Hands-On Process Engineer, Pharma Equipment & Uptime

Yoh, A Day & Zimmermann Company; Noblesville (IN); On-site; USD 95,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

Health Savings Account

401K plan

Employee assistance program

Referral bonuses

Training opportunities

Job summary

Yoh, a Day & Zimmermann company, is seeking a Process Engineer - Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Equipment to join our Noblesville, Indiana team. This role supports automated equipment and processes in a fast-paced cGMP sterile drug-product operation.

The engineer will own troubleshooting, reliability improvements, performance monitoring, and the implementation of new equipment and processes, with hands-on manufacturing-floor responsibility and cross-functional collaboration.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Chemical, Manufacturing, Biochemical, Biotechnology, or another relevant Engineering discipline strongly preferred.
• Approximately 5+ years of relevant engineering experience supporting manufacturing equipment and processes.
• Experience in pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical, medical-device, or another highly regulated manufacturing environment strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide hands-on engineering support for automated manufacturing equipment and production processes.
• Troubleshoot recurring equipment and process failures, determine root causes, and implement sustainable corrective engineering solutions.
• Lead equipment-reliability and process-improvement initiatives that improve uptime, throughput, yield, quality, scrap, cycle time, or other manufacturing KPIs.
• Establish, monitor, and trend process and equipment performance metrics to identify reliability and performance opportunities.
• Evaluate, design, modify, and implement manufacturing processes and equipment for existing and new products.
• Support installation, commissioning, startup, qualification, and operational handoff of new or modified manufacturing equipment.
• Support new-product introductions, technology transfers, and manufacturing-line implementation.
• Lead structured root-cause investigations involving manufacturing processes and equipment.
• Author and support deviations, CAPAs, change controls, risk assessments, engineering protocols, technical reports, and other controlled documentation associated with equipment and process changes.
• Partner with Manufacturing, Quality, Validation, Maintenance, Automation, Technical Services, R&D, and other functions to implement compliant engineering improvements.
• Support troubleshooting and diagnostic activities involving automated equipment, PLC/HMI-controlled systems, sensors, machine controls, and associated mechanical systems.
• Develop and maintain manufacturing procedures, equipment documentation, batch-record content, and training materials.
• Provide hands-on manufacturing-floor support during equipment failures, process changes, startup activities, and project implementation.
• Support project schedules, cost forecasts, and implementation milestones.

Skills

Hands-on equipment experience

Root-cause analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Problem solving

cGMP/validation knowledge

Project management

Technical writing

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field

Tools

PLC/HMI control systems

Job description

Yoh, a Day & Zimmermann company, is seeking a Process Engineer - Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Equipment to join our Noblesville, Indiana team. This role supports automated equipment and processes in a fast-paced cGMP sterile drug-product operation.

The engineer will own troubleshooting, reliability improvements, performance monitoring, and the implementation of new equipment and processes, with hands-on manufacturing-floor responsibility and cross-functional collaboration.