Process Specialist

This is a permanent position to work in our Cartago site, located in Zona Franca La Lima. Medical insurance, asociation, gym, cafeteria subsidy, free transportation and other, are part of our benefits package.

Job function summary

The Process Specialist is a key technical contributor within Operations, responsible for ensuring stable, efficient, and compliant manufacturing processes across mixing, chemical operations, material transformation, and water treatment. The role leads high impact process investigations, and drives improvements that enhance Safety, Quality, Output, and Cost performance. As the technical expert for Value Stream, the Specialist partners closely with Production, Quality, Maintenance, and suppliers to resolve complex issues, optimize process parameters, support equipment commissioning, and maintain accurate process documentation. This position plays a critical role in supporting production plan adherence.

Major areas of accountability

• Production plan adherence to ensure internal customer satisfaction. 
• Ensure the execution of scheduled maintenance activities, process perspective approval.
• Supervision of external maintenance provided by suppliers on assigned machines or equipment.
• Organization of training for other employees where required. (Chemical/Process/technology related)
• Exploring and solving technical problems together with suppliers, technical staff, and operators.
• Ensure to meet the required levels of Safety, Quality, Output and Cost (DVC/Fixed cost)
• Create, update and implement process documentation related to VS production
• Cooperate with the calibration/validation team in re-calibrating quality assurance tool used in VS.    
• Participate in monitoring and developing specifications and measurement methods in relation to product quality.
• Investigate internal customer complaints, develop and introduce preventive and corrective actions.
• Analyze production issues and support technicians in discovering failures, quick and professional troubleshooting
• Initiate and monitor corrective and preventive actions in VS.
• In case of discrepancies from technological processes, manage (NCR) non-compliances (failure reports), reduce the number of their occurrences.
• Plan and coordinate test runs
• Assumes responsibility for the professional handling and preservation of equipment and tools which are company property.
• Must carry out all other company-related tasks that can only be ordered by his/her immediate superior or the Managing Director
• Work with finance on identification of adjustments to work order/inventory/improvement opportunities.
• Installation, assembly & commissioning of production equipment and lines.
• Operate and improve sampling and qualifying processes related to VS production, apply statistical methods.
• Improve efficiency of production machines

Responsible for:

• Performing their job in compliance with the guidelines given
• Drawing attention to the manager to any difficulties in understanding or following the guidelines
• Drawing attention to inefficiency of the system
• Performing their job in compliance with the guidelines given
• Support the positive EHS culture

Essential qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in material engineering, chemical engineering, or related field. 
• English level B2
• Minimum three years related experience and/or related training; or equivalent combination of education and experience. 
• Work experience in FDA or regulated industry.
• Knowledge in MS Office 
• Knowledge in ISO 17025, ISO 9001, ISO13485

Preferred qualifications

• General knowledge of electromechanical systems (Pneumatics and Mechanics) 
• Understanding mechanical and electrical drawings.
• Understanding of continuous improvement methodologies such Lean Manufacturing or Six Sigma.
• Desirable experience working in FDA regulated environment. 
• Experience with chemical mixing processes
• General knowledge of chemistry, polymers or adhesives technologies.
• Experience improving manufacturing operations using Lean and Six Sigma techniques. Certification on Lean or Six Sigma is desirable.
• Proven experience in Quality task as NCR, RCA. 
• Experience in medical industry.
• English level B2+

Con unos ambiciosos planes de crecimiento, Coloplast desarrolla y comercializa productos y servicios que hacen la vida más fácil a aquellas personas con necesidades de cuidados sanitarios especiales. Tenemos más de 16 000 empleados y nuestros productos están disponibles en más de 143 países. Somos una de las empresas líderes de dispositivos médicos a nivel mundial. Constantemente buscamos nuevas formas de hacer crecer el negocio : exploramos, aprendemos y buscamos nuevas formas de hacer las cosas.

Coloplast se compromete a ser una organización inclusiva, donde las diferencias son bienvenidas, las personas desarrollan su potencial y tienen un fuerte sentido de pertenencia debido a  _ no a pesar de_ sus diferencias. Por ello animamos a todos los candidatos idóneos y cualificados a presentar su candidatura independientemente de su sexo, edad, raza, nacionalidad, etnia, orientación sexual, creencia religiosa o capacidad física.

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