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Global Senior Process Engineer (m/f/d)

West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. is a leading manufacturer of packaging components and delivery systems for injectable drugs and healthcare products. Working by the side of its customers from concept to patient, West creates products that promote the efficiency, reliability and safety of the world's pharmaceutical drug supply. West is headquartered in Exton, Pennsylvania, and supports its customers from locations in North and South America, Europe, Asia and Australia. West's 2020 sales of $2.14 billion reflect the daily use of approximately 112 million of its components and devices which are designed to improve the delivery of healthcare to patients around the world.

Location: Eschweiler, North Rhine-Westphalia, DE

Contract details: Permanent, full-time

Travel requirement: up to 15%

Start date: asap

Job Summary

The Senior Global Process Engineer is a member of the West Global Engineering team. This role is key to implementing new technology, developing and introducing process improvements, standards, life cycle management and validation in select process areas, helping to advance and transform West’s growing business, supporting capital investments and contributing to addressing complex assignments. With a global mandate and scope, this person will have the opportunity to drive the implementation of new innovative processes and technologies in cooperation with the engineering and quality assurance teams and the plants.

No relocation is provided for this opportunity.

This is a hybrid position requiring the team member to be onsite a minimum of 3 days per week.

Essential duties and responsibilities

• Initiate, lead and coordinate improvements of existing processes globally on quality, service, HSE and cost within the standard known/approved process frame and using best practice knowledge.
• Strongly support the implementation / roll-out of automation and new innovative processes and technologies in joint cooperation with the automation, engineering and quality assurance teams and the plants.
• Manage the development of robust process for final industrial production in targeted plants.
• Assess current process status in all relevant West locations globally, define best practices, perform a gap analysis and manage the harmonization of this best practice to all sites involved.
• Engage in solving product or processesrelated issues as needed.
• Support the introduction, start-up and validation of new equipment in the local sites.
• Support process or technology or product transfer projects between plants from a process standpoint.
• Evaluate and approve all change requests globally.
• Utilize six sigma tools in minimizing process variation and improving the quality of product produced.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's Degree in engineering or another scientific area or equivalent experience required
• Minimum 3 years of experience in a similar position within the manufacturing industry required
• Experience in project management preferred
• Good knowledge of lean and Six Sigma manufacturing principles (Green Belt certification)
• Knowledge of MS Office, statistical tools and Minitab
• cGMP knowledge
• Fluent English and German skills
• Self motivated, result- and solution-oriented personality
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to successfully collaborate with teams across different countries and organizational levels

What sets us apart?

• Internationality – As an American company, we live a global cooperation within international structures
• Philanthropy – We value an appreciative and friendly work environment as well as flat hierarchies
• Market-appropriate remuneration – We offer an attractive, market-oriented remuneration, including company social benefits and purchasing benefits
• Social engagement – We support local aid organizations through various actions organized by our employees
• Diversity – We at West value the wide range of our employees who make up our company
• Safety – Occupational safety is our highest priority; we offer secure jobs in a sustainable industry
• Development opportunities – Our employees benefit from an extensive range of trainings as well as from a constant and targeted employee development
• Family-friendly culture – We attach great importance to reconciling private life and work; flexible working hours are a matter of course for us

Have we aroused your interest?

Then become part of our West family! Please apply online with your complete application documents in English via our recruiting system!

We are looking forward to meeting you!

West Pharmaceutical Services Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG

Stolberger Straße 21–41, 52249 Eschweiler, Tel.: +49 2403 796-0

West embraces diversity and equality of opportunity. We foster an environment where all individuals are safe, treated fairly, valued and respected. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or other applicable legally protected characteristics. Where permitted by law, employment with West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. or any of its subsidiary or affiliate companies, is contingent upon the satisfactory completion of post-offer background screening and/or drug screening.

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