Senior Process Engineer

Pact's Contract Manufacturing division manufactures across; laundry, household cleaning, car care, pest control, edible oils, air care and pet cleaning categories.

Our uniquely flexible and purpose built facilities utilise the latest blending, granulating and packaging technologies, allowing us to maintain the fastest project completion times in the industry.

Our extensive and proactive research and development capabilities together with our substantial investment in technology and innovation mean we can provide lower manufacturing costs and get our customer's products on supermarket shelves faster than our competitors.

Our new Horsley Park site has installed a state-of-the-art high speed filling lines to enable faster production in manufacturingHousehold and Laundry care products with a capacity to fill approximately 14,000 bottles per hour.

About this opportunity

Working closely with the site Manager at Horsley Park, the focus of this of this position is to design, implement & maintain systems to ensure process safety, efficiency, and purpose for our manufacture and filling.
You will collaborate with cross functional teams to evaluate workflow, identify bottlenecks, and propose solutions.
Accountability includes testing and monitoring of equipment, maintaining system processes, conducting process risk assessment, determining, and writing procedures.
This position is responsible for site process engineering & development, engineering & improvement projects, and plant machinery maintenance.

Your key responsibilities will be to:

• Lead and drive liquids chemical plant commissioning
• Lead and drive liquids filling commissioning
• Lead and manage all plant (chemical and filling) MOC processes including scoping and recommendingsolution and implementation.
  
• Perform comprehensive process simulations and optimizations to enhance operational improvement, process efficiency, and productivity and improvement.
  
• Develop and review engineering deliverables such as PFDs, P&IDs, equipment specifications, and process control philosophies.
  
• Conduct risk assessments, HAZOP's/SILs and develop strategies to ensure compliance with safety and regulatory standards.
  
• Stay updated with industry trends and emerging technologies, applying them appropriately in project designs.
  
• Set objectives, plans, and schedule multiple projects to accomplish defined objectives to meet manufacturing goals.
  
• Develop and improve existing processes and methods for control and troubleshooting of manufacturing technical problems.
  
• Ensure equipment uptime through the expedient, effective resolutions of production equipment problems to meet customer service objectives for line fill rates.
  
• Troubleshoot issues related to quality, lead implementation of changes to correct.
  

Your skills and experience

To be successful in this role, you'll have:

• Solid experience in batch manufacturing from chemical, paint, pharmaceutical or food industryincludinga deep understanding of CIP steam and chemical systems.
  
• Knowledge of Batch control software.
  Previous use of ignition is an advantage.
  
• Demonstrable knowledge of how to scope a commissioning, a methodology for tackling the commissioning and the ability to resource plan for the skills required i.e.
  commissioning, electrical, control, mechanical, safety and external stakeholders (building owner, authorities etc)
• Direct experience in managing external parties i.e.
  process design, electrical, control, and batching software.
  
• Excellent analytical, project management, and leadership skills.
  
• A steadfast commitment to safety, quality, and environmental sustainability
• Demonstrable experience in establishing (correctly resourcing) and leading HAZOP's (or SILs)
• Experience in the design and installation of Safety Systems including risk assessments, zoning, mechanical installation of the stops, software programming, testing and SOP changes
• Experience in using the Theory of Constraints (or similar) to debottleneck and drive production volume and efficiency.
  
• Strong strategic thinking, analytical skills, and business acumen, with the ability to translate technical insights into actionable strategies and plans.
  
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and relationship-building skills, with the ability to effectively engage and influence stakeholders at all levels.
  
• Knowledge of relevant regulatory requirements, environmental standards, and permitting processes is desirable with strong familiarity with industry standards and codes.
  
• Strong knowledge of Maintenance, Process, Production Engineering and Technical Services / Validation required.
  
• Ability to respond to changing priorities.
  
• Ability to prepare budgets and control expenditures.
  
• Strong ability to question the status quo and challenge the business positively
• Advanced SAP and Excel experience

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Chemical /Process Engineering or a related field.
  
• At least 10 years of experience in process engineering
• A professional engineering license or eligibility for registration is preferred.
  
• A formal qualification in a Supply Chain or Manufacturing related discipline
• Greenfields commissioning of a major development site is an advantage

About us

Our vision is to lead the circular economy through packaging, reuse and recycling solutions.
It's a future-driven group commitment, designed to create lasting value.

We're the largest plastics recycler in Australia and New Zealand and one of the region's biggest user of recycled materials.
We have 6,000+ team members, operate 110 manufacturing facilities across 15 countries, and our customers include some of the world's largest brands that consumers know and trust.

As a global leader in circular and sustainable packaging solutions, we've committed to lead the circular economy through a $500 million investment plan.

For us, it's about finding new and better ways of doing things.
Ways to grow business, to give back to the environment and to enrich people's lives every day.

Our promise is to create a better and more prosperous world all round.

That's our future Pact.
Let's lead the way together.