Overview
Project Engineer – Coating / Washing (Wilson, NC, US, 27893)
We are Reckitt
Home to the world's best loved and trusted hygiene, health, and nutrition brands. Our purpose defines why we exist: to protect, heal and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner, healthier world. We are a global team united by this purpose.Join us in our fight to make access to the highest quality hygiene, wellness, and nourishment a right and not a privilege.
Supply
Our supply chain is the backbone of our business. It's how we get our trusted products to people all over the world, safely and efficiently. And it's our talented and passionate teams that make this happen.If you're looking for a career in supply chain, there's no better place to be than Reckitt. We offer a variety of exciting opportunities in all areas of the supply chain, from planning and procurement to manufacturing and logistics. You could join our Global Supply Planning team to develop and implement our global supply strategy, or work with our Procurement Centre of Excellence team to negotiate and manage our supplier relationships.Our Manufacturing Excellence team help us improve the efficiency, quality and safety of our manufacturing operations, and our Logistics Excellence team develop new and innovative ways to distribute our products to customers.
About the role
We’re seeking a Project Engineer with specialized experience in coating and washing systems for OTC healthcare product manufacturing. In this role, you’ll provide technical leadership and drive capital investment projects that support factory initiatives and long-term master planning. Your expertise will help develop and implement systems that increase production capacity, improve efficiency, and enhance asset reliability—all while ensuring compliance with regulatory standards.
This position requires hands-on knowledge of tablet coating technologies and equipment cleaning processes, including their integration into oral solid dose and liquid manufacturing environments. You’ll collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality engineering solutions that meet safety, quality, and performance goals across the full project lifecycle.
Your responsibilities
- Leading project scope execution for coating and washing process activities with internal cross-functional teams and external sourcing service consultants/suppliers, ensuring safety, quality, schedule, and cost management throughout the full project lifecycle.
- Managing coating and washing process design with consultants and vendors through concept, basic, and detailed design phases, and actively participating in design reviews and workshops to ensure robust and compliant system design.
- Leading and overseeing coating and washing equipment package execution, including vendor selection, FAT, installation, SAT, IQ, OQ, and PQ, while coordinating with technical teams, internal stakeholders, and external vendors to optimize system performance and integration.
- Leading engineering handover of coating and washing systems to production, maintenance, quality, and R&D teams, ensuring readiness and alignment across functions.
- Supporting start-up execution of coating and washing systems, including OQ/PQ, SOP development, preventive maintenance setup, and QMS integration.
- Supporting project documentation control to ensure GDP (Good Documentation Practice) standards are applied across coating and washing scope.
- Ensuring coating and washing systems meet all relevant regulatory requirements, including company standards, FDA regulations, and state/federal EHS compliance.
- Preparing project budgets and cash flow projections for coating and washing scope.
- Creating detailed project implementation timelines, including milestones and schedules specific to coating and washing system delivery.
- Potentially managing up to 1–2 direct reports to coach, support, and direct delivery of CapEx projects related to coating and washing systems.
- Managing multiple capital projects of varying scale, leading cross-functional teams to generate documentation including drawing packages, equipment specifications, URS, bid packages, and qualification protocols for coating and washing systems.
- Scheduling and conducting regular project meetings to communicate status, plan activities, and provide updates to stakeholders on coating and washing system progress, risks, and issue resolution.
- Overseeing contractors and field installation for coating and washing equipment, ensuring workmanship and equipment meet corporate standards and project requirements, and maintaining operational integrity through start-up and commissioning.
This role is not currently sponsoring visas or considering international movement at this time.
The experience we're looking for
- Minimum of Bachelor’s in Engineering (Chemical, Mechanical, Civil or Electrical) or suitable experience in lieu of formal qualification.
- 8+ years relevant engineering experience in pharmaceutical, healthcare or food and beverage industries (must include 3+ years of capital project management).
- Demonstrate an expert understanding of engineering theoretical fundamentals of equipment operation, and demonstrate full use of advanced principles, theories, concepts and techniques in creative and novel ways to solve complex technical problems.
- Strong Responsibility and target implementation capability.
- Well versed with Microsoft Excel/Word/Power Point & Project.
- Prior experience of working with factory daily operation or maintenance or project engineering.
- Strong Organizing ability and Easy-going communication skills
- Engineering background is preferred. Capability on AutoCAD skills is also preferred.
- Experience knowledge on OSD factory or Liquid factory or warehouse logistic activities including pre-treatment mixing/compounding activities to filling & packing activities is preferred.
- Project Management Coordination: Basic understanding of the project execution lifecycle and target focus action ability. Proven Experience in coordination/communication with different teams.
- Experience Knowledge on hygiene and validation is preferred
The skills for success
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What we offer
With inclusion at the heart of everything we do, working alongside our four global Employee Resource Groups, we support our people at every step of their career journey, helping them to succeed in their own individual way.We invest in the wellbeing of our people through parental benefits, an Employee Assistance Program to promote mental health, and life insurance for all employees globally. We have a range of other benefits in line with the local market. Through our global share plans we offer the opportunity to save and share in Reckitt's potential future successes. For eligible roles, we also offer short-term incentives to recognise, appreciate and reward your work for delivering outstanding results. You will be rewarded in line with Reckitt's pay for performance philosophy.
Salary Range
USD $88,000.00 – $132,000.00
Pay Transparency
The base salary range for this role will vary based on experience in job and industry, training and education, skills relevant to the position, and other factors permitted by law. In addition to the base salary, the position is eligible for an annual discretionary bonus, which is subject to change each year.Reckitt offers eligible employees competitive benefits including medical, prescription, dental, vision, and life and disability insurance; paid time off for vacation, sick and Company recognized holidays; a 401(k) plan; 16-week paid parental leave or 26 weeks for the birthing parent; adoption and fertility support; tuition reimbursement; discounts; and much more. Our compensation and benefits packages aim to give our talent the reward, protection, and peace of mind they deserve.If reasonable accommodation is needed to complete your application, please contact NAtalentacquisition@reckitt.com. Reckitt is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals.
Equality
We recognise that in real life, great people don't always 'tick all the boxes'. That's why we hire for potential as well as experience. Even if you don't meet every point on the job description, if this role and our company feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you.All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability or medical condition; colour, ethnicity, race, citizenship, and national origin; religion, faith; pregnancy, family status and caring responsibilities; sexual orientation; sex, gender identity, gender expression, and transgender identity; protected veteran status; size or any other basis protected by appropriate law.
