Want to be more than just a cog in the machine? As an External Manufacturing Technical Lead with Reckitt, you’ll have the freedom to make sure the whole operation runs like clockwork.

External Manufacturing Technical Lead

Salt Lake City, UT

Competitive Salary & excellent benefits package

4-weeks Paid Vacation annually
Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription insurance
Volunteer Days
Bonus Programs
401(k) Match and Profit Sharing
HSA with company contribution
Parental / Maternity Leave
Tuition Reimbursement
Employee Assistance Program
On-Site Gym
On-Site Employee Store
So Much More!

A vital source of technical expertise, you’ll lead the team that keeps our operations up and running. You’ll:

• Head up site engineering, including responsibility for technical, facilities, environmental, health and safety equipment
• Plan maintenance and improvement activities as well as capital investment projects (and some unforeseen troubleshooting too)
• Build, develop and inspire a team with a culture of continuous improvement
• Find new ways to improve service, safety and efficiency.

You’ll succeed because…

…there’s pretty much nothing you don’t know about bulk processing, packaging or volume manufacturing. You:

• Have a broad engineering background, ideally in a regulated environment
• Are a team builder. Able to motivate and develop a team where initiative, collaboration and respect are key
• Can implement control systems and continuous improvement processes
• Are results-orientated. You find creative solutions and deliver high quality results, even when faced with complex problems.

You’ll love it because…

…you’ll get to make an impact like never before. The products you help us get out there will make people’s lives better. Our iconic brands will provide an incredible platform for you. And our dynamic, ownership-driven culture will help bring the very best out of you, every day.

Responsibilities

• Provides leadership in managing behavior relative to policy, procedures and functionally assigned tasks.
• Participate in the protection of the facility and physical assets of the plant.
• Drive work practices, policies and procedures that support meeting or exceeding safety, quality and supply goals.
• Develops and maintains interdepartmental and intradepartmental relationships to effectively work with all functional areas and external manufacturing parties.
• Support the development and implementation of NPD’s. Identify issues that could prevent scale up of new formulations.
• Seek out improvements to support efficiency gains and productivity within the NA EMO network.
• Organize and co-ordinate EMO industrial trials as required during the technology transfer process. Supporting where possible on site at EMO facilities.
• Scope, propose, participate in and lead continuous improvement projects with EMOs.
• Assures compliance with all cGMPs.
• Liaise with cross functional teams to support key strategic site to site transfer projects from Reckitt facilities or EMOs, into new or existing EMOs.
• Manages interaction with governmental agencies and customers, as required.
• Lead and support supply planned projects, delivering key material BCPs or PPV benefits.
• Drive root cause analysis for failures and implements all corrective and preventative actions, supporting Quality in the Quality One Deviation process.
• Effectively applies knowledge of FDA, and DEA guidelines.
• Assists in the development, improvement and implementation of the EMO supply plan.
• Ensure that the elements or functions that are regulated by the cGMPs for equipment, facilities, computer systems, manufacturing processes and packaging processes meet the regulatory requirements.
• Support the Reckitt change management process by assessing the impact of changes or raising change controls via Quality One.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a scientific field such as, but not limited to, Chemical Engineering, Computer Science/Information Technology, Chemistry, Biology, or Biochemistry, or at least three years’ experience in Process Engineering, Validation, Quality Assurance, Quality Control or Product Development in an FDA regulated manufacturing or processing environment.
• Minimum of 3 years of professional experience
• Computer Literacy, especially with the Microsoft Office Suite products.
• Superior ability to analyze data.
• Ability to travel
• Strong organizational and project management skills.
• Understand product cost breakdown
• Experience in using Change Control and Deviation management systems.
• Strong influencing, negotiating and stakeholder management skills, preferably with experience of using these skills both internally and externally.

Equality

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability or medical condition; colour, ethnicity, race, citizenship, and national origin; religion; pregnancy, family status and caring responsibilities; sexual orientation; sex, gender identity, gender expression, and transgender identity; protected veteran status; size or any other basis protected by appropriate law.