Formulation - Engineer 3

TekWissen LLC; Greensboro (NC); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

TekWissen Group is seeking a Formulation Engineer 3 for an onsite contract in Greensboro, NC. You will drive formulation scale-up from lab to production, ensuring process safety and product quality while coordinating with cross-functional teams.

The role emphasizes development programs, technology transfer support, and delivering efficient manufacturing improvements in a global context.

Qualifications

• S. Engineering degree with 5+ years of proven experience in formulation processing development or manufacturing.
• Strong continuous improvement mindset with risk assessment and HSE excellence.
• Experience working in cross-functional teams in dynamic environments and delivering on time and budget.
• Understanding end-to-end product development and lifecycle management.

Responsibilities

• Lead formulation scale-up from lab to full-scale manufacturing with safety and environmental considerations.
• Define process scope in CP capital projects and evaluate equipment specifications.
• Progress projects to increase capacity, quality and reduce costs at CP sites or bulk supply chain.
• Develop procedures, train operating teams, and share best practices.

Skills

Formulation scale-up

Process risk assessment

HSE excellence

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Project management

Attention to detail

Education

S. Engineering degree

Job description

Overview:

TekWissen group is a workforce management provider throughout the USA and many other countries in the world.The below job opportunity is to one of Our clients who is a leading global provider of agricultural science and technology, in particular seeds and crop protection products, with its management headquarters in Basel, Switzerland, and further locations in Chicago, Tel Aviv, and Shanghai.

Job Title: Formulation - Engineer 3

Location: Greensboro, NC, 27409

Duration: 6 Months

Job Type: Contract

Work Type: Onsite

Job Description:

• Provides the formulation engineering technical capability in both existing and novel manufacturing technologies to maximize quality, capacity and efficiency outcomes during scale-up, and after launch, of new formulated products to commercial manufacture.
• Generates the process definition in CP capital projects, including process plant design and equipment evaluation and specification.
• Progress projects to increase manufacturing capacity, improve quality and/or reduce manufacturing costs at CP sites and/or the bulk supply chain.
• Provides advice for the creation and implementation of development programs and procedures within the formulation engineering processing area.

Accountability

• Support all Safety and Compliance requirements.
• Must be fully knowledgeable of, and compliant with all client safety policies and department standard operating procedures.
• Must lead by example, to drive a strong safety culture of individual accountability.
• Delivers the scale-up of formulation processes from lab to full-scale manufacturing ensuring process safety, health and environmental subjects are fully anticipated.
• Support technology transfer teams for inter-regional transfer or re-siting of products and is the technical lead in product establishment teams, and a member of the technical start-up team for new processes and equipment at client manufacturing sites or tollers.
• Designs pilot plant trials and full-scale manufacturing trials - writes operating procedures, trains operating team, provides technical supervision, documents the outcomes, and identifies next steps and shares best practices.
• Applies formulation engineering processing knowledge to identify solutions that improve capacity, quality, and cost efficiency at manufacturing sites and/or in the bulk supply chain and is a member of the project teams that implement these solutions.
• Recognized as technical resource for other engineers in North America.
• Progresses projects to seek out and introduce innovative manufacturing technologies for implementation in the pilot plant, production sites or supply chain.
• Progress evaluation and trials novel processing technologies and techniques, and works with site manufacturing teams to introduce into full-scale manufacture in CP.
• Contribute to the development of technology improvement plans over a 5Yr horizon
• Help lead in the overall success of departmental operations i.e., safety, efficiency and productivity initiatives. May take a lead role in department teams or initiatives.,

Skills

• Technical skills referenced to TCDS.
• Should uphold high organizational standards, values, and policies, especially for Health Safety and Environment.
• Should understand stakeholder and customer needs, develop and maintain a strong network with them.
• Should have ability to communicate technical facts, ideas, and opinions to a general or technical audience.
• Should understand formulation scale-up, process risk assessment and formulation processing study activities.
• Should have highly collaborative approach in working across regions to simplify, harmonize and continuously improve formulation processes.
• Should be able to confidently recommend technical options and alternatives based on available data.
• Should have good project and time management skills.
• Should be well organized and have strong attention to detail.

Education

• S. Engineering degree with 5+ years of proven experience (adjusted based on further degree) technical position in formulation processing development or formulation manufacturing.
• Strong continuous improvement, process risk assessment and HSE excellence mindset.
• Experience working in cross-functional organizations, transiting in a dynamic and uncertain environment ensuring effective and focused project delivery (on time and in budget).Proven ability to prioritize activities and manage multiple requests from different stakeholders.
• Understanding of the end-to-end processes for product development, formulation processing scale-up and lifecycle management.

TekWissen Group is an equal opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity.