Title:  Process Engineer

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Job Summary:

The Process Engineer is responsible for organizing, coordinating, and/or performing modifications, validations, and enhancement of processes to ensure maximum yields, quality, cost effectiveness to ensure the molding area are an optimal process. The Process Engineer will be accountable for implementing sustainable processes and will be responsible for measuring and reporting results to ensure qualified processes reach and sustain and improve production levels. This position requires the handling of formal and informal team member mentoring. This role also includes presenting a professional appearance in line with the following job responsibilities as well as presenting a professional attitude. This job has a global scope of responsibility.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Manage and provide sound engineering support with hands on expertise and practices in projects from conception through production. Interact with engineering, management, site and corporate team members and/or vendors to develop engineering controls or required process improvements.
• Assume full responsibility for various Process Engineering projects as assigned, allowing the achievement of maximizing output and/or minimizing cost by either the implementation of new equipment and/or methods or the improvement of existing equipment and/or methods. Fully define projects via specifications or drawings.
• Plan, schedule, and perform project or sub-project details; follow-up on new and revised improvements to assure proper implementation. Operate within approved time schedules and project budgets.
• Consult and cooperate with Corporate/customer/supplier personnel as authorized and required. Maintain effective communication and working relationships.
• Keep supervisor advised of any unusual situation, which might impair the progress, execution, or final project objective so that they may act accordingly.
• Maintain an awareness of the “state of art” as it applies to our industry. Take part in educational programs pertinent to process engineering/projects.
• Instruct and train West Pharmaceutical Services personnel in the use of any special equipment that may be required after project completion.
• Provide technical support to other plants, departments, and divisions.
• Maintain accurate project records.
• Conduct any activities with established policies and corporate activities.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Protect WPS confidential information.
• Apply complex analytical judgment to a wide variety of duties in the engineering field you practice.
• Adhere to Company policies and always follow training procedures.
• Performs other duties, as assigned based on business needs.
• Conforms with and abides by all regulations, policies, work procedures, instruction, and all safety rules.
• Exhibits regular, reliable, punctual, and predictable attendance.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or working on a degree and equivalent experience required

Work Experience:

• Minimum 5 years of experience in Manufacturing Environment required

Preferred Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Excellent Interpersonal skills: good team player and individual contributor as well Ability of authoring / revising SOI, SOP’s, and validation documents
• Support and contribute to Lean Sigma programs and activities (Black or Green Belt)
• Working knowledge of SPC and Minitab software.
• cGMP knowledge.
• Ability of authoring / revising SOI, SOP’s, and validation documents
• Experience in Biotechnology / Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
• Able to be aware of all relevant SOPs as per Company policy as they are related to the position covered by this Job Description.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills.
• Good organizational skills.
• Effective problem-solving skills.
• Ability/courage to successfully communicate with any required parties.
• Able to always comply with the company’s safety policy

Travel Requirements:

• Estimated Amount 5%: Up to 13 business days per year

Physical Requirements:

• Job Demand Classification Details Light exerting up to 20lbs/9kg of force frequently, and/or negligible amount of force frequently constantly to move objects. If the use of arm and/or leg
• control requires exertion of force greater than that of sedentary work and if
• the worker sits most of the time, the job is considered light work.

Additional Requirements:

• Must be able to build strong relationships with peers and direct labor employees.
• While performing the duties of this job on the production floor, the employee regularly stands, walks, talks, and hears.
• Noise level in the work environment while on the production floor is usually moderate to loud. Hearing
• protection is required.
• Must be self-motivated, must have excellent people skills, written and verbal communication, problem
• solving, coaching, training, relationship building, managing resistance and project management skills.
• Must follow and comply with all Company and Plant policies, procedure (SOIs), rules and State and Federal laws

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West is an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.  If you have a special need that requires accommodation in order to apply to West, please send an email to Apply.Accommodation@westpharma.com.  Where permitted by law, an offer of employment with West Pharmaceutical Services, or any of its subsidiary or affiliate companies, is contingent upon the satisfactory completion of background screening and/or a pre-employment drug screening.