Process Engineer

Join us and celebrate the beauty of human experience. Create for happier, healthier lives, with love for nature. Together, with kindness, humility, and a spirit of adventure, we deliver food innovations, craft inspired fragrances and develop beauty and wellbeing solutions. There’s much to learn from our 79 production sites worldwide, known for their best-in-class processes and procedures. There’s many to learn from, with high-performing leaders and caring colleagues to explore ideas and ambitions with. Every day, your energy, your personality, and your determination will shape our future, making a positive difference on billions of people. Every essence of you enriches our world. We are Givaudan. Human by nature.

Compounding Production Process Engineer

Your next role ?

As a Compounding Production Process Engineer you will support the fragrance manufacturing operations and focus on delivering our goals within corporate guidelines and local policies, in collaboration with the Compounding Production Manager.

Sounds interesting? It could well be your perfect opportunity if, like us, you always aim to exceed customer needs, provide value and are experienced at promoting relationships.

In this exciting role you will :

Production Management Support :

• Control manufacturing of Compounding products, material flow, and inventory to achieve cost and quality targets and production schedules of the assigned production line(s), ensuring compliance of standards together with and under the general direction of Compounding Production Manager ;
• Design high-level concept for Engineering to do detail specifications ;
• Analyze production specifications and plant capacity data and perform calculation to determine manufac-turing processes and workforce requirements ;
• Solve issues using a combination of standard or modified procedures ;
• Solve systems issues using a combination of systems and multiple data analysis / Daily systems troubleshooting ;
• Set up systems following production needs ;
• Perform basic maintenance on equipment, troubleshoot problems, or arrange for equipment to be repaired or serviced by appropriate technicians ;
• Make independent decisions in shaping and completing technical assignments. Not supervised in detail except on more difficult assignments ;
• Operate all relevant machinery, tools, and equipment and undertake standard and complex production tasks safely and following instructions ;
• Make independent decisions in shaping and completing technical assignments. Not supervised in detail except on more difficult assignments ;
• GMP lead for the manufacturing environment ;
• Ensure EHS is at the center of our focus, developing sustainable and safe solutions ;
• Increase agility of our processes to improve our customer services.

People Management :

• Lead small manufacturing process technician team, 3-5 people, to deliver Best In Class support to the production.

EHS responsabilities :

• Ensure that the following risk assessments are completed, and safety gaps are addressed and closed before startup: process, equipment and machinery hazards, fire and explosion hazards, jobs/tasks hazards ;
• Ensure that any project, such as CAPEX projects, addresses safety aspects right from the start ;
• Report instantly to their immediate supervisor and to the local EHS manager any undesired situation which they have reason to believe could present a hazard and which they cannot correct themselves ;
• Report any incident, accident, injury to health or near-miss which arises in the course of, or in connection with work ;
• Ensure that employees under their guidance, irrespective of the nature of their contractual situation, have received appropriate training and have the required competencies before they are active on assignments ;
• Ensure that employees under their guidance receive refresher training ;
• Ensure that third-party employees intervening on-site under their your responsibilities have received appropriate training and competencies before they are active on assignments.

Each Givaudan Vernier SA employee ensures that your tasks are carried out in compliance with the Code of Conduct, the rules laid down in our policy on health, safety, security, environmental protection and product protection (following the EFfCI GMP standard) and any other applicable regulations.

You ?

Are you someone who wants to grow your world? Who excels being in a culture where you can express yourself in a creative team environment? Who wants to collaborate and learn together with teams who are as passionate as you are? Then join us – and improve your world.

Your Profile :

• Master's Degree in Engineering, Operations Management or equivalent ;
• 6 or more years of experience in a manufacturing environment ;
• 2 or more years of experience in people management ;
• Change Management experience ;
• Worked in a GMP environment ;
• Lean Manufacturing and/ or Six Sigma is an asset ;
• Proficiency in SAP and other necessary department systems ;
• Proficiency in data analysis ;
• Fluency (oral, written) in French and English.

Due to its activities, Givaudan is subject to the regulations of the OFAC (Office Fédéral de l'Avia-tion Civile). Please note that later in the recruitment process you will be asked to provide a criminal record

Our Benefits (for Vernier, Switzerland) :

Healthcare support

Paid Time Off and family leave

Retirement plan

Sport and leisure clubs

Company shop

Staff restaurant

At Givaudan, you contribute to delightful taste and scent experiences that touch people’s lives.
You work within an inspiring teamwork culture – where you can thrive, collaborate and learn from other talented and passionate people across disciplines, regions and divisions.
Every essence of you enriches our world.
Givaudan is committed to equal opportunities. Therefore, we welcome applications regardless of cultural and social background, gender, age, religion or sexual identity. 
We also have a safe working environment, progressive working conditions and are certified as an equal pay employer.