Process Engineer 1
Merck KGaA
Shift: No Department: LS-SC-UJBD Membrane Engineering Hiring Manager: James Loiselle
This information is for internals only. Please do not share outside of the organization.
Your Role
The Process Engineer is responsible for supporting the manufacturing and testing of membranes used in high-purity filtration products while maintaining a strong focus on safety, quality, process control, electro-mechanical assembly, and material handling. You will establish and optimize operating specifications, implement process improvements, and troubleshoot manufacturing issues to improve efficiency, product quality, and overall performance. You will monitor machinery, automated equipment, and manufacturing processes, investigate complex production challenges, identify root causes, and implement corrective actions to ensure reliable operations. Working closely with Manufacturing, Quality, Maintenance, and other cross-functional teams, you will help drive process stability, evaluate product quality, reduce waste, improve yields and productivity, and support continuous improvement initiatives within a regulated manufacturing environment.
Duties Include
- Responsible for maintaining efficiency and upkeep of critical manufacturing equipment through effective troubleshooting techniques.
- Exchanges ideas with other team members and participates leads technical discussions in to realize process improvements and changes.
- Provides basic leads process support on assigned Root Cause Analysis (RCA), Corrective Action Preventive Action (CAPA), implementing robust solutions to address root cause of issues.
- Responsible for generating, reviewing, and approving engineering, manufacturing, and quality procedures necessary to support production operation, equipment validation/revalidation, and product launch.
- Ensures adherence to Current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP).
- Leads and implements basic level changes to reduce process waste and variation, and improve yields leads yield improvement and product performance initiatives.
- Generates capital requests to support new processes and capital equipment purchase.
- Generates capital requests for new processes and equipment, leads and participates in equipment and process validation activities (including protocol/report development, review, and execution), and manages change requests by initiating, reviewing, and approving, implementing solutions to support operational needs.
Don't want to miss the next one?
Subscribe to daily email alerts for roles matching your interests.