Principal Manufacturing Engineer

At West, we're a dedicated team that is connected by a purpose to improve patient lives that has been at the center of our Company for more than a century. Our story began when Herman O. West solved the problem of supplying penicillin in mass quantities to the US Government during World War 2. Through our work to deliver thousands of life-saving and life-enhancing injectable medicines to millions of patients daily, West's indelible mark on the healthcare industry has just begun.

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Job Summary

In this fully onsite role, you will lead the introduction of new products and/or large capital programs for processes, equipment, and new technology upgrades.

The ideal candidate for this role will have a strong understanding of the CAPA and Change Control processes, excellent problem-solving skills, and strong communication and presentation skills. Candidate should have experience working with and getting alignment with a variety of functional support groups to accomplish improvements. We look for inspiring and inclusive leaders who partner with others, knowing that diverse talent, skills, and perspectives lead to better outcomes.

Manage interns or groups of junior engineers on day-to-day tasks such as testing, reporting, drafting, and analysis work.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

* Development of scope of work, project plans, schedules, budgets, or guidelines for your projects.

* Lead project implementation from assessment through to procedure production release including equipment installation and validation activities.

* Troubleshooting manufacturing issues and problem solving for root cause associated with manufacturing processes.

* Communicates findings and proposals to upper management.

* Tracks metrics to discover areas for improvement and identify areas for improvement.

* Work with manufacturing, finance, and operations excellence to estimate production costs and project savings.

* Provides thorough instructions for successful implementation of process changes.

* Reviews production data and design specifications working in partnership with manufacturing and quality to understand critical process parameters Designs procedures for designing control charts and action plans that affect process capability and product performance.

* May incorporate inspection and test requirements into the production plan.

* Leads or provides critical review of root cause investigations and support corrective action solutions, planning and execution to ensure product quality.

* Provides guidance to engineering regarding design concepts and specification requirements to best utilize equipment and manufacturing techniques.

* Ensures processes and procedures are in compliance with regulations, applicable safety and quality standards.

* Manages and provides sound engineering support with hands-on expertise in projects from conception through production. Interact with engineering, management, site and corporate team members and/or vendors to develop engineering specifications for new equipment or required process improvements; produce, modify, and maintain drawings; maintain project timelines; continuously evaluate projects from the tasks, resource and costs perspective, ensure delivery of the projects on time and within budget;

and actively install, start-up, and validate equipment or tooling.

* Coordinate and/or perform all necessary validations and/or process engineering evaluations as needed for manufacturing equipment.

* Manage and coordinate plant and capital projects, properly document work, and maintain history of projects in appropriate project files.

* Assist in installation of new products,…