Roquette is a family-owned global leader in plant-based ingredients and a leading provider of pharmaceutical excipients.
Want to help us make a difference?
Using plant-based resources, we collaborate with our customers and partners to imagine and offer ingredients to better feed people and treat patients.
Each of our ingredients responds to unique and essential needs, and they enable healthier lifestyles.
We are looking for a Packaging Engineer Technology Guardian within our Global Team. The Packaging Technology Guardian will be responsible for driving & supporting finished product packaging improvement initiatives across all product lines within the Roquette Health & Pharma Solutions (HPS) Business Unit. The role will ideally be based at our Midland MI, USA site. The role will report to the HPS Global Manufacturing Technology Director within the HPS Manufacturing organization. The role will drive development and implementation of packaging GMP standards, PPWR compliance, safety and automation upgrades, line capacity release, cost optimization and site-specific packaging line CAPEX investment projects.
This position is located in Midland, MI (preferred) or Newark, DE.
Compensation:
The current salary range for this role is estimated to be $110,000-$162,000. In addition, this position may also be eligible to earn performance-based incentive compensation. The posted range reflects the full salary range for the position and does not necessarily represent the expected starting salary. Offers are generally made below the maximum of the range after review of several factors, including relevant experience, qualifications, skills, internal equity, location and other job-related considerations.
What You’ll Do:
Responsibilities
Develop, justify & drive implementation of the HPS Packaging equipment strategy and investment priorities to meet customer and business needs.
Develop minimum expected GMP standards guideline for packaging unit operations within the HPS business working with business quality, regulatory, operations, engineering and MT key stakeholders.
Complete gap assessments against the developed GMP standards guideline for all sites and develop a gap closure plan with estimated timeline, people and financial resource requirements.
Working with equipment suppliers, site operations, engineering and MT develop packaging technology documentation as a reference for technology and equipment use in network upgrade projects.
Execute early Front-End Loading (FEL) on packaging CapEx projects to include business case & scope development. Support detailed design, lead commissioning & start-up activities, RTO as appropriate.
Lead the analysis of the HPS packaging product customer offering to include pack type vs. customer need, packaging cost and overall spend and develop proposals to optimize package type offering to provide required package quality, product stability, standardized presentation and optimized cost.
Own operational aspects of Packaging and Packaging Waste Reduction (PPWR) compliance. Responsibilities include but are not limited to ensuring management of change regarding new packaging material implementation accounts for PPWR compliance, partnering with Regulatory/Sustainability resources to ensure operations remain in compliance as regulations evolve and ensuring operations is properly accounting/reporting packaging materials.
Support the business and site quality functions on any product/packaging stability trials, studies or improvement initiatives.
Develop knowledge and expertise in packaging technology and systems becoming the Subject Matter Export (SME).
Support site operations and quality in packaging related to critical customer complaints.
Benchmark site packaging lines operational performance identifying best in class performance leveraging performance drivers to other network facilities. Drive OEE performance measurement of packaging lines to enable improved overall production line performance and facility…