Engineering Technician

All activities are focused around technical and operational support to the production, maintenance, and support staffs in the areas of process improvement, equipment modification and optimization, safety and quality improvement, and increasing throughput. This is achieved through individual effort and participation of teams, tracking and analysis metrics, a basic understanding and utilization of good engineering practices, and the use of Lean Six Sigma techniques. Additional responsibilities include supporting the Business Units and plant Operations with serialization tasks and systems.

Responsibilities

For assigned equipment projects, take the primary responsibility for the installation, setup and testing of packaging equipment including moving and placing equipment; connecting mechanically and/or electrically; setting and testing equipment; building programs/recipes; vendor management; cross functional collaboration; customer interaction; equipment safety; equipment reliability; equipment performance; Lead the field activities for Process Line Trials (PLT’s) and Engineering trials of packaging equipment related topics; Provide expertise and training to the Mechanical team for packaging equipment related topics as the equipment Subject Matter Expert (SME); Conducts and/or participates in customer meetings and attends occasional off-site meetings; Interacts with Sales and customers to determine requirements for new products/orders; Participates in internal review meetings to plan new jobs with plant Operations, Maintenance, Quality, Purchasing and Process Engineering; Prepares Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), line layouts, production line diagrams as needed; Assist with Factory & Site Acceptance Testing (FAT/SAT) for all assigned projects; Develop design criteria and equipment specifications, including safety, regulatory and necessary performance criteria; Responsible for determining Operational Qualification (OQ) parameters to start validation; Coordination of outside design, integration, and equipment manufacturing services; Assist Validation with OQ and Process Qualifications (PQ) of new packaging business; Write and modify SOPs relating to the production area and assist in training of affected personnel; Assists with Corrective And Preventative Actions (CAPA) investigations and actions; Initiate investigation activity and troubleshoot problems in packaging; discovers causes of non-conformance, i.e., slow throughput, poor quality and/or unsafe design; Applies sound engineering principles to improve existing equipment, packaging design and processes by reducing waste, increasing throughput, reducing energy consumption or eliminating human interaction through automation; Measure and analyze performance metrics of the production area and spearhead initiatives to decrease variability and waste; Creates and modifies Antares recipes for products run on lines with Antares Tracking System; Maintains and operates the Antares Warehouse Tracking System (WTS) process

Requirements

Associate or technical degree in mechanical science, electrical science or instrumentation control, or minimum of 5-8 years of experience with automated packaging equipment; Minimum of 3 years of relevant experience in a Lean and/or Six Sigma environment; Minimum of 5-8 years of relevant experience with packaging equipment

Nice to have

Lean Six Sigma Background; Pharmaceutical and/or food packaging background