Our customer, the world’s leading taste and nutrition company for the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries, are looking to appoint a Process Technology Manager to drive continuous improvement, consult on special projects with customers, and optimize existing products and processes. The PT Manager will serve as the technical lead on a cross functional team for operations of the Norwich, NY site.

Key responsibilities

• Develop standard manufacturing procedures for existing products and process improvement projects scaled up to production. This includes all in-process and finished good specifications.
• Advise on upscaling plans and implementations including complex blends.
• Maintain and optimize process control recipes used in the manufacture of proteins.
• Assist Product Development in bench/pilot development of products and new introductions.
• Propose continuous improvement projects in the manufacturing processes and develop plans to implement.
• Provide technical support with TSS.
• Target optimization of key products that will drive efficiency and capacity for the plant.
• Provide support for the design and coordination of pilot plant experiments for new product introduction, customer investigations, process improvements and troubleshooting with the R&D team.
• Travel with sales team to key customers where process expertise is required.
• Review and approve all operations discrepancies and deviations.
• Responsible for transfer of products in and out of the Norwich facility.
• May be required to handle hazardous waste (internal training provided).

Qualifications and skills

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE:

• Minimum BS in related sciences or process engineering.
• Familiar with statistics and process control systems.
• A minimum of 3 years' experience in the pharmaceutical or pharmaceutical ingredients industry with strong understanding of current good manufacturing practices (cGMP’s).
• Leadership experience preferred.

SKILLS:

• Strong problem solving and organizational skills.
• Good interpersonal skills.
• Able to manage multiple priorities.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Able to work and achieve results under pressure.
• Must be able to work independently, without direct supervision as well as work in a team environment
• Able to translate a concept into a workable manufacturing process.

If this description sounds like the opportunity that you have been looking for, please apply here!