Operational Excellence Engineer

This is where your expertise helps people. You are a problem solver. Complex projects or unexpected challenges are just opportunities to bring your considerable abilities to use. Whether working independently or with a trusted team, you are always ready to tackle a project and work hard to find solutions. Your team: The Operational Excellence department is part of the Drug Delivery manufacturing operations group. Operational Excellence work includes problem solving/root cause analysis, savings quantification, project conceptualization, financial justification, project design, machine design, development of alternatives, project scheduling and control, and project installation and implementation. What you'll be doing: Use engineering principles to provide electrical design work for machine components including packaging equipment with robotics, filling machines with servo-drives, mixing equipment, and the control of this equipment. Troubleshoot and solve production problems related to process equipment and develop corrective actions. Research the purchase of new equipment or equipment upgrades to existing process equipment. Develop and test models of alternate designs and processing methods to assess feasibility, operating condition effects, possible new applications, and necessity of modification. Read and interpret blueprints, technical drawings, schematics, and computer-generated reports. Research and analyze custom equipment, design proposals, specifications, manuals, and other data to evaluate the feasibility, cost, energy usage, and maintenance requirements of designs or applications. Estimate costs and submit bids for engineering work including the preparation of capital authorization requests. Support projects and manufacturing functions on a 24/7 basis.