Opella is the self-care challenger with the purest and third-largest portfolio in the Over-The-Counter (OTC) & Vitamins, Minerals & Supplements (VMS) market globally.  

Our mission is to bring health in people’s hands by making self-care as simple as it should be. For half a billion consumers worldwide – and counting.

At the core of this mission is our 100 loved brands, our 11,000-strong global team, our 13 best-in-class manufacturing sites and 4 specialized science and innovation development centers. Headquartered in France, Opella is the proud maker of many of the world’s most loved brands, including Allegra, Buscopan, Doliprane, Dulcolax, Enterogermina, Essentiale and Mucosolvan.

As a globally certified B Corp company, we are active players in the journey towards healthier people and planet. Find out more about our mission at www.opella.com. 

About The Job

Your job as a Process Engineer ​​will support the Plant Manager in delivering benchmark results, specific focus is on Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE), Quality, Material utilization, scrap, and cost. Ownership for daily +QDCI huddles. The Process Engineer will own execution of key loss elimination action plans ib the OEE group gap analysis for all process centers.​ 

Main Responsibilities:

• Defect Handling Ownership

  • Identify the root cause of product defects

  • Drive the elimination of the defect cause

• Centerline owner

  • Develop team capability to execute Centerline (CL) standards

  • Own, track, report CL in process measure and evaluate and coach results

  • Set direction for and support execution if action plans

  • Drive CL deviation to root cause elimination

• Quality owner

  • Develop team capability to execute Quality standards

  • Own, track, report CL in process measure and evaluate and coach results

  • Set direction for and support execution if action plans

  • Drive CL deviation to root cause elimination

• Process Reliability support resource

  • Monitor OEE, uptime, downtime, change overs, and scrap

  • Analyze variance reports and coach team to develop and execute improvement plan

  • Provide technical expertise and daily coaching during resolution of work center issues

  • Perform Root Cause analysis and build capability in the team

  • Provide technical coaching on Kaizen execution

• Project and Initiative support resource

  • Support project, initiative, and engineering study execution to ensure appropriate standards are provided to the business

  • Interface with Product Development and Process Validation to ensure vertical startup criteria are achieved

About You

• Education: You must have a bachelor's degree in engineering, or a science discipline preferred.

• Experience: Experience in manufacturing of pharmaceuticals or food and beverage industries preferred.

• Technical Competencies: Ensure weekly and monthly reports are completed in a timely manner to support improvement. Interact with packaging supervision to identify development need and to develop team members. Must provide performance metrics to drive improvement.

• Professional Skills: Must be able to perform without close supervision. Must provide performance metrics to drive improvement.

• Special Requirements: You are required to comply with dress code regulations, be willing to undergo necessary training, and work in conditions with exposure to product, dust, grease, and packing machinery hazards.

• Pre-employment Testing: You need to complete the required pre-employment testing.

• Desired Qualifications: Additional qualifications such as Lean Six Sigma Certification, previous pharmaceutical experience, and familiarity with Production Automation Systems like SAP are desirable.

Why Us?

At Opella, you will enjoy doing challenging, purposeful work, empowered to develop consumer brands with passion and creativity. This is your chance to grow new skills and be part of a bold, collaborative, and inclusive culture where people can thrive and be at their best every day.

We Are Challengers.

We are dedicated to making self-care as simple as it should be. That starts with our culture. We are challengers by nature, and this is how we do things:

All In Together: We keep each other honest and have each other's backs.

Courageous: We break boundaries and take thoughtful risks with creativity.

Outcome-Obsessed: We are personally accountable, driving sustainable impact and results with integrity.

Radically Simple: We strive to make things simple for us and simple for consumers, as it should be.

Join us on our mission. Health. In your hands.

www.opella.com/en/careers

Opella and its U.S. affiliates are Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employers committed to a culturally diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race; color; creed; religion; national origin; age; ancestry; nationality; marital, domestic partnership or civil union status; sex, gender, gender identity or expression; affectional or sexual orientation; disability; veteran or military status or liability for military status; domestic violence victim status; atypical cellular or blood trait; genetic information (including the refusal to submit to genetic testing) or any other characteristic protected by law.

North America Applicants Only

The hourly range for this position is:

$19.63 - $20.63

All compensation will be determined commensurate with demonstrated experience. Employees may be eligible to participate in Company employee benefit programs. Additional benefits information can be found through the LINK.

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