Process Engineer I
About The Position
The Process Engineer I is responsible for defining and specifying cGMP process equipment, piping, and controls to enhance process capability and production volume while maintaining and improving quality standards. This role involves assisting in equipment design review, site acceptance, and installation, as well as troubleshooting filling and packaging equipment to prevent downtime. The engineer will develop and improve existing processes, ensure equipment uptime, and serve as a technical expert for assigned areas in filling or packaging. Key aspects include maintaining reliable and safe manufacturing systems, improving production metrics, coordinating engineering trials, preparing project documentation, and supporting QA and Validation departments.
Responsibilities
- Define and specify cGMP process equipment, piping, and controls related to the creation of products that improve process capability and production volume while maintaining and improving quality standards.
- Assist in the design review, site acceptance, and installation of equipment.
- Troubleshoot filling and packaging equipment and provide solutions to prevent downtime.
- Develop and improve existing processes and methods for control and troubleshooting of manufacturing technical problems.
- Ensure equipment uptime through the expedient, effective resolutions of production equipment problems to meet objectives for filling and packaging lines.
- Troubleshoot filling and packaging line issues related to equipment, people, materials and quality. Lead implementation of changes to correct the issues and prevent downtime.
- Serve as the technical expert for the assigned area in filling or packaging.
- Maintain reliable and safe manufacturing systems while improving production rates, efficiency, yields, costs and changeovers.
- Be flexible to work on off-shifts as needed to support a 3 shifts operation.
- Coordinate and perform engineering trials and then prepare reports and present the findings.
- Prepare documents for support of projects including project scopes, presentation of conceptual designs, capital requests, specifications, piping and instrumentation diagrams, process flow diagrams, schedules, requests for quotations, project expenditures, project procedure, correspondence, start-up procedures and cost estimates.
- Support QA and Validation departments by preparation of design documents and assisting in protocol generation and execution.
- Assist in investigations or process equipment, utility systems, and control anomalies as well as safety incidents.
- Implements connective/preventive actions for existing equipment and manufacturing processes.
- Prepare change control documentation.
- Write and modify procedures for the proper operation of new and/or existing equipment.
- Propose and implement operational efficiency improvements for production lines utilizing Lean principles.
- Assess safety requirements and ensure that these are integrated into the process.
- Support Sr. Manager in research and purchase of new manufacturing technology and equipment.
- Ensure projects are completed on time.
- Ensure financial budgets are followed.
- Assist with training of operations and maintenance personnel as needed.
- May supervise mechanical, electrical and automation contractors as well as Maintenance mechanics, Contract Engineers and Construction Contractors.
- Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
