Our customer, the world's leading taste and nutrition company for the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries, are looking to appoint a Process Technology Manager to drive continuous improvement, consult on special projects with customers, and optimize existing products and processes. The PT Manager will serve as the technical lead on a cross functional team for operations of the Norwich, NY site.
Key responsibilities
- Develop standard manufacturing procedures for existing products and process improvement projects scaled up to production. This includes all in-process and finished good specifications.
- Advise on upscaling plans and implementations including complex blends.
- Maintain and optimize process control recipes used in the manufacture of proteins.
- Assist Product Development in bench/pilot development of products and new introductions.
- Propose continuous improvement projects in the manufacturing processes and develop plans to implement.
- Provide technical support with TSS.
- Target optimization of key products that will drive efficiency and capacity for the plant.
- Provide support for the design and coordination of pilot plant experiments for new product introduction, customer investigations, process improvements and troubleshooting with the R&D team.
- Travel with sales team to key customers where process expertise is required.
- Review and approve all operations discrepancies and deviations.
- Responsible for transfer of products in and out of the Norwich facility.
- May be required to handle hazardous waste (internal training provided).
Qualifications and skills
EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE:
- Minimum BS in related sciences or process engineering.
- Familiar with statistics and process control systems.
- A minimum of 3 years' experience in the pharmaceutical or pharmaceutical ingredients industry with strong understanding of current good manufacturing practices (cGMP's).
- Leadership experience preferred.
SKILLS:
- Strong problem solving and organizational skills.
- Good interpersonal skills.
- Able to manage multiple priorities.
- Good written and verbal communication skills.
- Able to work and achieve results under pressure.
- Must be able to work independently, without direct supervision as well as work in a team environment
- Able to translate a concept into a workable manufacturing process.
If this description sounds like the opportunity that you have been looking for, please apply here!