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Pharmavite · 10 hours ago

Engineer, Technical Operations

Opelika, AL

Full-time

Onsite

New Grad, Entry Level

$62K/yr - $102K/yr

0+ years exp

Pharmavite is a company focused on complete nutrition, known for its top-selling vitamin and supplement brand, Nature Made. The Engineer, Technical Operations role involves optimizing products and processes, providing technical support, and ensuring adherence to standards while leveraging data for insights in a manufacturing environment.

Dietary SupplementsHealth CareNutrition

Growth Opportunities

No H1B

Responsibilities

Works across all dosage formats and packaging to develop a fundamental understanding of engineering principles and their applications across our product portfolio

Develops robust subject matter knowledge within process applications to actively contribute to problem solving and root cause identification

Learns and applies data-driven principles for analytical analysis, trending, and elementary statistical process control applications

Develops and executes equipment qualification protocols and process validation, and cleaning validation protocols

Develops and leads pilot experiments under the guidance of Process Engineers

Supports generalized annual product review activities in conjunction with Quality and Operations

Participates in focused improvement activities as prioritized through respective dosage format teams

Executes management of the change process (change controls) to support production as needs arise

Creates and updates master batch processing records under the guidance of Process Engineers

Works with Formulators and Process Engineers to design and implement formulation changes

Trains Technical Operations, Product Development, and Manufacturing staff on new processes and/or equipment technologies

Occasional after-hours operations and or project support may be required

Performs other related duties as assigned

Travel: Overnight travel, up to 10%, for training or to support other Pharmavite regional facilities is anticipated

Qualification

Process validationEquipment qualificationData analysisLean conceptsMicrosoft OfficeOral communicationWritten communicationProblem solvingTeam collaboration

Required

Requires a four-year college or university degree in Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or other closely related science fields. Specific experience within a technical role will be considered as a substitute for a technical degree

Zero to two years industry (preferably in pharmaceutical, nutritional, food, or other consumer-packaged goods) experience in manufacturing technical support and/or process/product development, Quality Engineering, and/or testing

Fundamental principles of unit operations pertaining to chemical process operations, manufacturing/packaging equipment, and processing/testing laboratory techniques

A firm foundation in chemistry, mathematics, pharmaceutics, and/or food science

Solid foundation in oral and written communication skills

Results-oriented and able to effectively organize and develop plans; prioritize and execute actions

The ability to make presentations and recommendations in the assigned area

Understanding of Lean concepts and application of DOE and QbD is a plus

Use of hand-held data collection devices and instrumentation

A firm understanding of Microsoft Office applications

Understanding of MiniTab, AutoCad, and other process trending and analysis tools is a plus

Manufacturing, Pilot Lab, and general office environment, which may occasionally require lifting up to 35 lb

The incumbent must be able to perform this job safely in accordance with standard operating procedures and good manufacturing practices, without endangering the health or safety of self or others