Job description

Job Purpose
Provide technical support and leadership at the South Hackensack facility including formula and process improve-ments, scale-up of new products and processes, product transfers, material and product quality issues, obsoles-cence, and effective technical troubleshooting. Solid communication, collaboration, and technical skills are required to ensure effective execution of projects and initiatives.

Core Responsibilities
New Product or Process Industrialization

• Review formulas and new processes for manufacturing, quality, and safety viability and resolve issues with support from the creator and other stakeholders.
• Lead and monitor scale-up and first time production as appropriate to ensure product can be effectively produced.
• Validate and support product transfers.
• Collaborate with the production, quality, planning department, FC&A (Flavor Creation & Application) and S+T.
• Propose and implement process and formula revisions to optimize as applicable.

Technical Process Improvement and Engineering

• Identify, define, justify, and implement process and formula improvements that will impact site performance (quality, cost reduction, yield, safety).
• Provide site process engineering support. Identify, justify, provide scope and process requirements for technical process improvement projects. Strong link to M&E / regional engineering.
• Create and update P&ID's, PFD's, operational parameters.
• Oversee start-up of new equipment / processes
• Perform detailed capacity analsysis and apply DMAIC approach to problem identification and resolution.

Technical Problem Solving

• Provide operations solutions for formula and process issues such as poor yield, chronic quality issues, excessive processing time, insufficient process controls, high product discard levels, formula or process related safety issues.
• Suggest solutions for the rework of out of specification product that requires technical intervention.

Project leadership and support

• Lead and support site improvement projects such as product transfers, quality improvement projects, yield improvement projects, cost reduction, and capacity improvement projects.

Academic Background

• B.S. (or higher) in chemical engineering or related technical field

Professional Experience

• +1 years experience in process and/or project work in a manufacturing / production environment. Emphasis on liquids processing, spray dry, granulation preferred
• Product formulation experience preferred
• Laboratory experience required. Liquid extraction with solvent, purification and drying experience preferred.
• Laboratory analysis experience such as UV analysis, laser particle size analysis, and understanding of more advanced methods such as HPLC, GC, TLC, etc. (preferred)
• Experience with Continuous Improvement and Lean Manufacturing preferred.
• Strong knowledge of MS Office, including intermediate level Excel and ERP experience preferred.

At Givaudan, you contribute to delightful taste and scent experiences that touch people’s lives.
You work within an inspiring teamwork culture – where you can thrive, collaborate and learn from other talented and passionate people across disciplines, regions and divisions.
Every essence of you enriches our world.
Diversity drives innovation and creates closer connections with our employees, customers and partners.
Givaudan embraces diversity and is committed to building an inclusive environment where everyone impacts our world.

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