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Process Engineer
- Catalent Pharma Solutions (Manassas, VA)
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Process Engineer
Position Summary
Catalent, Inc. is a leading global contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) whose mission is to develop, manufacture, and supply products that help people live better and healthier lives. Catalent is dedicated to delivering unparalleled service to pharma, biotech, and consumer health customers, supporting product development, launch, and full life-cycle supply. With time-tested experience in development sciences, delivery technologies, and multi-modality manufacturing, Catalent supports the acceleration of development programs and the launch of more than a hundred new products every year. Powered by thousands of scientists and technicians and the latest technology platforms at more than 40 global sites, Catalent supplies billions of doses of life-enhancing and life-saving treatments for patients annually.
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
+ Bachelor’s 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 7,000 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.
Visit Catalent Careers (https://careers.catalent.com/us/en) to explore career opportunities.
Catalent is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and veterans.
If you require reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process due to a disability, you may submit your request by sending an email, and confirming your request for an accommodation and include the job number, title and location to [email protected] . This option is reserved for individuals who require accommodation due to a disability. Information received will be processed by a U.S. Catalent employee and then routed to a local recruiter who will provide assistance to ensure appropriate consideration in the application or hiring process.
Notice to Agency and Search Firm Representatives: Catalent Pharma Solutions (Catalent) is not accepting unsolicited resumes from agencies and/or search firms for this job posting. Resumes submitted to any Catalent employee by a third party agency and/or search firm without a valid written & signed search agreement, will become the sole property of Catalent. No fee will be paid if a candidate is hired for this position as a result of an unsolicited agency or search firm referral. Thank you.
Important Security Notice to U.S. Job Seekers:
Catalent NEVER asks candidates to provide any type of payment, bank details, photocopies of identification, social security number or other highly sensitive personal information during the offer process, and we NEVER do so via email or social media. If you receive any such request, DO NOT respond— it is a fraudulent request. Please forward such requests to [email protected] for us to investigate with local authorities.
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