams that implement these solutions.
Recognized as technical resource for other engineers in North America.
Progresses projects to seek out and introduce innovative manufacturing technologies for implementation in the pilot plant, production sites or supply chain.
Progress evaluation and trials novel processing technologies and techniques, and works with site manufacturing teams to introduce into full-scale manufacture in CP.
Contribute to the development of technology improvement plans over a 5Yr horizon
Help lead in the overall success of departmental operations i.e., safety, efficiency and productivity initiatives.
May take a lead role in department teams or initiatives.