Sr. Packaging Equipment Engineer

About the role

KDC is a network of best-in-class custom formulators and manufacturers of color cosmetics, skincare, haircare, bath & body, fragrance, deodorant, home, health, industrial, and auto care products. KDC delivers high-touch innovation, operational excellence, and speed to market to well-known and emerging beauty, personal, and specialty companies from coast to coast. KDC has its head office in Longueuil, Québec. In addition, KDC has 10 operating facilities located throughout North America. Altogether, the company employs nearly 4,800 talented and dedicated employees in North America.

The Senior Packaging Equipment Engineer leads and directs all activities to optimize filling-line performance and drives continuous improvement plans. The Senior Packaging Equipment Engineer acts as project manager from ideation through full validation in production, meeting customer and business requirements. The Senior Packaging Equipment Engineer understands and implements written procedures in accordance with cGMP and other governmental regulations. He/she plays a key role in equipment selection for new projects and cost savings initiatives as well as actively lead process control and total productive maintenance strategies.

Responsibilities

• Identifies and drives continuous improvements throughout filling and packaging operations.
• Develops and implements processes and systems to measure line performance and prioritize improvement areas to reduce downtime and improve quality and throughput.
• Manages the development and implementation of equipment for new products, processes, and capacity expansion plans.
• Provides expertise in customer communication relating to products and processes.
• Leads capital projects including competitive bidding, FAT, and installation. Provides costing estimates & timelines for projects and products.
• Implement, track, and reports on improvement projects using standard systems
• Provides mentoring and guidance to others within the Engineering & Maintenance organization.
• Leads equipment and process qualification activities for new equipment and processes.
• Enables Total Productive Maintenance (TPM)activities through implementation of supporting engineering initiatives.
• Leads kaizen and other continuous improvement events, improving operational standards and building people capability
• Provides training materials to line leads, operators, and mechanics as needed in key SOPs and improvement methodologies.
• Supports Health, Safety & Environmental programs, and cGMP initiatives.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science degree in an engineering discipline or equivalent; preferably Mechanical Engineering or Industrial Engineering.
• Minimum of seven (7) years of experience in a production environment (preferably FDA regulated) with both high speed and agile filling and packaging systems.
• Lean Six Sigma (Black Belt or Green Belt) certification, a plus.
• Project Management (PMP or CPM) strongly preferred.
• Must be 18 years or older.
• Able to work overtime & weekends as required.
• Wear hairnet, safety glasses, long pants, steel toe shoes/boots and any other uniform standards.
• Read, comprehend and follow written and verbal instructions.
• Ability sit, bend, stoop, climb, and stand for long periods of time in one place.
• Able to lift items up to 50 lbs.

Skills

• Expertise