Associate Engineer

Unilever Brasil Ltda.; Trumbull (CT); On-site; USD 59,000 - 89,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Retirement benefits

Paid vacation

Job summary

Unilever's Associate Process Engineer role supports the North American Beauty and Wellness R&D team in scaling up manufacturing processes for hair care and skin care innovations. You will work with R&D, Marketing and Supply Chain to translate lab work into production, ensuring quality and safety across pilot and contracted plants.

The position requires a BS in chemical engineering, strong collaboration, and solid communication skills, with a focus on safety and documentation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in chemical engineering or related field.
• Ability to collaborate in multidisciplinary teams.
• Strong technical, problem-solving, communication and organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Design and deploy manufacturing processes for scale-up into Unilever plants.
• Produce laboratory and pilot plant batches for scale-up.
• Document experimental details and results thoroughly.
• Construct process flow diagrams highlighting critical parameters.
• Perform safety assessments for raw materials handling.

Skills

Chemical Engineering

Team Collaboration

Problem Solving

Communication Skills

Safety Awareness

Education

BSc Chemical Engineering

Job description

Associate Process Engineer

Unilever's North American Beauty and Wellness (Hair Care and Skin Care) Research and Development team is looking to hire an Associate Process Engineer. The Process Engineering team is responsible for the successful launches of Unilever's innovation portfolio across Hair Care and Skin Care brands. Unilever's main brands in North America include Dove, Dove Men+Care, Tresemme, Nexxus, Shea Moisture, and Vaseline. Outside of launching innovations, the Process Engineering team also works closely with Unilever's Supply Chain to also implement new processing capabilities for Unilever factories.

Background & Purpose of the Job

As part of the Process Engineering team, you would work with the other Research and Development functions as well as Unilever Marketing and Supply Chain to launch innovation projects within Unilever. Process Engineering is responsible for the scale-up of manufacturing processes for innovation and capabilities through laboratory and pilot plant batches. Process Engineering also connects regularly with Supply Chain factories to ensure efficient batches are produced with the right quality.

Process Engineering tasks include:

• Design and deploy manufacturing processes for scale-up into Unilever and contracted plants.
• Produce laboratory and pilot plant batches for scale-up.
• Thoroughly document experimental details and results.
• Construct process flow diagrams to communicate critical processing parameters.
• Perform safety assessments for handling and processing raw materials within Unilever formulations.
• Present processing findings and summaries to key stakeholders.

What You'll Need to Succeed

• Bachelor's degree in chemical engineering or engineering field of study.
• Flexibility and open-mindedness in achieving objectives is required.
• The candidate should work well in teams and demonstrate the ability to collaborate with others.
• The candidate should have previous experience inactive participation in multidisciplinary team environment by working toward the completion of team initiatives, as well as personal objectives.
• The candidate must have strong technical, problem solving, communication and organizational skills.

Pay

The pay range for this position is $59,300 to $88,900. Unilever takes into consideration a wide range of factors that are utilized in making compensation decisions including, but not limited to, skill sets, experience and training, licensure and certifications, qualifications and education, and other business and organization needs.

Bonus

This position is bonus eligible.

Benefits

• Health insurance (including prescription drug, dental, and vision coverage).
• Retirement savings benefits.
• Life insurance and disability benefits.
• Parental leave.
• Sick leave.
• Paid vacation and holidays.
• Access to numerous voluntary benefits.

Any coverages for health insurance and retirement benefits will be in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable plans and associated governing plan documents.

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