Senior Equipment Engineer

MAC Incorporated; Winston-Salem (NC); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

MAC Incorporated is seeking a Senior Equipment Engineer to work onsite in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. You will be responsible for developing innovative technologies for production automation and quality control in our manufacturing facility.

The ideal candidate has a Bachelor's degree in a relevant engineering discipline and at least 5 years of experience in a manufacturing environment, with a strong understanding of equipment and process optimization. The role involves collaboration across multiple departments and requires strong project management skills.

Qualifications

• 5 years' experience in Equipment and/or Processing Engineering.
• 3 years in a cGMP or regulatory environment.
• Knowledge of materials/process/equipment and packaging systems.

Responsibilities

• Develop innovative automation concepts and implement new equipment.
• Design, coordinate, construct, and install packaging equipment lines.
• Troubleshoot problems with materials and machinery processes.

Skills

Knowledge of food/nutraceutical materials/processes/equipment

Project management and analytical ability

Technical skills in food or pharmaceutical plant equipment

Ability to solve practical problems

Understanding GMPs and regulatory requirements

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Food, Bioprocess, Agricultural, Mechanical, Chemical, Electrical Engineering or another Engineering discipline

Tools

MS Outlook

MS Word

MS Excel

Job description

Senior Equipment Engineer – Winston Salem, North Carolina (Job Ref: 41326)

• MUST HAVE 5 years Equipment and/or Processing Engineering or related Engineering manufacturing environment.
• MUST HAVE 3 years’ experience in a cGMP or other regulatory environments: Food/Dietary/Nutritional/Pharmaceutical or kindred product industries
• MUST HAVE Knowledge of materials/process/equipment/plant automation systems/product quality measuring systems (Xray, Metal Detection, Checkweighing, Lasers)
• MUST HAVE Knowledge of packaging materials and their interaction with equipment efficiencies.
• MUST HAVE Mechanical proficiency, understanding equipment and operation functionality to establish/challenge/optimize run rates/productivity

Education:
Bachelor’s Degree in Food, Bioprocess, Agricultural, Mechanical, Chemical, Electrical Engineering, or another Engineering discipline (Required)

The Senior Engineer, Equipment will work onsite at our state of art Innovation and Manufacturing facility in Winston-Salem, NC. Will develop innovative concepts to apply new technologies related to production automation and quality control and provide detailed coordination and management of key design/build/commission activities relating to the manufacturing, packaging, and distribution systems. This position will play a key role in the planning, resource definition and allocation, scheduling, contracting, budgeting, risk assessment, tracking, and execution of projects involving packaging equipment installation and process implementation. Sr.Engineer will also establish means to maintain continuous and effective communication with all collaborators and develop means to record and organize key information for future improvement of project execution. This position will interact with multiple departments and give presentations to management regarding project details and progress.

You Will

• Work with manufacturing, quality, safety, planning and other key site collaborators to find opportunities for product quality control using innovative sensing technologies such as X-ray, metal detection, check weighing and lasers
• Develop innovative concepts and implement new equipment and plant automation using robotics, AGV’s, and intelligent warehousing
• Identify standard methodology technologies to address safety, quality and production opportunities to promote the “Build it Better’ culture
• Design, coordinate, construct, install and commission process and packaging equipment lines
• Understand and implement standard methodologies for packaging and process automation accounting for key elements of packaging design and product properties.
• Work with in-house manufacturing and contract manufacturers to ensure that the process and packaging systems and procedures provide consistent operating conditions and the safety and integrity of finished products.
• Troubleshoot problems with components, materials and machinery processes in coordination with Quality, Production, Operations, Maintenance, vendors and OEMs.
• Draft protocols and execute packaging line and process capability trials in support of commercial deployment of systems.
• Support validation/qualification line work, including FAT, SAT, IQ, OQ & PQ, at HLF facility or outside partners to ensure machinery and processes meet all requirements.
• Develop SOP’s to ensure processes consistently meet all required operating standards for processing and packaging.
• Capture and institute engineering standards based on learnings from previous projects for use in future Manufacturing projects.
• Develop detailed performance schedules for all major tasks and areas of coordination, and monitor responsiveness and execution by the company and outside vendors.
• Perform additional duties as assigned

Qualifications

Skills and background required to be successful:

• Working knowledge of food/nutraceutical materials/processes/equipment
• Organizational/Motivational leadership skills coupled with strong project management and analytical ability.
• Must be able to manage multiple and competing tasks.
• Strong technical skills with the ability to understand food or pharmaceutical plant equipment/operation
• Technical skills with the ability to understand formulations/process/procedures.
• Ability to frame and solve practical problems, carry them to conclusion and communicate results professionally and effectively in written and oral form.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and execute complex scope, budget, timeline, resource allocation, purchasing, contracting, communication and tracking plans.
• Working knowledge of GMPs and other regulatory requirements.
• Proficient with computer software including MS Outlook, Word, Excel.
• Experience with manufacturing integration/cultural change

Education: Bachelor's Degree in Food, Bioprocess, Agricultural, Mechanical, Chemical, Electrical Engineering, or another Engineering discipline