Process Engineer

Process Engineer

Position Summary:

• Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8:00am-4:30pm
• 100% on-site (San Diego)

Catalent, Inc. is a leading global Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO), and Our purpose-built San Diego location provides comprehensive clinical supply services including clinical supply management, primary and secondary packaging, complex labeling services, clinical storage, distribution, and clinical returns and destruction, and will also include stability chambers. Located less than a mile from Catalent’s West Coast early-phase oral drug product development center of excellence, customers choosing this convenient Catalent location can now enjoy a fully integrated development, clinical supply manufacturing and distribution solution.

The Process Engineer plays a critical role in optimizing operations across packaging, labeling, storage and distribution, and continuous improvement, collaborating with cross‑functional teams to drive efficient, compliant, high‑quality production. In this highly autonomous role, you’ll influence daily operations by supporting production scheduling, resolving capacity constraints, investigating deviations, contributing to client audits, and serving as a subject matter expert on equipment and systems. This position offers the chance to lead meaningful, site‑wide initiatives, strengthen your technical and operational expertise, and make a visible impact on reliability, quality, and customer experience—giving you a unique opportunity to grow your career while shaping the future of our operations.

The Role:

• Support a safe working environment by proactively identifying and addressing potential safety concerns.
• Assist in planning, preparing, and executing Traditional and FastChain production schedules to enable on‑time packaging and delivery.
• Lead operational excellence and continuous improvement initiatives across the department and site.
• Participate in or lead cross‑functional teams to investigate deviations and complaints, identifying root causes and implementing corrective actions.
• Conduct root cause analysis for safety, quality, and delivery events; resolve production issues; and generate/close deviations and product‑related complaints.
• Create, revise, and optimize procedures and work instructions, and support training to ensure compliance and consistency.
• Maintain clear communication and alignment with cross‑functional teams to support seamless operations.
• Drive process optimization, cost reduction, and innovation through new technologies, best practices, and operational learnings.
• Develop, design, validate, and qualify packaging and labeling processes and equipment to ensure efficiency, quality, and cGMP compliance.
• Monitor and analyze KPIs for packaging and distribution, implementing data‑driven improvements to enhance performance and efficiency.
• All other duties as assigned.

The Candidate:

• Bachelor of Science in Engineering required (Mechanical or Electrical preferred) with a minimum of 1 year of experience in process engineering or a similar role within the pharmaceutical or biotechnology industry; Masters degree in Engineering may be considered with no prior experience.
• Experience in GMP related industry is highly preferred.
• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt certification is highly desirable.
• Knowledge of clinical or pharmaceutical packaging and supply services highly preferred.
• Demonstrated professionalism with a strong work ethic, positive attitude, and excellent communication skills when interacting with internal teams and external clients.
• Ability to anticipate and identify unmet customer and departmental needs, follow instructions in various formats, and lead by example in alignment with Catalent’s values.
• Proven ability to work effectively under pressure, manage competing deadlines, and communicate clearly with peers, managers, and customers.
• Physical & Working Requirements: Ability to stand, walk, and sit frequently; lift, push, and pull up to 45 lbs; kneel and reach occasionally; must have 20/30 corrected vision. Work may involve occasional exposure to extreme cold (refrigerators and freezers), hazards, humidity, wet conditions, and temperature changes, with frequent exposure to low–moderate noise levels.

The anticipated salary range for this role in California is $82,000 - $90,000. The final salary offered to a successful candidate may vary, and will be dependent on several factors that may include but are not limited to: the type and length of experience within the job, type and length of experience within the industry, skillset, education, business needs, etc.  Catalent is a multi-state employer, and this salary range may not reflect positions that work in other states.

Why you should join Catalent:

• Awesome employee activities: Movie Day, Monthly Birthday Celebrations, Friday Bagel Breakfast, On-site Fitness Center with machines, on-site yoga classes, Sponsored Sports Teams, and several other company-sponsored events that encourages positive employee comradery, which contributes to effectively building positive employee relationships, overall creating a positive work environment.
• Environmentally friendly green initiatives with on-site practices as well as regularly participating in Beach Clean-up activities for community engagement.
• Defined career path and annual performance review and feedback process. Potential for career growth on an expanding team within an organization dedicated to preserving and bettering lives.  
• Several Employee Resource Groups focusing on Diversity and Inclusion.
• Competitive salary with bonus potential. Generous 401K match and Paid Time Off accrual. Medical, dental and vision benefits effective day one of employment. 
• 152 hours of PTO + 10 paid holidays.
• Positive and fast-paced working environment focusing on continually improving processes to remain innovative and dynamic.
• Tuition Reimbursement – Let us help you finish your degree or earn a new one!
• WellHub program to promote overall physical wellness.
• Perkspot - offers exclusive or private discounts from approximately 900+ merchants in a wide array of categories.

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.

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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 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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