Production Engineer

CSL • Kankakee, IL

1d • $90,000 - $106,000

About The Position

The Production Engineer provides frontline engineering support for manufacturing equipment, helping minimize downtime while maintaining GMP compliance. The role supports equipment troubleshooting, reliability improvement, maintenance and asset-health monitoring, formal change management, continuous improvement, asset information lifecycle management, project and shutdown activities, and quality, safety, and regulatory compliance. It also supports validation and qualification documentation and equipment-related audits. The position may include other duties assigned by senior management.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering (Chemical, Mechanical, or Electrical) or a related field; the posting identifies engineering as required and a related field as preferred.
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience in the pharmaceutical, food, or chemical process industry.
• Experience leading day-to-day decisions and personnel management.
• Strong knowledge of cGMPs and their application in manufacturing.
• Proven ability to lead projects from start to finish, completing them on time, within budget, and to high quality standards.
• Competencies include continuous improvement and Lean/Six Sigma, analytical problem solving, and stakeholder engagement and communication.

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge of Six Sigma/Lean principles.

Responsibilities

• Provide frontline engineering support for manufacturing equipment and respond to production-floor equipment issues to minimize downtime while maintaining GMP compliance.
• Support equipment-breakdown troubleshooting using structured problem-solving and reliability engineering methodologies.
• Participate in Root Cause Analysis (RCA) investigations and support corrective and preventative actions (CAPAs).
• Review corrective maintenance (CM) and preventative maintenance (PM) trends in SAP CMMS and analyze asset-health data.
• Support identification and implementation of predictive maintenance opportunities based on equipment performance, failure patterns, and risk assessments.
• Assist with monitoring equipment reliability metrics, including MTBF, MTTR, and maintenance effectiveness.
• Support equipment-related changes through formal change control processes in compliance with GMP and site engineering standards.
• Assist with continuous improvement initiatives to improve asset availability and reliability and optimize lifecycle costs.
• Maintain accurate, current asset information, including system specifications, URS, FS, P&IDs, equipment manuals, and SAP CMMS records, in accordance with asset lifecycle management principles.
• Support the Asset Information Management System by ensuring engineering documentation data integrity, traceability, and version control.
• Assist with updating asset criticality assessments and understanding risk priority scores (RPNs) to support risk-based maintenance strategies.
• Support engineering activities during planned shutdowns, including preparation, execution, and post-shutdown review.
• Assist in executing equipment-related CapEx- or OpEx-funded projects.
• Ensure engineering activities comply with GMP, EHS, and ISO 55000 asset management principles.
• Author, review, and approve SOPs, Change Controls, deviations, and CAPAs.
• Support validation, qualification, and documentation activities, including IQ/OQ/PQ support, as required by pharmaceutical quality systems.
• Support internal and external audits related to equipment, asset management, and reliability.
• Complete other duties and responsibilities assigned by senior management.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level