Sr. Engineer, Equipment

Herbalife•Winston-Salem, NC

21h•Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Engineer, Equipment works onsite at Herbalife’s Innovation and Manufacturing facility in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The role develops and implements technologies for production automation and quality control, and coordinates and manages design, construction, commissioning, installation, and process implementation for manufacturing, packaging, and distribution systems. It contributes to project planning and execution, including resource allocation, scheduling, contracting, budgeting, risk assessment, and tracking. The engineer also maintains effective communication with collaborators, organizes information to support future project improvements, works across departments, and presents project details and progress to management. The position partners with Worldwide Manufacturing and Engineering teams to provide technical support and deploy technologies and techniques that improve safety and comply with current good manufacturing practices (cGMP). It works in a collaborative environment focused on accountability, continuous improvement, and adapting to business requirements.

Requirements

At least 5 years of equipment and/or processing engineering experience, or related experience in an engineering manufacturing environment.
At least 3 years of experience in a cGMP or other regulated environment in food, dietary, nutritional, pharmaceutical, or related product industries.
Bachelor’s degree in Food, Bioprocess, Agricultural, Mechanical, Chemical, Electrical Engineering, or another engineering discipline.
Working knowledge of food or nutraceutical materials, processes, and equipment.
Strong project management and analytical ability, along with organizational and motivational leadership skills.
Ability to manage multiple and competing tasks.
Technical ability to understand food or pharmaceutical plant equipment and operations, as well as formulations, processes, and procedures.
Ability to frame and solve practical problems, carry them through to completion, and communicate results professionally and effectively in writing and orally.
Demonstrated ability to develop and execute complex scope, budget, timeline, resource-allocation, purchasing, contracting, communication, and tracking plans.
Working knowledge of GMPs and other regulatory requirements.
Proficiency with MS Outlook, Word, and Excel.
Knowledge of materials, processes, equipment, plant automation systems, and product-quality measurement systems such as X-ray, metal detection, check weighing, and lasers.
Knowledge of packaging materials and their interaction with equipment efficiencies.
Mechanical proficiency and understanding of equipment functionality and operation to establish, challenge, and optimize run rates and productivity.
Ability to meet the role’s physical demands, including seeing, hearing, speaking, and writing clearly, manual dexterity, and mostly standing, walking, and bending, with frequent lifting.

Nice To Haves

Experience with manufacturing integration and cultural change.

Responsibilities

Identify product quality-control opportunities with site collaborators using technologies such as X-ray, metal detection, check weighing, and lasers.
Develop concepts and implement equipment and plant automation, including robotics, AGVs, and intelligent warehousing.
Identify standard-methodology technologies that address safety, quality, and production opportunities and support the Herbalife “Build it Better” culture.
Design, coordinate, construct, install, and commission process and packaging equipment lines.
Apply packaging and process automation methodologies while accounting for packaging design and product properties.
Work with in-house manufacturing and contract manufacturers to ensure process and packaging systems and procedures provide consistent operating conditions and protect finished-product safety and integrity.
Troubleshoot component, material, and machinery-process problems in coordination with Quality, Production, Operations, Maintenance, vendors, and OEMs.
Draft protocols and execute packaging-line and process-capability trials in support of commercial deployment.
Support validation and qualification work, including FAT, SAT, IQ, OQ, and PQ, at Herbalife facilities or with outside partners.
Develop SOPs to ensure processes consistently meet required operating standards for processing and packaging.
Capture and institute engineering standards based on lessons from previous projects for future manufacturing projects.
Develop detailed performance schedules for major tasks and coordination areas, and monitor responsiveness and execution by Herbalife and outside vendors.
Maintain effective communication with collaborators and record and organize project information for future improvement.
Present project details and progress to management.
Perform additional duties as assigned.

Benefits

Group health programs, including medical, dental, vision, HSA, FSA, basic life/AD&D, short- and long-term disability, and an employee assistance program.
401(k) plan.
Wellness Incentive Program.
Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP).
Supplemental life, critical illness, hospitalization, and accident insurance.
Pet insurance.
Company-observed U.S. holidays, floating holidays, vacation, and sick time.
Volunteer Program.
Paid maternity and paternity leave.
Bereavement leave, personal leave, and time off for voting.