Job Description
Overview:
TekWissen is a global workforce management provider headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan that offers strategic talent solutions to clients worldwide. The job opportunity below is with one of our clients specializing in biotechnology product development services. The client is dedicated to supplying laboratory equipment, chemicals, supplies, and services essential in healthcare, scientific research, safety, and education. As a global leader in serving the scientific community, the organization generates approximately $40 billion in annual revenue and is committed to making the world healthier, cleaner, and safer. Their global team delivers innovative technologies, convenient procurement solutions, and pharmaceutical services through industry-leading brands.
Position: Capital Projects Engineer
Location: Fair Lawn NJ 07410
Duration: 6 Months
Job Type: Temporary Assignment
Work Type: Onsite
Location: Fair Lawn NJ 07410
Duration: 6 Months
Job Type: Temporary Assignment
Work Type: Onsite
Shift: Monday to Friday from 08:00 AM to 05:00 PM
Summary:
The Manufacturing Process Engineer / Capital Projects Engineer will support the execution of capital projects, equipment installations, commissioning, startup, troubleshooting, and process improvement within a regulated manufacturing environment. This role requires strong hands-on engineering experience and works closely with Operations, Maintenance, Quality, EHS, Supply Chain, and Engineering teams.
Responsibilities
- Support planning and execution of capital projects, equipment installations, and engineering initiatives.
- Develop project scopes, schedules, cost estimates, and track project progress.
- Coordinate with contractors, vendors, and cross-functional technical teams.
- Support equipment evaluation, procurement, installation, commissioning, startup, and handover.
- Troubleshoot equipment and process issues during installation, startup, and production.
- Collect and analyze equipment/process data to support engineering decisions and improvements.
- Participate in design reviews, HAZOP/PHA, process trials, engineering studies, and continuous improvement activities.
- Support equipment/process validation and change-control activities.
- Prepare engineering scopes, reports, SOPs, work instructions, and project turnover documentation.
- Identify opportunities to improve efficiency, reduce downtime, and optimize costs while maintaining safety and compliance.
Required Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Chemical, Manufacturing, Electrical Engineering, or related discipline.
- 4+ years of hands-on engineering experience in pharmaceutical, chemical, biotechnology, regulated manufacturing, or similar industrial environments.
- Hands-on experience with equipment installation, commissioning, startup, troubleshooting, process engineering, or capital project execution.
- Experience with project scoping, scheduling, budgeting, vendor/contractor coordination, and stakeholder management.
- Working knowledge of manufacturing equipment, processes, utilities, instrumentation, controls, or automation systems.
- Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings, equipment specifications, P&IDs, or related technical documents.
- Experience with process/equipment data analysis and engineering tools such as Excel and Minitab.
- Knowledge of HAZOP/PHA, Lean/Six Sigma, root-cause analysis, and continuous improvement.
- Familiarity with MS Project, Smartsheet, AutoCAD, SolidWorks, or similar engineering/project tools is a plus.
- Understanding of GMP, change control, validation, and regulated manufacturing requirements.
- Strong technical problem-solving, communication, and documentation skills.
- Validation or documentation experience alone is not sufficient; candidates should demonstrate practical, hands-on engineering experience.
- Ability to work onsite in a manufacturing environment and comply with required PPE and safety requirements.
TekWissen Group is an equal opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Fair Lawn, NJ |
| Industry | Computer/IT Services |
| Salary | $30–$40 |
| Company Size | 100 to 499 employees |
| Year Founded | 2009 |
| Website | http://www.tekwissen.com/ |
About Company
WE THE TEKWISSEN PEOPLE
TekWissen offers you a broader portfolio of services, industry-leading solutions, and the meaningful innovations that give you greater flexibility and speed to respond to market dynamics, reduced costs and risk to improve enterprise performance, and increased productivity to enable growth.
To keep pace with global market demands, TekWissen keeps its finger on the pulse of change. Our organized approach to guiding a project from its inception to closure. Managing projects is becoming more and more important as we enter the digital era. To cope with the pace that this transition demands, a method is required to manage projects so they can yield quality work, while incorporating efficient use of time and resources.
Project involves identifying which quality standards are relevant to the project and determining how to satisfy them.
It is important to perform quality planning during the Planning Process and should be done alongside the other project planning processes because changes in the quality will likely require changes in the other planning processes, or the desired product quality may require a detailed risk analysis of an identified problem. It is important to remember that quality should be planned, designed, then built in, not added on after the fact.
Capabilities and accomplishments in one TekWissen business enhance the opportunity for success in the others. Put simply, TekWissen's unique combination of attributes promotes success.Skills
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