Job Title: Engineer, Process

Location: Greenwood, SC

Today, Lonza is a global leader in life sciences operating across five continents. While we work in science, there’s no magic formula to how we do it. Our greatest scientific solution is talented people working together, devising ideas that help businesses to help people. In exchange, we let our people own their careers. Their ideas, big and small, genuinely improve the world. And that’s the kind of work we want to be part of.

Join our Greenwood, SC team as a Process Engineer and help drive innovation and efficiency in our Material Preparation department. This is a hands-on role where your ideas and leadership will directly impact product quality and operational excellence.

What You Will Get:

• An agile career and dynamic working culture.
• An inclusive and ethical workplace.
• Compensation programs that recognize high performance.
• Medical, dental and vision insurance.
• The full list of our global benefits can be also found on https://www.lonza.com/careers/benefits.

What You Will Do:

• Make decisions related to achieving production objectives and ensuring GMP compliance.
• Maintain and manage a portfolio of cost-saving and process improvement projects.
• Lead and participate in Root Cause Corrective Action activities to eliminate defects, applying the DMAIC approach.
• Collaborate with various teams including customers, tech service, quality, production, and maintenance to resolve issues.
• Develop technical work instructions and guidelines for training manufacturing colleagues.
• Serve as a positive ambassador of change, motivating the workforce to meet short and long-term demand forecasts.
• Engage in Site Environmental efforts and special plant safety activities as required.
• Investigate and direct efforts to improve installed equipment through expense and capital improvements.
• Develop recipes for new products and oversee their implementation.
• Perform day-to-day process engineering tasks, including troubleshooting and continuous improvement.
• Coordinate activities related to dye preparation, gelatin/polymer melting, and chemical cleaning processes.
• Actively seek solutions to reduce waste losses and improve safety measures.
• Provide technical expertise to develop and support equipment improvement projects.
• Support the maintenance of all equipment in the department.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

What We Are Looking For:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering required.
• 5–10 years of manufacturing experience, preferably in GMP/FDA-regulated environments.
• Green Belt or Black Belt certification preferred.
• Strong data analysis skills to predict and improve equipment performance.
• Demonstrated project leadership experience, including identification, development, and implementation within time and budget constraints.
• Excellent communication skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to work independently and adapt to changing priorities.
• Must be able to work 40 hours a week, which may include weekends and holidays, and additional hours as business needs dictate.
• Regular attendance at the plant site is essential.
• Willingness to travel as required

Every day, Lonza’s products and services have a positive impact on millions of people. For us, this is not only a great privilege, but also a great responsibility. How we achieve our business results is just as important as the achievements themselves. At Lonza, we respect and protect our people and our environment. Any success we achieve is no success at all if not achieved ethically.

People come to Lonza for the challenge and creativity of solving complex problems and developing new ideas in life sciences. In return, we offer the satisfaction that comes with improving lives all around the world. The satisfaction that comes with making a meaningful difference.

Lonza is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status as a qualified individual with disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.