Quality Engineer

Quality Engineer

As a leader in the science of nutrition, Nestlé Health Science believes in empowering healthier lives for patients and consumers through a rich product portfolio featuring top brands such as Garden of Life®, Nature's Bounty®, Vital Proteins®, Nuun®, Persona Nutrition®, BOOST®, Carnation Breakfast Essentials®, Peptamen®, Compleat Organic Blends®, and more, as well as through Aimmune Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutical company developing therapies to prevent, manage and treat food, GI and metabolic-related diseases.

Our team members are challenged to make a genuine impact and play an integral role in driving the business forward. We embrace a dynamic culture that always puts the consumer first, and where ownership, accountability and agility are celebrated at every level. To help our people thrive, we offer expansive career growth potential, the opportunity to work alongside and learn from talented colleagues with diverse backgrounds and skill sets, and a range of best-in-class benefits.

We have more than 11,000 employees around the world, and products available in over 140 countries.

This position is not eligible for Visa Sponsorship.

Summary:

Under the direction of the Quality Manager, the Quality Engineer provides overall quality support for manufacturing/packaging and quality departments to improve overall product quality. This is an excellent opportunity for an individual with strong engineering, quality and operations background. The Quality Engineer will participate in quality improvement initiatives to reduce defects, rejects and quality issues, and make recommendations to improve the production process based on findings from quality analysis.

Collaboration across multiple disciplines is critical for the successful implementation of the corrective actions. This role will interface closely with other cross-functional groups such as Manufacturing, Engineering, R&D and Quality.

Responsibilities:

• Sets and monitors SPC data to ensure delivery of consistent quality. Utilize basic statistical tools to analyze for trends or issues.
• Develops and analyzes statistical data and specifications to establish product and process capabilities (Cp/Cpk).
• Identify, develop, and implement process controls to meet customer/specification requirements.
• Develops/authors verification, qualification and validation protocols (i.e. Validation Plans, IQ/OQ/PQ protocols, validation summary reports).
• Assists and coordinates equipment, cleaning and process validations.
• Participate in and support the maintenance of the Quality Management System and Maintain Quality Department business metrics.
• The Quality Engineer will lead and / or support thorough investigations of quality issues (CAPA's, Non-Conformances, Audit Observations, OOS Investigations, etc.) ensuring effective corrective and / or preventive actions occur.
• Participate in cross-functional teams on process control, improvement, and optimization projects; participate in other continuous improvement projects.
• The Quality Engineer performs assessments of any given quality system to determine the effectiveness and dependability of such system.
• Ensure all quality specifications are met for any given product or procedure and suggests methods to bring equipment and work procedures into compliance with quality control standards.
• Direct support of project activities and all other associated Quality functions.
• Assist in investigations, which includes interactions with vendors or Supplier Development and Procurement Management for issues associated with raw materials and components.
• Other duties may be assigned as required

Experience:

• 5+ years of experience in the food, pharmaceutical and or supplement industry preferred.
• Knowledge of regulatory requirements that affect the dietary supplement and/or pharmaceutical manufacturing business, preferred.

Education, Certification, Licenses & Registrations:

• Bachelor's in Pharmaceutical, Food Science, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry or other Science related field strongly preferred.
• Other closely related discipline work with significant experience can be considered in lieu of a Bachelor's degree.

Skills:

• Must be proficient with PC…