What are the responsibilities and job description for the Process Engineer (Reliability) position at Catalent Pharma Solutionss?
Process Engineer (Reliability)
Position Summary
Join Catalent's flagship softgel development and manufacturing facility in St. Petersburg, FL, producing 18 billion capsules annually. Within the Catalent network, we offer a broad range of integrated formulation and analytical services to solve difficult development and manufacturing challenges.
The Process engineer is responsible for managing site reliability assets in the operations, technical services, and process development departments. This includes projects impacting technical services for new or enhanced products, engineering, cost containment, and efficiency, and compliance initiatives. Additionally, the process engineer is responsible for communicating cross-functionally, and with customers, vendors, suppliers, contractors, other sites and upper management on project related activities.
The Role:
The Candidate
Why You Should Join Catalent
Catalent offers rewarding opportunities to further your career! Join the global drug development and delivery leader and help us bring over 7,000 life-saving and life-enhancing products to patients around the world. Catalent is an exciting and growing international company where employees work directly with pharma, biopharma and consumer health companies of all sizes to advance new medicines from early development to clinical trials and to the market. Catalent produces more than 70 billion doses per year, and each one will be used by someone who is counting on us. Join us in making a difference.
personal initiative. dynamic pace. meaningful work.
Visit Catalent Careers to explore career opportunities.
Catalent is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and veterans.
If you require reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process due to a disability, you may submit your request by sending an email, and confirming your request for an accommodation and include the job number, title and location to This option is reserved for individuals who require accommodation due to a disability. Information received will be processed by a U.S. Catalent employee and then routed to a local recruiter who will provide assistance to ensure appropriate consideration in the application or hiring process.
Notice to Agency and Search Firm Representatives: Catalent Pharma Solutions (Catalent) is not accepting unsolicited resumes from agencies and/or search firms for this job posting. Resumes submitted to any Catalent employee by a third party agency and/or search firm without a valid written & signed search agreement, will become the sole property of Catalent. No fee will be paid if a candidate is hired for this position as a result of an unsolicited agency or search firm referral. Thank you.
Important Security Notice to U.S. Job Seekers:
Catalent NEVER asks candidates to provide any type of payment, bank details, photocopies of identification, social security number or other highly sensitive personal information during the offer process, and we NEVER do so via email or social media. If you receive any such request, DO NOT respond- it is a fraudulent request. Please forward such requests to for us to investigate with local authorities.
California Job Seekers can find our California Job Applicant Notice HERE.
Position Summary
- Work Schedule: Monday -Friday, 8:00 AM-4:30 PM or 8:30 AM-5:00 PM with a 30-minute unpaid lunch
- This position is 100% on-site at the St. Petersburg site.
Join Catalent's flagship softgel development and manufacturing facility in St. Petersburg, FL, producing 18 billion capsules annually. Within the Catalent network, we offer a broad range of integrated formulation and analytical services to solve difficult development and manufacturing challenges.
The Process engineer is responsible for managing site reliability assets in the operations, technical services, and process development departments. This includes projects impacting technical services for new or enhanced products, engineering, cost containment, and efficiency, and compliance initiatives. Additionally, the process engineer is responsible for communicating cross-functionally, and with customers, vendors, suppliers, contractors, other sites and upper management on project related activities.
The Role:
- Develops engineering solutions to repetitive failures such as capacity, quality, cost, or regulatory compliance issues. Familiarity with use of tools such as Statistical process control, Reliability modelling and prediction, Six Sigma (6o) methodology and Root Cause Analysis (RCA).
- Provides advanced engineering support to ongoing activities and projects acting as a specialist advisor across the Reliability Engineering function and applies value analysis to repair/replace, repair/redesign
- Accountable for JHA - Job hazards analysis, FMEA - Failure modes and effects analysis, CA - Criticality analysis, RCA - Root Cause Analysis and expands knowledge of engineering concepts that support the Engineering and Maintenance departments and capital projects
- Development and maintenance of Life Cycle Asset Management (LCAM)and participates in the development of design and installation specifications along with commissioning plans.
- Participates in the development of criteria for evaluation of equipment, technical MRO suppliers, technical maintenance service providers and final check-out of new installations including factory and site acceptance testing.
- Leads cross-discipline projects focused on Reliability Engineering and developing plans to eliminate or reduce the losses through root cause analysis, facilitates the implementation and may be required to work off hours as it relates to projects or plant emergencies
- Communicates with customer on equipment status and
- with supplier, vendor or contractor on equipment requirements and expectations. Ensures project requirements embraces current cGMP, EHS, and CFR/ISO industry standards.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
The Candidate
- Bachelor's degree in engineering and 5 years of relevant experience is required, master's degree preferred (including MBA)
- Excellent communication skills
- Demonstrated ability to develop solutions to a range of moderately complex problems
- Knowledge and experience of using and designing business systems to document and solve problems
- CMMS Knowledge
- Previous experience with predictive maintenance technologies and asset performance platforms
- Ability to work effectively under pressure to meet deadlines. Individual may be required to sit, stand, walk regularly and occasionally lift up to 20 pounds, no lifting greater than 44 pounds without assistance.
- Be accessible to manufacturing floor and office staff and to use required office equipment. Specific vision requirements include reading of written documents and use of computer monitor screen frequently.
Why You Should Join Catalent
- Tuition Reimbursement - Let us help you finish your degree or earn a new one!
- WellHub program to promote overall physical wellness.
- 152 hours of PTO 8 paid holidays.
- Medical, dental and vision benefits effective day one of employment.
- Defined career path and annual performance review and feedback process.
- Diverse, inclusive culture. Several Employee Resource Groups focusing on D&I. Community engagement and green initiatives.
- Dynamic, fast-paced work environment.
- Positive working environment focusing on continually improving processes to remain innovative.
Catalent offers rewarding opportunities to further your career! Join the global drug development and delivery leader and help us bring over 7,000 life-saving and life-enhancing products to patients around the world. Catalent is an exciting and growing international company where employees work directly with pharma, biopharma and consumer health companies of all sizes to advance new medicines from early development to clinical trials and to the market. Catalent produces more than 70 billion doses per year, and each one will be used by someone who is counting on us. Join us in making a difference.
personal initiative. dynamic pace. meaningful work.
Visit Catalent Careers to explore career opportunities.
Catalent is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and veterans.
If you require reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process due to a disability, you may submit your request by sending an email, and confirming your request for an accommodation and include the job number, title and location to This option is reserved for individuals who require accommodation due to a disability. Information received will be processed by a U.S. Catalent employee and then routed to a local recruiter who will provide assistance to ensure appropriate consideration in the application or hiring process.
Notice to Agency and Search Firm Representatives: Catalent Pharma Solutions (Catalent) is not accepting unsolicited resumes from agencies and/or search firms for this job posting. Resumes submitted to any Catalent employee by a third party agency and/or search firm without a valid written & signed search agreement, will become the sole property of Catalent. No fee will be paid if a candidate is hired for this position as a result of an unsolicited agency or search firm referral. Thank you.
Important Security Notice to U.S. Job Seekers:
Catalent NEVER asks candidates to provide any type of payment, bank details, photocopies of identification, social security number or other highly sensitive personal information during the offer process, and we NEVER do so via email or social media. If you receive any such request, DO NOT respond- it is a fraudulent request. Please forward such requests to for us to investigate with local authorities.
California Job Seekers can find our California Job Applicant Notice HERE.