Process Engineer - Flavors Manufacturing

Givaudan•East Hanover, NJ

8d•$80,000 - $90,000•Onsite

About The Position

Join us and celebrate the beauty of human experience. Create for happier, healthier lives, with love for nature. Together, with our customers, we deliver food innovations, craft inspired fragrances and develop beauty and wellbeing solutions. There’s much to learn and many to learn from, with more than 17,000 employees around the world to explore ideas and ambitions with. In the USA, we develop, market and produce a wide array of solutions from our 25 most innovative sites, based across the country. Stretch your skills, create and get inspiration from passionate colleagues. Every day, your energy, your thirst for knowledge, and your creativity will shape our future, making a positive difference on billions of people. Every essence of you enriches our world. We are Givaudan. Human by nature. We have an expanded portfolio of products across flavors, taste, functional, and nutritional solutions. Additionally, we have a deep knowledge of the food ecosystem. Our passion is to collaborate with customers and partners to develop game-changing innovations in food and beverages. Reporting to the Process Tech Manager at our East Hanover, NJ manufacturing facility, you will be onsite to provide technical and automation support within operations. This role is ideal for an Engineer or a related technical field with an understanding of production facilities, automation, and daily problem resolution.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, or science related degree
2+ years of experience in a manufacturing environment with process/project work
Experience working with diverse workforce including technical teams, manufacturing groups, and leadership

Nice To Haves

Manufacturing/Engineering technical background, including product industrialization, process engineering, complex machinery and material flow, installations and evaluation of equipment into a growth environment.

Responsibilities

Lead investigations, perform root cause analysis, and lead corrective and preventive actions in partnership with cross-functional teams
Use statistic analysis and problem-solving tools to support investigation and action plan
Work with the shop floor to implement sustainable solution, using technical data, analytical skills, lab bench and shop floor expertise to provide higher performance
Define process and formula improvements to improve site performance (quality, cost reduction, yield, safety)
Coordinate resources and partners to ensure change management and project acceptance
Provide site process engineering support. Identify, justify, provide scope, and process requirements for technical process improvement projects.
Oversee startup of new equipment / processes
Provide operations solutions for formula and process issues such as poor yield, chronic quality issues, excessive processing time, insufficient process controls, high product discard levels, formula, or process related safety issues.
Provide solutions for the rework of out of specification product that requires technical intervention.
Support site improvement projects such as product transfers, quality improvement projects, yield improvement projects, cost reduction, and capacity improvement projects.