Process Engineer

Opella • Chattanooga, TN

17d • $20 - $21 • Onsite

About The Position

Your job as a Process Engineer will support the Plant Manager in delivering benchmark results, specific focus is on Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE), Quality, Material utilization, scrap, and cost. Ownership for daily +QDCI huddles. The Process Engineer will own execution of key loss elimination action plans ib the OEE group gap analysis for all process centers.

Requirements

• You must have a bachelor's degree in engineering, or a science discipline preferred.
• Experience in manufacturing of pharmaceuticals or food and beverage industries preferred.
• Ensure weekly and monthly reports are completed in a timely manner to support improvement.
• Interact with packaging supervision to identify development need and to develop team members.
• Must provide performance metrics to drive improvement.
• Must be able to perform without close supervision.
• Must provide performance metrics to drive improvement.
• You are required to comply with dress code regulations, be willing to undergo necessary training, and work in conditions with exposure to product, dust, grease, and packing machinery hazards.
• You need to complete the required pre-employment testing.

Nice To Haves

• Additional qualifications such as Lean Six Sigma Certification, previous pharmaceutical experience, and familiarity with Production Automation Systems like SAP are desirable.

Responsibilities

• Defect Handling Ownership
• Identify the root cause of product defects
• Drive the elimination of the defect cause
• Centerline owner
• Develop team capability to execute Centerline (CL) standards
• Own, track, report CL in process measure and evaluate and coach results
• Set direction for and support execution if action plans
• Drive CL deviation to root cause elimination
• Quality owner
• Develop team capability to execute Quality standards
• Own, track, report CL in process measure and evaluate and coach results
• Set direction for and support execution if action plans
• Drive CL deviation to root cause elimination
• Process Reliability support resource
• Monitor OEE, uptime, downtime, change overs, and scrap
• Analyze variance reports and coach team to develop and execute improvement plan
• Provide technical expertise and daily coaching during resolution of work center issues
• Perform Root Cause analysis and build capability in the team
• Provide technical coaching on Kaizen execution
• Project and Initiative support resource
• Support project, initiative, and engineering study execution to ensure appropriate standards are provided to the business
• Interface with Product Development and Process Validation to ensure vertical startup criteria are achieved

Benefits

• At Opella, you will enjoy doing challenging, purposeful work, empowered to develop consumer brands with passion and creativity.
• This is your chance to grow new skills and be part of a bold, collaborative, and inclusive culture where people can thrive and be at their best every day.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees