Senior Process Manufacturing Engineer

At STERIS, we help our Customers create a healthier and safer world by providing innovative healthcare and life science product and service solutions around the globe.

Position Summary

The Senior Process Manufacturing Engineer in our Mentor, Ohio location is responsible for establishing the manufacturing process capability for new/reformulated products. In this role you will support the execution of equipment qualification, cleaning, and process validation program. Prepare and revise batch records, operating instructions, and cleaning instructions. Conduct process improvement studies in the areas of operational productivity, process control, quality processing, employee safety, process yield improvement, and environmental impact in a lean environment. Test new technologies, processes, controls or prototype equipment and support implementation as appropriate to optimize liquid blending systems. Provide indirect supervision of technicians, interns and operators as required. Develop P&ID’s in support of validation efforts. Develop design of experiment (DOE) for the purpose of scale-up, troubleshooting and modifications of new and existing processes.

This position requires that you work onsite Monday through Friday during core business hours in our Mentor, OH location.

What You'll do as a Senior Process Manufacturing Engineer

• Support the execution of protocols to comply with FDA and cGMP requirements for equipment qualification, cleaning and process validations.
• Responsible for the development of lean culture and institution of lean principles.
• Develop plans, design experiments, and schedules for establishing manufacturing process capability and introduction of new/reformulated products.
• Interface with Product Development and Production to bring these processes from the research laboratory through scale-up full-scale manufacturing.
• Responsible for research and testing of new technologies or processes appropriate for support of new/existing product manufacture.
• Establish and maintain set point controls.
• Support Project Engineering to obtain approval for Capital Appropriation Requests, design specifications and equipment installation.
• Provide personnel training, development of manufacturing instructions and start-up of new processes/equipment.
• Responsible for conducting process studies, identifying opportunities for improvement and supporting implementation of findings to optimize liquid blending systems.
• Resolve manufacturing deficiencies through troubleshooting and implementation of corrective actions.
• Develop and submit written reports including objective, experimental, compilation of data, engineering analysis, conclusions and recommendations.
• Monitor and provide solutions in terms of quality, yields, throughput, cycle times, process parameters, cGMP compliance, and safety and environmental requirements.
• Apply structured, technical problem-solving methodologies such as DMAIC, six sigma green belt/black belt statistical analysis, etc. to confirm root causes of problems.
• Implement corrective and preventative actions to solve root causes and prevent recurrence, reduce variation, and drive improvement in quality and other key KPI’s.
• Serve as Subject Matter Expert (SME) providing deep technical insights into operations processes, including chemical and biological formulation, filling, packaging, and quality operations.
• Employ key project management principles including establishing and tracking timelines, identifying and mitigating risks, communicating across teams at all levels.

The Experience, Skills and Abilities Needed

Required: 

• Bachelors degree in Engineering.
• Minimum five (5) years in process engineering or equivalent.
• Background in biochemical or chemical engineering, or microbiology.
• Project leadership skills, technical skills, and organization skills required.
• Experience with FDA, and GMP regulated operations, such as Medical Devices or Pharmaceutical Manufacturing.
• Good communication skills and interpersonal skills.
• Proven proficiency in facilitating problem solving and other team-based root cause analysis (RCA).
• Ability to generate detailed, high quality technical documentation to capture and communicate designs.
• Ability to influence team members to perform at exceptional levels.

Preferred: 

• Lean Six Sigma certification such as Green Belt or Black Belt, preferred.

What STERIS Offers

We value our employees and are committed to providing a comprehensive benefits package that supports your health, wellbeing, and financial future.