Our Work Matters
At Kindeva we make products that save lives, ensuring better health and well-being for patients around the world.
The Impact You Will Make
This is an exciting opportunity as a Process/Manufacturing Engineer in the Transdermal Drug Delivery manufacturing team at Kindeva’s Northridge, CA manufacturing facility. The position will be part of a cross-functional team to support the packaging manufacturing process. Focus will be on high-speed automated packaging, coating, and converting equipment.
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ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES
- Develops into subject matter expert in the Transdermal Manufacturing area for high-speed automated packaging, coating, and converting equipment.
- Initiates, identifies, recommends, and oversees programs in the manufacturing area of responsibility to improve safety, cost, service, and quality.
- Leads equipment-based breakdown and quality investigations, proactively drives innovative solutions. Partners with plant engineering to prioritize corrective maintenance to minimize downtime and optimizes preventative maintenance procedures to minimize equipment breakdowns.
- Responsible for leading projects, including the planning, validation, and installation of new equipment.
- Actively participates in lean, safety, and compliance activities.
- Authors and/or revises technical documents (i.e. SOP, validation protocols, investigations, technical reports, etc.)
- Has lean six sigma (LSS) knowledge and techniques and runs projects to improve manufacturing processes for the product lifecycle.
- May be assigned product engineering tasks such as customer communications.
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Required Skills & Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Systems/Electrical, Chemical, Biomedical, or Industrial Manufacturing Engineering from an accredited University
- 3+ years experience in process/project engineering within the manufacturing industry.
Preferred Qualifications
- 1+ years of pharmaceutical industry experience
- Prior experience in New Product Introduction activities
- Prior experience in CAPA closure and/or Quality Investigation Report activities.
- Experience with leading DMAIC Six Sigma projects – Green Belt Certified.
- Experience with developing and implementing Lean Systems and Standard Work.
- Solid analytical and statistical skills.
- Solid interpersonal and communication skills, both written & oral.
- Cross functional team contributions and leadership skills
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