Staff Formulation Engineer

Company Description

As a world market leader in crop protection, we help farmers to counter these threats and ensure enough safe, nutritious, affordable food for all – while minimizing the use of land and other agricultural inputs. Syngenta Crop Protection keeps plants safe from planting to harvesting.  From the moment a seed is planted through to harvest, crops need to be protected from weeds, insects and diseases as well as droughts and floods, heat and cold. Syngenta Crop Protection is headquartered in Switzerland.

Job Description

• Provides the formulation engineering technical capability in both existing and novel manufacturing technologies to maximize quality, capacity, and efficiency outcomes during scale-up, and after the launch, of newly formulated products to commercial manufacture.
• Generates the process definition in CP capital projects, including process plant design and equipment evaluation and specification.  
• Progress projects to increase manufacturing capacity, improve quality and/or reduce manufacturing costs at CP sites and/or the bulk supply chain.
• Provides advice for the creation and implementation of development programs and procedures within the formulation engineering processing area.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Support all Safety and Compliance requirements. Must be fully knowledgeable of, and compliant with all Syngenta safety policies and department standard operating procedures. Must lead by example, to drive a strong safety culture of individual accountability. 
• Delivers the scale-up of formulation processes from lab to full-scale manufacturing ensuring process safety, health, and environmental subjects are fully anticipated. 
• Support technology transfer teams for inter-regional transfer or re-siting of products and is the technical lead in product establishment teams and a member of the technical start-up team for new processes and equipment at Syngenta manufacturing sites or tollers. 
• Designs pilot plant trials and full-scale manufacturing trials - write operating procedures, trains operating team, provides technical supervision, documents the outcomes, identifies next steps, and shares best practices.
• Applies formulation engineering processing knowledge to identify solutions that improve capacity, quality, and cost efficiency at manufacturing sites and/or in the bulk supply chain and is a member of the project teams that implement these solutions.
• Progresses projects to seek out, evaluate and introduce innovative manufacturing technologies for implementation in the pilot plant, production sites, or supply chain.
• Progress evaluation and trials novel processing technologies and techniques, and works with site manufacturing teams to introduce full-scale manufacture in CP.
• Contribute to the development of technology improvement plans over a 5Yr horizon
• Help lead in the overall success of departmental operations i.e., safety, efficiency, and productivity initiatives. May take a lead role in department teams or initiatives.

Qualifications

Education & Experience:

• B.S. Engineering degree with 5+ years of proven experience (adjusted based on further degree) technical position in formulation processing development or formulation manufacturing.  
• Strong continuous improvement, process risk assessment and HSE excellence mindset.
• Experience working in cross-functional organizations, transiting in a dynamic and uncertain environment ensuring effective and focused project delivery (on time and in budget).
• Proven ability to prioritize activities and manage multiple requests from different stakeholders.                                                                           
• Understanding of the end-to-end processes for product development, formulation processing scale-up and lifecycle management. 

Additional Information

What We Offer:

• A culture that celebrates diversity & inclusion, promotes professional development, and strives for a work-life balance that supports the team members. Offers flexible work options to support your work and personal needs
• Full Benefit Package (Medical, Dental & Vision) that starts your first day
• 401k plan with company match, Profit Sharing & Retirement Savings Contribution
• Paid Vacation, Paid Holidays, Maternity and Paternity Leave, Education Assistance, Wellness Programs, Corporate Discounts, among other benefits
• Relocation Provided

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