Manufacturing Process Engineer

Position: Process Engineer

Location: Indianapolis, IN - 46221

Duration: 9 Months

Job Type: Contract

Work Type: Onsite

Shift: Monday to Friday - 08:00 AM to 05:00 PM

Pay Rate: $40-45/Hourly/W2

Overview:

TekWissen Group is a workforce management provider throughout the USA and many other countries in the world. The below job opportunity is for one of our clients specializing in biotechnology product development services. Our client is dedicated to supplying laboratory equipment, chemicals, supplies, and services essential in healthcare, scientific research, safety, and education. As the global leader in serving the field of science, our client boasts an annual revenue of around $40 billion with a mission to empower customers to make the world healthier, cleaner, and safer. Our client's global team is committed to delivering an unparalleled blend of cutting-edge technologies, convenient procurement options, and pharmaceutical services under their industry-leading brands.

How will you make an impact?

• The Process Engineer will mentor and support in the diagnoses and resolution of software, instrument, and process problems to maintain system readiness of both manufacturing packaging equipment and data historian network.
• You will ensure site compliance and all vital activities are performed on time to keep equipment in working status.

What will you do?

As a member of the Engineering team, you will support the Packaging Operations Department with continuous improvement projects, machine solving, and onboarding of assets and new technology.

Core Responsibilities

• Identify, define, and action long-term continuous improvement projects through partnership with the site leadership and Operations team.
• Evaluate process improvements to reduce cost, improve efficiency, and improve quality.
• Identify, evaluate, and implement process improvement methods for improving worker efficiency, reducing cost, and reducing waste of materials and utilities such as restructuring job duties, reorganizing workflow, relocating workstations and equipment, and purchase of new equipment/technology.
• Lead multiple project engineering-driven assignments and the associated project schedules, from start to finish with sound project management methodologies.
• Collaborates with Production to modify workflow barriers and arrangements to increase throughput.
• Evaluate and drive engineering project initiatives to reduce setup time, increase machine speeds, reduce labor hours, reduce reject rates, and improve quality.
• Provide technical specifications and supporting documentation for Engineering project designs, and machine upgrades.
• Complete deviation investigations, change controls, and corrective/preventative actions.
• Review and approve Engineering and Validation documents.
• Serve as site system administrator for all automated equipment and routine maintenance

How will you get here?

Education, Knowledge, Skills, Abilities & Experience

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Packaging, Mechanical, Industrial, Electrical Engineering, or another scientific subject area from an accredited College or University required
• 5 years of engineering experience in relevant GMP, pharmaceutical industry required
• Experience working with designing, programming, modeling, and testing automated systems including robotics and clinical packaging equipment to ensure code and configurations meet specifications and validation requirements.
• Prior experience working within GAMP 5 and GMP environments is required.
• Ability to configure process control system software and recipes and collect/format process data to support production or quality department requests.
• Well-versed in process improvement, and industrial design applications that pertain to a job shop environment.
• Experience with blister machines, bottling, carding, labeling, and syringe assembly preferred.
• Must be results-oriented and comfortable training, mentoring, and coaching peers and multi-functional team members.
• Possesses analytical skills in Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, and Single¬ Minute Exchange of Dies (SMED) to enhance quality, reduce rejects, and streamline processes.
• Experience with failure analysis and reliability engineering preferred.
• Strong technical writing skills with experience writing Requirement Specifications (Design, Functional, User), FMEAs, FAT/SAT/Commissioning Protocols, SOPs, and Work Instructions desired.
• Experience with PLC Automation control system start-ups, loop tuning, solving, and control system modifications is desired
• Experience developing sophisticated process control applications applying a mixture of programming formats including sequential function charts, function blocks, and PLC ladder logic preferred

TekWissen® Group is an equal-opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity.