Process Engineer

ABOUT UNILEVER

Unilever is the place where you can bring your purpose to life with the work that you do – creating a better business and a better world. You will work on brands that are loved and improve the lives of our consumers and the communities around us. You will lead innovations, big and small, that will make our business win and grow. You will learn from brilliant business leaders and colleagues who provide mentorship and inspiration so that you can become a better you.

JOB PURPOSE

Unilever is the place where you can bring your purpose to life with the work that you do – creating a better business and a better world. If you want to be part of Unilever´s history, as being part of the creation of a completely new site that has the expectation to be a state of the art and future fit factory, a model for other sites to reference both internally and externally, then this role is just for you!

WHAT WILL YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES BE

Accountable for driving results in a fast-paced environment by supporting tech transfers and scale-ups of API processes from Research and Development into cGMP manufacturing. The Process Engineer is responsible for assessing process fit for new projects, troubleshooting unexpected manufacturing events, preparing, conducting, and evaluating process validation activities, and providing on-going support of commercial manufacturing. The Process Engineer works closely with Research and Development, Manufacturing, QA, Regulatory, EHS, and Engineering to ensure first time right process scale-ups, tech transfer, and robust production of cGMP API materials. The position requires execution of the Sterling Values and non-negotiables, as well as expertise in functional competencies included in this position profile. Process engineers can suggest an automation solution to attack certain losses or participate in a factory automation projects if he/she has relevant expertise.

WHAT YOU WILL NEED TO SUCCEED

• Processes Fit assessment, Mass Balance, Energy Balance, and Equipment Suitability assessments

• Partners with Research and Development to ensure process manufacturability during design

• Assists in Designing Experiments needed to establish Proven Acceptable Ranges for critical and key process parameters

• Understands relationships between Process Yield and Product Quality to achieve Process Optimization

• Writes protocols and reports needed to support Process Validation, process changes and equipment modifications

• Provides training to manufacturing staff on manufacturing procedures

• Troubleshoots unexpected events during cGMP manufacturing, assists in investigating and documenting process deviations and CAPAs

• Provides plant support

• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where limited standardization exists

• Working directly with the line crews on a daily basis, acts as the technical trainer for line teams and provides coaching in phenomena identification, root cause analysis and the establishment of countermeasures

• UMS. Apply the full set of UMS methods and tools to identify root causes, define countermeasures and validate their effectiveness, mastery of FI, AM, PM, Q and PD methods and tools. Establish standards to support line operators sustain new basic conditions

 EXPERIENCES & QUALIFICATIONS

• Engineering degreed preferably with FMCG manufacturing background

• Packaging: mechanical, electrical, robotics

• Processing – product technology knowledge

SKILLS

• Business acumen and financial tools, understanding of the Master plan, factory priorities and how manufacturing performance of the site correlates with its finance KPIs and BGs targets achievement

• Manufacturing & Packaging technology. Rely on basic but consistent understanding of the manufacturing technologies of the Category to drive relevant process

• Engineering. Apply technical engineering skills (Mechanical, Chemical, Electrical, Automation, others) to do practical problem solving

• Technical drawings, drawing programs, 3d modelling, etc.

• Analytical capability, basics of statistics, basics of coding to collect and analyse complex data to penetrate problems’ phenomena and understand root causes

• Process Design and manpower optimization, including NVAA reduction technics. Leverage technical knowledge and a systems approach to ensure factory lines and processes are optimally resourced (e.g. manpower ratios are efficient and sustainable)

• Project management

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