Product Development Process Engineer

Job Summary: The Product Development Process Engineer role resides within the Research and Development function at Elevation Labs Colorado, reporting to the VP of R&D. This individual will collaborate closely with R&D and Compounding, ensuring appropriate translation of lab batching to the compounding floor, and will provide ownership for all New Product Development pilot and scale-up initiatives to ensure Batch Right First Time.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Owns technical oversight of the ELID R&D pilot program as part of product commercialization.
• Works collaboratively with cross-functional partners as part of the New Product Development Stage Gate process.
• Provides manufacturing feasibility assessments during new project brief reviews.
• Interfaces directly with Customers, as needed, to ensure client requirements are met during piloting/scale-up.
• Author, review, and/or approve new manufacturing instructions to ensure BRFT.
• Develop/manage/execute post-batch analyses to identify necessary updates to manufacturing instructions.
• Assists in root Cause analysis for failed batches originating in Compounding.
• Retroactively reviews problematic formulations and proposes processing changes to enable BRFT.
• Supports Compounding by ensuring staff have a basic understanding of formulation principles/methodologies, as well as the challenges and how to address them during batching.
• Maintains an external focus on manufacturing trends with the intention of identifying capacity or capability expansions for ELID.
• Leads CI initiatives as appropriate to the role.

Elevation Labs provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Elevation Labs complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment at every location in which the Company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

The essential duties listed are representative of the major duties required of this job; the ability to perform the essential functions with or without reasonable accommodation is required. Elevation Labs may make reasonable accommodations to the known physical or mental limitations of otherwise-qualified individuals with disabilities unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business.

This job description is not designed or intended to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required for this job. Specific duties and responsibilities may vary based on departmental needs. Incumbents may be asked to perform other duties as assigned.

Knowledge & Skills:

Ideal Candidate Qualifications:

• Possesses technical expertise as required by the listed responsibilities, education, and experience.
• Performs work with a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Performs work using good organizational and time management skills.
• Proficient knowledge of Microsoft Office Products.
• Works with minimum supervision.
• Flexibility and ability to handle multiple tasks in a short amount of time.
• Ability to coach and mentor others.
• Perform essential duties and responsibilities efficiently, accurately, and safely.

Education/Experience:

• BS in Chemical Engineering, or related sciences, required. Advanced degree preferred.
• Minimum five years of experience in the CPG industry, with a demonstrated track record of successful scale-up for New Product Development.
• Organic/clean-beauty experience preferred.

Physical and Mental Demands

• Ability to work in a manufacturing environment around heavy machinery.
• Ability to stand or walk for extended periods of time.
• Ability to work flexible hours and weekends as business needs require.
• Regularly required to stand
• Frequently required to walk
• Regularly reach with hands and arms
• Lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Must have a positive attitude.
• Able to work with a variety of people inside and outside of the organization.
• Communicate well with others.

The physical demands identified above are representative of those that will be required to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

Work Environment

• Regularly required to work in areas where chemical materials are encountered
• Manufacturing setting with moving machinery
• Regularly required to wear appropriate personal protective equipment
• May involve exposure to the shop environment, including variable noise levels
• Must customarily have a high consciousness of personnel and equipment safety