Principal, Plant Technical Support
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Job Scope Lead strategic CAPEX projects from concept through commissioning, validation, and operational handover, ensuring delivery on scope, budget, and timelines. Develop and execute engineering and process technology roadmaps to support capacity expansion, process capability, and business growth. Serve as the site process engineering SME for aseptic manufacturing, compounding, filling, packaging and inspection operations. Drive operational excellence through process optimization, OEE improvement, yield enhancement, waste reduction, and cost-saving initiatives. Lead complex process investigations, root cause analysis and CAPAs and implementation of sustainable engineering solutions. Provide technical leadership for equipment, facility, utilities, automation and process control system upgrades. Support technology transfers, process validation, manufacturing readiness and lifecycle management programs. Collaborate cross-functionally with Operations, Quality, Maintenance, Automation, Utilities and Global Engineering teams to achieve site objectives. Establish and maintain engineering standards, technical documentation, process specifications and regulatory compliance requirements. Champion Lean, Six Sigma, Industry 4.0, digitalization and continuous improvement initiatives to enhance productivity and reliability. Monitor project and manufacturing performance, manage risks and ensure audit and inspection readiness. Mentor and develop engineering talent while fostering a strong culture of safety, quality and operational excellence.
What You'll Bring to Alcon
- Min Degree in Engineering or scientific field
- Min 8 years of relevant end to end experience project management in process engineering field in pharmaceutical/ medical field
- Brings along past experience in troubleshooting process issues and end to end validation experience will be required
At Alcon, we are committed to helping people see better. We believe patients should have access to quality eye care regardless of their economic circumstances; however, barriers to good eye health exist for patients in both developed and emerging markets. Alcon develops and manufactures innovative devices to serve the full life cycle of eye care needs. Its surgical group is one of the largest makers of equipment used for cataract removal and laser vision correction. Its consumer products include the well-known Opti-Free line of contact lens solutions as well as related products. Alcon, which was founded in 1945, sells its products in 180 countries worldwide.