Process Engineer - Utilities

Responsibilities

The process engineer is responsible for supporting daily production, implementing process improvements, and provides technical leadership and expertise for production operations in the areas of Process and Equipment Qualification, Improving the Manufacturing and Business Processes, Process Safety Management, and Adherence to Business systems. The process engineer is considered, the owner for the process equipment and ensures proper care and maintenance practices are being followed to maximize the equipment performance and life.

This position is to support Utilities operations such as: Plant Utilities (HVAC, chill water, air compressors/dryers, boiler (steam & condensate) and Clean Utilities (water for injection (WFI), clean steam (CS), WPU, ROW, nitrogen)

Position Description, Functions, Duties, And Tasks

• Ensure equipment is commissioned and qualified to meet all safety, compliance, and operational objectives.
• Provide oversite and ownership for the development of key operational procedures and training material.
• Primary process owner at the unit operations level, integrating process and equipment knowledge.
• Monitor established control systems for process indicators to identify and follow-up on significant issues.
• Utilize formal problem solving techniques, including root cause analysis, to resolve issues leading to production delays.
• Own equipment-related deviation investigations, corrective/preventive actions, and changes.
• Perform equipment periodic reviews and maintain the qualified state of systems supported.
• Develop control systems to monitor and identify gaps in process team performance metrics
• Identify better equipment/unit operations technologies.
• Technical expert/support for installation and maintenance of process equipment.
• Transfer knowledge of equipment capabilities and operational techniques to operations and maintenance.
• Develop/maintain project improvement activities for capacity (yield, cycle time, cleaning, etc.); product quality, raw material cost, waste loads, process variability, equipment reliability and process safety.
• Perform and summarize improvement opportunities in technical reports through statistical analysis, plant trials, investigations, and process/unit operations modeling.
• Analyze and document incident common causes.
• Understand process/unit capacity constraints, and identify projects to prevent conflicts.
• Lead or participate in Installation Qualification (IQ)/Operational Qualification (OQ)/Performance Qualification (PQ) activities (including commissioning activities of new equipment or areas).
• Develop proposals to close identified gaps for process, unit, and site metrics and other business units.
• Develop capital project business cases and act as user representative for capital projects or delivery agent for local projects.
• Provide the technical leadership and problem solving skills for Safety and Process Safety incident investigations.
• Performs compliance related technical tasks such as emissions calculations, equipment evaluation, and application of material balances for environmental needs.
• Participates in process hazard reviews and other process safety activities. Serves as main resource for process safety issues on supported processes.
• Manage the implementation of countermeasures arising from deviations, spills, and safety related events.
• Maintain and establish the technical information for the processes: Equipment procedures, Hazard information/data, P&IDs, Material of construction compatibility, Material and energy balances, Characterizing performance metrics, Process Safety Information (PSI), Creation and maintenance of SOPs.
• Support the achievement of site KPIs, the change agenda, and/or critical Safety and Quality needs using lean/OpEx principles and tools
• Seek to influence and support any improvement initiative associated with the lean elements of common objectives, efficient high quality and safe work, continuous improvement, and development of people
  
  

Qualification/Skills

Education:

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical engineering, Science, or an Engineering discipline with mechanical experience.

Experience

• 5 years’ experience with utility and waste water operations such as chillers, cooling towers, boilers, steam generators, and equalization tanks.
• Understanding of and experience with FDA regulated pharmaceutical cGMPs and their application to work processes.
• Understanding of and experience with automated processes. Familiarity with Distributed Control Systems (DCS) (i.e. DeltaV, PRoVOX, etc.) and/or Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) systems.
• Ability to work effectively with other plant functions, including Tech Service/Manufacturing Sciences, Automation, Maintenance and Reliability, Quality Assurance, Quality Control, Project Engineering, Validation, and Logistics.
• Strong problem solving skills and expertise in root cause analysis tools (e.g. Causal Factor Charting, Fishbone Diagram, Fault Tree Analysis, Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA), etc.)
• Ability to communicate effectively with all levels of the organization from plant management to operations specialists.
• Excellent organizational, project, and time management skills. Ability to effectively manage and prioritize competing priorities and to handle change productively.
• Advocate for training and knowledge sharing.
• Process hazard identification and mitigation skills.
• Strong computer skills in various software packages (Microsoft applications, Aspen Process Explorer, etc.)
• Ability to influence others and managed difficult situations
• Competent in project planning and management
• Strong written and oral communication and presentation skills
• Comfortable working in both excel, MS Project, and PowerPoint.
  
  

Additional Preferences

• Self-managed and self-motivated-comfortable working in an agile environment
• Strong desire to change and improve
• Appreciated interpersonal challenges in improvement projects and change.
• Ability to understand processes and own/support Project Management activities.
• Lean and/or Six Sigma
  
  

Other Information

Must be able to travel to all areas of the plant which may include walking, climbing various levels of stairs or ladders, at various floor levels in various buildings as well as the exterior of the building.

Job Type: Full-time

What do we offer?

• Competitive Salary
• Competitive Benefits Package and Employee Assistance Program
• 401(k) Plan Company Match
• Vacation End of Year Vacation (Company Sponsored)
• Growth Opportunities to expand your career