Continuous Improvement Associate

Position Summary

Catalent is a global, high-growth, public company, and a leading partner for the pharmaceutical industry in the development and manufacturing of new treatments for patients worldwide. Your talents, ideas, and passion are essential to our mission: to help people live better, healthier lives. Catalent is committed to a Patient First culture through excellence in quality and compliance, and to the safety of every patient, consumer and Catalent employee.

Reporting to the Continuous Improvement & Sustainability Manager, the CI Associate is a key member of the Catalent team responsible for the coordination and delivery of continuous improvement projects. The CI Associate is responsible for driving efficiency gains by enhancing employee training, procedures, process and equipment optimization, maintenance, and other excellence initiatives. 

This position is located in Strathroy, Ontario, one of two sites located in Canada offering softgel development and manufacturing capabilities for the Pharmaceutical and Consumer Health industries. We have a broad range of integrated formulation, manufacturing, analytical and packaging services to offer full-service turnkey solutions.

Regular working hours: 8:00 AM-4:30 PM or 8:30 AM-5:00 PM with a 30-minute unpaid lunch

The Role

• Utilize CI Tools such as 5S, Kaizen and Maintenance Excellence to lead initiatives that directly impact Safety, Service, Quality, Cost and Speed.

• Supporting technical training for operators to reduce changeover, setup and improve operating efficiency.

• Support to cross-functional projects to facilitate implementation of new equipment and continuous improvement initiatives.

• Deliver CI savings identified through CI projects.

• Establish and conduct regular 5S audits to monitor compliance and instill behavior changes.

• Drive equipment uptime through identifying proactive maintenance activities, enhancing a culture of equipment care, identifying and prioritizing opportunities for improvement.

• Lead projects to support the sustainability goals for the sites in Ontario.

• Perform other duties as required.

The Candidate

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering required.

• Minimum three 3+ years’ experience working as a technical resource in a manufacturing environment is required.

• Experience working in continuous improvement is preferred.

• Experience supporting new equipment introductions and developing of operator training plans for new equipment is an asset.

• CAD experience (AutoCAD, SolidWorks) is preferred.

• Project coordination experience is an asset.

• Demonstrated ability to lead and complete projects within scope, schedule, and budget.

• Excellent project leadership, decision-making, problem solving, facilitation, and interpersonal skills.

• Ability to influence stakeholders, build trust and respect within the overall organization.

• Resourceful, innovative, and persuasive.

• Flexibility to shift priorities quickly and effectively manage simultaneous requirements.

• Excellent communication skills.

• Demonstrated ability to work independently, take initiative, and complete assigned projects independently.

• The employee is often required to sit and use their hands and fingers, to handle or feel and to manipulate keys on a keyboard.

• The employee is required to stand, walk, reach with arms and hands, bend, or twist, and to stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl and occasionally bend and lift <20kg.

• Vision abilities required by this job include close vision. The employee is required to stand for long.

Why You Should Join Catalent

• Comprehensive Benefit Package (Health, Dental, Vision, & Life Insurance)

• Group Retirement Savings –Registered Pension Plan (RPP) with employer contributions.

• Paid Time Off Programs including vacation, banked time & personal time.

• Employee Reward & Recognition programs.

• Opportunities for professional and personal development & growth including tuition reimbursement.

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. 

Catalent is committed to the health and safety of its employees, visitors and the customers and patients we serve. As a result of the global pandemic, we have modified many of our recruitment and on-boarding processes to maintain everyone’s safety. The Human Resources teams will communicate all necessary safety processes and procedures throughout each stage.

personal initiative. dynamic pace. meaningful work.

Visit Catalent Careers to explore career opportunities.

Catalent is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate based on any characteristic protected by local law.

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 DisabilityAccommodations@catalent.com. 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.

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