Senior Processing Engineer

Kenvue is currently recruiting for a:

Senior Processing Engineer

What we do

At Kenvue, we realize the extraordinary power of everyday care. Built on over a century of heritage and rooted in science, we’re the house of iconic brands - including NEUTROGENA®, AVEENO®, TYLENOL®, LISTERINE®, JOHNSON’S® and BAND-AID® that you already know and love. Science is our passion; care is our talent.

Who We Are

Our global team is ~ 22,000 brilliant people with a workplace culture where every voice matters, and every contribution is appreciated. We are passionate about insights, innovation and committed to delivering the best products to our customers. With expertise and empathy, being a Kenvuer means having the power to impact millions of people every day. We put people first, care fiercely, earn trust with science and solve with courage – and have brilliant opportunities waiting for you! Join us in shaping our future–and yours. For more information, click here.

Role reports to:

Sr. Business Unit Manager, Processing

Location:

North America, Canada, Ontario, Guelph

Work Location:

Fully Onsite

What you will do

Reporting into the Business Unit Manager, for the Processing Area, the Senior Process Engineer will help Kenvue manufacture iconic brands such as Tylenol, Motrin, and Benadryl to help improve the lives and health of customers around the globe.

The primary function of the Senior Process Engineer is to seek out projects for continuous improvement in the Processing area with the goals of: improving safety, reducing quality events, reducing costs, and/or improving processing efficiency or throughput. Your work can be independent or part of a team, collaborating with all applicable parties within the organization to lead and implement the results of the projects. The Senior Engineer is expected to guide or coach junior project members in the execution of projects. A key focus in all projects should be the ease of operation and satisfaction of the end-user group. You will act as an advocate and driver for continuous improvement of technology/processes and can apply a variety of statistical tools to rationalize and validate the improvements. The Senior Engineer leads projects, acting as the Project Manager to ensure they are completed on-time, and on-budget, satisfying the needs of the user group.

Responsibilities:

• The Senior Engineer is responsible for preparing sound justifications for improvement projects, and then supervising the approved project through to completion. This includes collection and analysis of data, preparing project justification documentation for presentation to Senior Management.

• Acting as a Project Manager you will be coordinating meetings with internal and external stakeholders, tracking the projects closely to ensure they remain on-time and on-budget, monitoring the project post-implementation, and then evaluating the successes and opportunities for refining our approach in future projects.

• You will be expected to dig into the details to understand problems and implement solutions based on the detailed analysis to implement impactful changes and improvements.

• You excel at coordinating and communicating openly and often with both internal partners and external vendors and contractors, while always ensuring a collaborative and inclusive environment for all involved parties.

• You will oversee issuance of POs for materials, equipment, or services so that you can stay on-top of status and in close contact with your external partners.

• You love spending time on the manufacturing floor to share your guidance and support with the manufacturing staff, and get ideas from them on how we can improve our operations. This includes actively looking for areas where implementing new technologies will improve safety, quality, or costs.

• You are very familiar with the requirements for GMP qualification/validation activities, for equipment (e.g. DQ, FAT, SAT, IQ, OQ and PQ), and are experienced with working with contractors and vendors to ensure these requirements are fully implemented.

• You will support the new equipment acquisition efforts including user requirement specifications, machine selection, installation, validation, employee training, and other related equipment responsibilities as required.

• Leads and participates in investigations, develops plans, and performs tasks to solve process problems including Nonconformances (NC), complaint investigations, audit observations and Corrective and Preventive Actions (CAPA). Performs analysis and communicates associated trends.

• Posesses outstanding verbal and written communications skills, and adept and making presentations both internally and externally.

• You are highly proficient in the writing of technical protocols, reports, training documents and standard operating procedures, ensuring they are succinct and logical.

• Takes ownership of overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) for processing equipment. Works to understand and eliminate key drivers of downtime. You use and organize the data on issues to create effective action plans to improve this metric.

What we are looking for:

Required:

• B.Sc. or B.A.Sc. in Chemical or Mechanical Engineering. An in progress or completed P. Eng. designation in Ontario is highly desired

• Minimum 3+ years of working experience in a regulated, high-quality manufacturing environment. Strong preference for Pharmaceutical or OTC tablet manufacturing experience.

Desired Qualifications:

• Collaborative team player who proactively partners with others and willingly supports teammates to achieve shared goals.

• Ability to function independently on specific assignments.

• Demonstrated expertise in Lean Manufacturing, continuous improvement methodologies, and project leadership to drive operational excellence and business results.

What’s in it for you

Annual base salary for new hires in this position ranges:$0.00 - $0.00

This takes into account a number of factors including work location, the candidate’s skills, experience, education level & other job-related factors.

• Competitive Benefit Package*

• Paid Company Holidays, Paid Vacation, Volunteer Time & More!

• Learning & Development Opportunities

• Kenvuer Impact Networks

• This list could vary based on location/region

*Note: Total Rewards at Kenvue include salary, bonus (if applicable) and benefits. Your Talent Access Partner will be able to share more about our total rewards offerings and the specific salary range for the relevant location(s) during the recruitment & hiring process.

Kenvue is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment based on merit without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

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