Senior Process Engineer

At West, we're a dedicated team that is connected by a purpose to improve patient lives that has been at the center of our Company for more than a century. Our story began when Herman O. West solved the problem of supplying penicillin in mass quantities to the US Government during World War 2. Through our work to deliver thousands of life-saving and life-enhancing injectable medicines to millions of patients daily, West's indelible mark on the healthcare industry has just begun. A name started our story. How will yours help write our future?  

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Job Summary

The Senior Global Process Engineer is a member of the West Global Engineering team. This role is key to implementing new technology, developing and introducing process improvements, standards, life cycle management and validation in select process areas, helping to advance and transform West's growing business, supporting capital investments and contributing to addressing complex assignments. With a global mandate and scope, this person will have the opportunity to drive the implementation of new innovative processes and technologies in cooperation with the engineering and quality assurance teams and the plants.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Initiate, lead and coordinate improvements of existing processes globally on quality, service, HSE and cost within the standard known/approved process frame and using best practice knowledge.
• Strongly support the implementation / roll-out of automation and new innovative processes and technologies in cooperation with the automation, engineering- and quality assurance teams and the plants.
• Manage the development of robust process for final industrial production in targeted plants.
• Assess current process status in all relevant West locations globally, define best practices, perform a gap analysis and manage the harmonization of this best practice to all sites involved.
• Engage in solutioning product or process related issues as needed.
• Support the introduction, start-up and validation of new equipment in the local sites.
• Support process or technology or product transfer projects between plants from a process standpoint.
• Evaluate and approve all change requests globally.
• Utilize six sigma tools in minimizing process variation and improving the quality of product produced.

Education

• Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Engineering or another scientific area or equivalent experience required

Work Experience

• Minimum 3 years' experience in a similar position within the manufacturing industry required
• Experience in Project Management preferred

Preferred Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Good knowledge of LEAN and Six Sigma manufacturing principles (Green Belt certification)
• Knowledge of MS Office, statistical tools and Minitab
• cGMP knowledge
• Fluent English and German skills
• Self-motivated, result- and solution-oriented personality
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to successfully collaborate with teams across different countries and organizational levels

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Travel Requirements 20%: Up to 52 business days per year Physical Requirements Light-Exerting up to 20lbs/9kg of force frequently, and/or negligible amount of force frequently constantly to move objects.

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