Senior Engineer, Process - Purified Water Systems

Voyant Beauty believes our people are more than just employees; they’re the driving force behind everything we achieve. Our culture fosters teamwork, respect, and camaraderie, ensuring that every individual’s contribution is valued and celebrated. We invest in their growth, providing opportunities for development and advancement within our dynamic team.

Voyant Beauty is a company that specializes in the development and manufacturing, of beauty, personal and home care products. We work with various brands, retailers, and businesses to create customer formulations and products tailored to their needs. This can include skincare, haircare, bath and body products, fragrances, and more. Essentially, Voyant Beauty serves as a one-stop-shop for companies looking to bring their beauty and personal care product ideas to life.

Safety is a core value at Voyant Beauty. We prioritize the well-being of our team members, ensuring a safe and secure environment where everyone can thrive and excel.

If you’re seeking to be part of a team where your talents are valued, your safety is paramount, and your efforts contribute to meaningful change, then Voyant Beauty is the place for you. Come join us and be a part of our journey.

A Brief Overview

The Senior Process Engineer – Purified Water Systems serves as the corporate technical authority for purified water systems across Voyant Beauty's manufacturing network. This role provides strategic and technical leadership to ensure consistent system performance, regulatory compliance, reliability, and continuous improvement across multiple manufacturing facilities. The Senior Process Engineer partners closely with Operations, Quality, Engineering, Validation, EHS, and site leadership teams to establish standards, improve system performance, implement best practices, and drive accountability across the organization. This position is responsible for developing and monitoring enterprise-wide performance metrics, supporting capital projects, mitigating operational risk, and ensuring purified water systems consistently meet regulatory and quality requirements.

What you will do

• Provide technical oversight and governance of purified water systems across multiple manufacturing sites to ensure reliability, compliance, and operational excellence.
• Establish, monitor, and analyze system performance KPIs, trends, and reporting metrics to drive data-based decision-making and continuous improvement.
• Serve as the subject matter expert for purified water system design, operation, troubleshooting, validation, maintenance, and optimization, including RO, EDI, UV, ozone, storage, and distribution systems.
• Lead root cause investigations, CAPAs, risk assessments, and corrective actions related to water system performance, quality events, and compliance concerns.
• Partner with site teams to standardize operating procedures, maintenance practices, monitoring programs, and reporting requirements across the network.
• Support capital projects, system upgrades, expansions, and new installations by providing technical guidance and design review.
• Collaborate with Quality, Validation, Operations, Engineering, and EHS teams to ensure regulatory compliance and support site objectives.
• Develop and deliver training programs, technical guidance, and best practice documentation to improve organizational capability and ownership.
• Evaluate emerging technologies, industry trends, and regulatory changes to enhance system performance and compliance strategies.
• Drive a culture of ownership, accountability, and proactive problem-solving across manufacturing sites.
• Support change control processes and ensure appropriate communication and implementation of system changes.
• Participate in internal and external audits as the purified water system subject matter expert.
• Assist with regulatory inspections and customer audits as required.
• Support enterprise engineering initiatives and strategic improvement projects.
• Provide occasional off-hours support during significant system disruptions or implementation activities.
• Ability to visit manufacturing environments and utility areas.
• Ability to inspect equipment, climb stairs, and access elevated platforms when necessary.
• Frequent use of computers and standard office equipment.
• Ability to communicate effectively with employees, vendors, auditors, and regulatory agencies.
• Remote or plant-based position supporting multiple manufacturing locations.
• Frequent interaction with manufacturing, engineering, quality, and validation teams.
• Occasional off-hours support during system failures, startup activities, audits, or implementation projects.

Education Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Environmental Engineering, or related technical discipline. (Required)

Experience Qualifications

• 4-6 years of experience supporting purified water systems, high-purity water systems, or utility systems in a regulated manufacturing environment. ()
• 1-3 years of experience supporting multiple sites or operating in a corporate engineering role. ()
• 1-3 years knowledge of purified water system design, operation, validation, maintenance, and troubleshooting. (Required)
• 1-3 years with clean design principles and validation practices. (Required)
• 1-3 years working knowledge of water system microbiology and contamination control principles. (Required)
• 1-3 years developing KPIs, analyzing operational data, and driving performance improvements. (Required)
• 1-3 years demonstrated success leading cross-functional projects and influencing stakeholders without direct authority. (Required)
• 1-3 years in pharmaceutical, biotechnology, personal care, cosmetics, food & beverage, or other regulated manufacturing industries. (Preferred)
• 1-3 years implementing standardized engineering practices across multiple facilities. (Preferred)
• 1-3 years supporting capital projects and major system implementations. (Preferred)

Skills and Abilities

• Purified Water Systems (RO, EDI, UV, Ozone, Storage & Distribution) (High proficiency)
• USP <1231>, Regulatory & Compliance Requirements (High proficiency)
• Water System Validation & Qualification (High proficiency)
• Risk Assessment & Change Control (High proficiency)
• Root Cause Analysis & CAPA Management (High proficiency)
• System Troubleshooting & Technical Problem Solving (High proficiency)
• Data Analysis & KPI Development (High proficiency)
• Continuous Improvement Methodologies (High proficiency)
• Project Management (High proficiency)
• Multi-Site Manufacturing Support (High proficiency)
• Cross-Functional Leadership & Influence (High proficiency)
• Training & Technical Development (High proficiency)
• Written & Verbal Communication (High proficiency)
• Organization & Prioritization (High proficiency)
• Regulatory Inspection & Audit Support (High proficiency)

To Staffing and Recruiting Agencies: Our company does not accept unsolicited curriculum vitae’s or applications from agencies. We are not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited curriculum vitae’s or applications and explicitly reserve its right to contact candidates presented in such unsolicited curriculum vitae’s or application.

Our company provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, religion, sex, color, national origin, sexual orientation, age, disability or veteran status. Voyant Beauty will consider requests for accommodations due to a disability impacting a qualified employee's ability to perform the essential functions of their position consistent with applicable laws. In addition to federal law requirements, Voyant Beauty complies with applicable provincial and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in 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.