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We offer a competitive benefits package that includes healthcare, life insurance, planning for retirement, and more!\nYour Future Matters.\nKnown for our customer-focused scientific and manufacturing excellence, as well as our strong commitment to quality and safety, we offer a range of career and growth opportunities across our global network of locations. Together with our customers, we aim to improve the quality of life for patients around the world. Start a career where You Matter by applying today!\nOverview:\nThe Principal Engineer, Operational Excellence is a senior technical improvement leader responsible for identifying, leading, and sustaining high-impact operational improvements that increase capacity, improve throughput, reduce cycle time, improve yield, strengthen schedule attainment, and eliminate waste across manufacturing and support functions.\nThis role serves as a subject matter expert in Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, engineering, and operational performance improvement within a regulated pharmaceutical manufacturing environment. Working closely with cross functional teams, the Principal Engineer applies chemical engineering principles and data-driven problem solving to remove production constraints, optimize process performance, and deliver measurable business results.\nResponsibilities:\nSafety Culture\nInspire and drive a site culture focused on safety for all employees as per our commitment to “Safety is non-negotiable”\n· Develop improvements that release incremental capacity from existing assets, systems, workflows, and labor resources.\nCollaborate with cross functional teams to improve process robustness, equipment utilization, reliability, and manufacturing efficiency. \nApply statistical analysis, root-cause analysis, FMEA, process capability analysis, regression, and Design of Experiments to complex operational problems. \nAnalyze process flow, chemistry, variability, constraints, and resource utilization to improve manufacturing predictability and performance. \nLead DMAIC, PDCA, Kaizen, and other structured problem-solving efforts. \nEvaluate automation, digital, and emerging technology opportunities that simplify work and improve operational visibility or control. \n· Support process transfers, scale-up, capital projects, technology implementation, and operational readiness activities.\n· Establish baselines, define success measures, and validate realized savings and operational benefits with process owners and Finance.\nSupport sustainment of Lean Manufacturing, TQM Daily Management, leadership standard work, visual management, tiered accountability, 6S, and structured problem-solving systems. \nMentor Lean Six Sigma practitioners, and cross-functional project teams to strengthen site capability. \nQualifications / Skills:\nAdvanced knowledge of Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, and operational excellence systems.\nStrong chemical engineering fundamentals and the ability to apply them in a manufacturing environment.\nDemonstrated ability to lead large, cross-functional improvement initiatives with measurable results.\nUnderstanding of process capability, variation reduction, bottleneck management, and waste elimination.\nStrong project leadership, facilitation, coaching, and change-management skills.\nFinancial acumen and the ability to quantify, communicate, and validate business impact.\nExcellent written, verbal, and presentation skills.\nEducation, Experience, and Licensing Requirements: (Text Only)\n- Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering from an accredited institution. - 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