Role Description
The Senior Staff Engineer will work within operations to support formulation/packaging along with validation/qualification activities. As well, this role will be responsible for providing the technical program leadership and implementation activities to maximize the maintenance related uptime and operating efficiencies of equipment and facility assets, by monitoring the status of reliability maintenance programs relative to corporate program strategies. These activities help minimize costs and contribute to the profitability and performance of the business.
The ideal candidate will also work in cross-functional teams to identify and implement safety, quality, efficiency and/or cost improvements (CIP's) on equipment and processes within operations.
Responsibilities will include:
- Act as a subject matter expert for the Formulation / Packaging areas.
- Support daily activities of packaging operations. This includes troubleshooting, investigating root cause of deviations, implementing corrective/preventative actions, and implementing process improvements.
- Lead and author deviation investigations to identify root causes and implement corrective actions.
- Execute validations/line trials to support projects, including the authoring of change control.
- Assist with the authoring of batch records, protocols and SOPs.
- Assist and/or perform initial qualification of new systems.
- New product evaluations as well as provide support for validation assessments/evaluations, including using Quality Risk Management tools.
- Provide project management of technical projects to deliver projects on time and to budget.
- Exercise judgment within defined procedures to determine appropriate actions.
- Facility support may be required during non-routine hours.
- Travel to equipment manufacturers for factory acceptance testing will be required.
- Communicates changes and updates resulting from project meeting activities, strategy and continuous improvement efforts, and Project implementation activities.
- Establishes guidelines and specifications (i.e.: Task, Frequency, Materials, Skill, Calibration parameters, etc.) for properly implementing equipment Preventive Maintenance and equipment health activities.
- Administers and oversees the PM / Calibration Optimization Program.
- Performs reliability analysis (FRACAS, FMEA) to identify root causes of equipment issues.
- Develops equipment reliability plans that reduce the number of failures and minimizes the effects of failures that do occur.
- Provides "Design for Reliability" input to capital projects with respect to equipment specifications that create project approaches which minimize life cycle costs.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Degree in Engineering/related field
- 15+ years of related experience
- Experience in lean six sigma and applying continuous improvement tools
- Yellow / Green belt certification
- Understanding of statistical analysis
- Understanding of manufacturing and associated equipment and/or utility/facility systems and equipment. Experience within a pharmaceutical environment preferred.
- Knowledge of reliability principles and maintenance work processes.
- Project Management: proven experience with small or large projects
- Language Skills: Technical Writing required, along with effective written and oral communication
- Computer Skills: Microsoft Applications, Minitab or comparable statistical software
- Leadership: knowledgeable of basic leadership principles
DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Masters in Engineering / related field
- Black belt certification
- Experience in lean six sigma, value stream mapping, visual management, 5S, etc.
- Experience with AutoCAD or related software is preferred
About Zoetis
At Zoetis we are passionate about our customers and the animals in their care. We discover, develop and manufacture the world's most innovative and effective products for animal health-medicines, vaccines, diagnostics, genetic tests, biodevices-and we are creating the next generation of integrated solutions and services to support this evolving industry. We know our people drive our success. Our colleagues are proud of our company culture and the meaningful role we play in caring for animals. The Zoetis Core Beliefs define the commitments we make to our colleagues, customers and stakeholders every day. They have guided the creation of our award-winning workplace and our proud position as a leading partner of choice in animal health.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Our Colleagues Make the Difference, and we know their differences make Zoetis stronger. We strive to create an environment where each colleague feels valued and cared for and where we can be our best every day. Our Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DE&I) focus and commitment begins with our leadership team of diverse backgrounds, experiences and ethnicities (50% of our executive team members are women), and it is demonstrated in our support of our colleagues and industry. Our Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Council, representing colleagues across locations, functions and communities, serve as ambassadors and champions for DE&I initiatives. In addition to the Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Council, Zoetis has six colleague resource groups that bring together colleagues who share similar backgrounds, experiences, or interests and work together toward goals aligned with our strategic business priorities.
Our commitment to advancing Diversity, Equity and Inclusion has earned us recognitions as a Best Place to Work for LGBTQ Equality, a 100 Best Company for Working Mothers, a Top Company for Executive Women, among many others.
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