Production Engineer
Are you looking to join a growing, global pharamceutical company? Our client, a leader in the development and manufacturing of injectable and inhalation products, is looking for someone who can oversee the entire production process from receiving raw materials to packaging and shipping.
General Responsibilities:
Monitoring: Closely monitor day-to-day plant operations. Monitor yield, costs, downtime, productivity, WIP and quality for the assigned production process. Monitor whatever is necessary to effectively manage and optimize the production process.
- Develop and track daily, weekly and monthly yields and production for each step versus standards.
- Develop a nearly real-time database of key operating data for each step for use in process optimization.
- Report daily production, yield, and downtime for each step in the assigned production process in order to better optimize production, costs and quality.
- Regularly attend pre-shift brief
- Monitor quality of all raw materials, WIP and production
Scheduling: Assure the production schedule is met through the scheduling of raw materials, trouble shooting production and process issues, timely maintenance of the production equipment and proper direction.
- Ensure the operators are given timely and clear instructions as to operating schedules, WIP blends, etc.
- Manage downtime, shutdowns and maintenance to maximize productivity.
- Integrate product forecast with equipment utilization.
- Ensure all necessary supplies are on-hand to achieve our production and cost goals
- Provide timely disposition and movements of raw materials, in process and finished product.
- Perform level-loading on unit operations to avoid swings in WIP build and ensure smooth operation between Manufacturing, Packaging, and sales demand
Cost Reduction: Aggressively work to reduce operating costs by reducing downtime, increasing productivity, increasing yields and reducing raw material costs in the assigned production process.
- Identify and support the implementation of process improvements.
- Optimization of batch reaction and distillation unit operations.
- Assess and optimize workflows and utilization (both personnel and equipment)
Process & Production Supervision: Plans, directs and coordinates to ensure that production meets output and quality goals while remaining in budget
- Trouble-shoot production and process issues
- Works with supervisors, operators and maintenance personnel to solve process problems and advise corrective actions as needed;
- Resolves operational, manufacturing, and maintenance problems to ensure minimum costs and prevent operational delays
- Provide direction and training as required.
- Issue daily notes as necessary to communicate in a clear and timely fashion, current operating conditions and materials usage instructions to the floor operating personnel.
- Work on increasing capacity of the assigned unit
- Maintain up-to-date process related documentation (development of standard work instructions; SOPs, validation protocols, technical instructions, etc.).
- Participating in the development of standard work instructions;
Qualifications
Requirements:
- Minimum BS in Chemical Engineering.
- 3+ years experience working in a chemical or organic synthesis pharmaceutical manufacturing facility.
- Strong Process Engineering background.
- Practical experience with batch and continuous distillation desirable.
- Experience with HHCs such as chlorine and HF essential.
- Strong experience with organic chemical reactions desirable.
- Experience with PLCs and automation is highly preferred
- Experience with validation and batch records in an FDA-regulated environment desirable
- Ability to relate well with people
- Experience with training personnel is desirable
- Proficient with MS Word and Excel.
- Experience with Lean and Six Sigma, as well as analytical tools such as Minitab or Aspen, is desirable
- Able to work independently with little supervision.
- Broad and deep knowledge of many chemical engineering unit operations
- Thorough understanding of principles and practices of chemical & pharmaceutical manufacturing, cGMPs, utility systems
- Excellent written & verbal communication skills are needed.
- The ability to multi- task is essential