Process Engineer

Process Engineer

Position Summary

Our Manassas Virginia site is a part of the Consumer Health division and provides expanded capabilities in soft chews and lozenges. With extensive development and manufacturing expertise and a wide range of flavors ingredients and colors available we can work with complex formulations to help create engaging new products consumers will love.

The Process Engineer rovide general consultation and recommendation around design testing and implementation of processes and methods to ensure production and revenue attainment. This individual partners with internal and external customer to develop and test standards to achieve max capacity in production goals. The Process Engineer will comply with GMP SQF Food Safety and Quality Standards. Understanding of lean processes; line balancing and problem-solving techniques. This position is 100% based on-site in Manassas VA and working hours are during regular business hours.

The Role

• Oversee and manage the scale-up and commercialization of soft chew and lozenge dietary supplement products.

• Provide technical support for the commissioning and qualification of new equipment.

• Troubleshoot new and existing processing problems involving designs materials and processes and provide creative timely and cost-effective solutions.

• Analyze product formulations and product specifications to determine optimal physical characteristics of materials and product critical processing parameters and environmental and safety requirements.

• Establish standards and guidelines for machine specifications. Evaluate and determine where operational limitations occur and what configurations are needed to ensure enhanced success.

• Align with Sales on pricing as new items are introduced. Evaluate speed limitations capacity and throughput to ensure profitability margins are met.

• Work closely with research and development quality assurance
  procurement and external suppliers.

• Work with maintenance and operational staff to develop and implement procedures for machine operations preventative maintenance and safety.

• Identify and implement cost saving initiatives related to raw materials labor efficiency transportation and storage.

• Drive trials on new products to ensure efficiency and cost quotes are met.

• Other duties assigned.

The Candidate

• Bachelors degree technical field is required.

• 5 years experience in a confectionary manufacturing environment.

• 5 years experience as an engineer.

• Strong analytical/problem solving/process improvement skills.

• Knowledge of machinery operations and packaging equipment.

• The employee must be able to lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. While performing the duties of this job the employee is required to use hands to manipulate handle or feel and is frequently required to stand walk reach with hands and arms stoop kneel crouch or crawl and talk or hear. The employee is required to sit climb or balance and taste or smell.

Why You Should Join Catalent

• Spearhead exciting and innovative projects

• Fast-paced dynamic environment

• High visibility to members at all levels of the organization

• 152 hours of PTO 8 paid holidays

Catalent offers rewarding opportunities to further your career! Join the global drug development and delivery leader and help us bring over 7000 life-saving and life-enhancing products to patients around the world. Catalent is an exciting and growing international company where employees work directly with pharma biopharma and consumer health companies of all sizes to advance new medicines from early development to clinical trials and to the market. Catalent produces more than 70 billion doses per year and each one will be used by someone who is counting on us. Join us in making a difference.

personal initiative. dynamic pace. meaningful work.

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