Process Engineer - 1st Shift
About The Position
The Process Engineer supports the Plant Manager in delivering benchmark results, with a focus on Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE), quality, material utilization, scrap, and cost. The position owns daily +QDCI huddles, execution of key loss-elimination action plans, and OEE group gap analysis for all process centers. This is a first-shift position, Monday through Friday, 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The role owns defect handling, centerline standards, and quality standards; supports process reliability; and provides technical expertise and coaching to resolve work-center issues and improve performance. It also supports projects, initiatives, and engineering studies, coordinating with Product Development and Process Validation to ensure vertical startup criteria are achieved. The work requires compliance with dress-code regulations, completion of necessary training and pre-employment testing, and working in conditions involving exposure to product, dust, grease, and packaging machinery hazards. Opella describes itself as a globally certified B Corp company and states its commitment to helping create healthier people and a healthier planet.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in engineering or a science discipline is preferred.
- Must be able to perform without close supervision.
- Must provide performance metrics to drive improvement.
- Must comply with dress-code regulations and be willing to undergo necessary training.
- Must complete required pre-employment testing.
- Must be able to work in conditions involving exposure to product, dust, grease, and packaging machinery hazards.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in pharmaceutical or food and beverage manufacturing is preferred.
- Lean Six Sigma Certification is desirable.
- Previous pharmaceutical experience is desirable.
- Familiarity with production automation systems such as SAP is desirable.
Responsibilities
- Identify root causes of product defects and drive elimination of their causes.
- Develop team capability to execute centerline (CL) standards; own, track, and report centerline process measures; evaluate and coach results; set direction for and support action plans; and drive centerline deviations to root-cause elimination.
- Develop team capability to execute quality standards; own, track, and report centerline process measures; evaluate and coach results; set direction for and support action plans; and drive deviations to root-cause elimination.
- Monitor OEE, uptime, downtime, changeovers, and scrap.
- Analyze variance reports and coach the team to develop and execute improvement plans.
- Provide technical expertise and daily coaching while resolving work-center issues.
- Perform root-cause analysis and build capability within the team.
- Provide technical coaching on Kaizen execution.
- Support project, initiative, and engineering-study execution, ensuring appropriate standards are provided to the business.
- Interface with Product Development and Process Validation to ensure vertical startup criteria are achieved.
- Complete weekly and monthly reports in a timely manner to support improvement.
- Interact with packaging supervision to identify development needs and develop team members.
- Provide performance metrics to drive improvement.
- Perform without close supervision.
- Comply with dress-code regulations, undergo necessary training, and complete required pre-employment testing.
Benefits
- Employees may be eligible to participate in company employee benefit programs.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
