As a world market leader in crop protection,
we help farmers to counter these threats
and ensure enough safe, nutritious,
affordable food for all – while minimizing the
use of land and other agricultural inputs.
Syngenta Crop Protection keeps plants
safe from planting to harvesting. From the
moment a seed is planted through to
harvest, crops need to be protected from
weeds, insects and diseases
as well as droughts and floods, heat and
cold.
Syngenta Crop Protection is headquartered
in Switzerland.

Purpose

• Provides the formulation engineering technical capability in both existing and novel manufacturing technologies to maximize quality, capacity, and efficiency outcomes during scale-up, and after launch, of new formulated products to commercial manufacture.
• Generates the process definition in CP capital projects, including process plant design and equipment evaluation and specification. 
• Progress projects to increase manufacturing capacity, improve quality and/or reduce manufacturing costs at CP sites and/or the bulk supply chain.
• Provides advice for the creation and implementation of development programs and procedures within the formulation engineering processing area.

Accountability 

• Support all Safety and Compliance requirements. Must be fully knowledgeable of, and compliant with all Syngenta HSE policies and department standard operating procedures (SOPs). Must lead by example, to drive a strong safety culture of individual accountability.
• Delivers the scale-up of Agro-chemical or related formulation processes from lab to full-scale manufacturing anticipating challenges and ensuring process safety, health and environmental subjects are fully incorporated during implementation. 
• Support technology transfer teams for inter-regional transfer or re-siting of products and is the technical lead in product establishment teams, and a member of the technical start-up team for new processes and equipment at Syngenta manufacturing sites or tollers or third parties. 
• Designs pilot plant trials and full-scale manufacturing trials - writes operating procedures, trains operating team, provides technical supervision, documents the outcomes, and identifies next steps and shares best practices.
• Applies formulation engineering processing knowledge to identify solutions that improve capacity, quality, and cost efficiency at manufacturing sites and/or in the bulk supply chain and is a member of the project teams that implement these solutions.
• Recognized as technical resource for other engineers globally.
• Progresses projects to seek out and introduce innovative manufacturing technologies for implementation in the pilot plant, production sites or supply chain.
• Progress evaluation and trials novel processing technologies and techniques and works with site manufacturing teams to introduce into full-scale manufacture in Crop Protection (CP).
• Contribute to the development of technology improvement plans over a 5Yr horizon.
• Help lead in the overall success of departmental operations i.e., safety, efficiency and productivity initiatives. May take a lead role in department teams or initiatives.
• Supports related teams for root cause analysis for product quality complaints and process deviations.

Skills

• Technical skills referenced to TCDS.
• Should uphold high organizational standards, values, and policies, especially for HSE.
• Should understand stakeholder/customer needs, develop and maintain a strong network with them.
• Should have ability to communicate technical facts, and opinions to a general or technical audience.
• Should understand formulation scale-up, process risk and formulation processing study activities.
• Should be able to effectively communicate with foreign technical colleagues or other stakeholders including EU, USA, Other Asian countries.
• Should have highly collaborative approach in working across regions to simplify, harmonize and continuously improve formulation processes.
• Should be able to confidently recommend technical options and alternatives based on available data.
• Should have good project and time management skills.
• Should be well organized and have strong attention to detail.
• Should be able to guide junior engineering colleagues for Plant Drawings, PFD, P&ID.
• Should have basic understanding of PLC, SCADA, DCS systems.

Behaviors

• Able to work effectively in cross functional teams, and across multiple functions.
• Actively engages in project team discussions to share knowledge and experience with team.
• Adaptable to changes in project deliverables and embraces new WoW. Contributes to the solution.
• Mentor other formulation engineers by sharing knowledge and new ideas. Is open to suggestions/feedback from others.
• Takes initiative to identify and address department needs and removes roadblocks to completing projects in a timely manner.                                                                                                

Education / Experience /Qualifications

• B.E./B.Tech Engineering degree from a reputed Indian Institute/University.
• Minimum of 8 years of proven experience (adjusted based on further degree) technical position in formulation processing development or formulation manufacturing, preferably in Agro-chemicals or Pharmaceutical industry.  
• Strong continuous improvement, process risk assessment and HSE excellence mindset.
• Experience working in cross-functional organizations, transiting in a dynamic and uncertain environment ensuring effective and focused project delivery (on time and in budget).
• Proven ability to prioritize activities and manage multiple requests from different stakeholders.                                                                           
• Understanding of the end-to-end processes for product development, formulation processing scale-up and lifecycle management. 

Travelling flexibility

• Person should be ready to travel for couple of weeks at one stretch (as per project demand) within India and out of India.

Approximate Time Allocation

• Minimum of 50% pilot plant work.
• And a considerable travel to Manufacturing sites within India and if required out of India.

Additional Information:

People are at the heart of what we do:

• Once a year Full body check
• Competitive insurance scheme
• Employee assistance program – to take care of your and your loved ones mental health
• Paid Vacation of 30days, 12 Paid Holidays, Maternity and Paternity Leave, compassionate leaves
• Education assistance – for your career growth
• People first culture translated into ‘Most Preferred place to work 2022-23 by Times group’

Note: Syngenta is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or any other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.

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