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At Alcon, we're passionate about enhancing sight and helping people see brilliantly. With more than 25,000 associates, we innovate fearlessly, champion progress, and act swiftly to impact global eye health. We foster an inclusive culture, recognizing your contributions and offering opportunities to grow your career like never before. Together, we make a difference in the lives of our patients and customers. Are you ready to join us? This role is part of Alcon's Engineering function, a team focused on improving quality, processes, products, packaging and materials across our business to help deliver brilliant outcomes. The Associate II, Manufacturing Production Process Engineering (Science/Tech/Engineering Path), is primarily responsible for designing and implementing efficient production processes for mass production, conducting tests, troubleshooting issues, and guiding technical specifications. This position drives technologybased problem solving, onthefloor support, and continuous improvement to ensure safe, compliant, efficient manufacturing operations. Specifics include:
Handle highly complex tasks and support the development of advanced engineering projects using strong technical expertise. Design, develop, and implement efficient massproduction processes, including optimal equipment layout and production sequencing. Specify procedures for fabricating tools and equipment and adapting machinery or processes to factory conditions. Conduct tests at all stages of production to control variables, validate process performance, and troubleshoot issues. Provide guidance to product design engineering on specifications that optimize manufacturability and equipment capabilities. Ensure full compliance with GxP regulations by following SOPs, maintaining accurate documentation, implementing quality controls, and completing all required training. Make strategic, datadriven decisions within assigned tasks to improve project performance and operational efficiency. Identify and implement process improvements that increase yield, material utilization, throughput, and longterm process stability. Provide daily onthefloor support by troubleshooting equipment, workflow, and material issues; perform rootcause analysis and implement corrective actions. Support proper care, usage, and calibration readiness of productionowned tools and equipment, partnering with Calibration and Maintenance as needed. Analyze yield, scrap, throughput, and equipment performance data; develop engineering recommendations and technical reports based on findings. Contribute to nonconformance investigations and CAPA activities; update SOPs, work instructions, and processing documentation in collaboration with Quality. Participate in workflow redesigns, kaizen events, and 5S initiatives to improve process flow, productivity, and equipment performance. Coordinate with Production, Quality, Maintenance, MS&T, and Engineering to ensure alignment on process adjustments, equipment changes, trials, and readiness across all shifts. Ensure consistent application of process standards and training materials across four shifts by partnering with Training and Production leadership. Support engineering studies, equipment qualifications, and process trials in compliance with ISO, GMP, and FDA requirements. Recommend new equipment, digital tools, or automation solutions to enhance capability, reduce variation, and modernize production. Support technology transfers, process validations, and scaleup activities to ensure successful integration into manufacturing
WHAT YOU'LL BRING TO ALCON:
Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent years of directly related experience (or high school +8 yrs; Assoc.+4 yrs) The ability to fluently read, write, understand, and communicate in English Work Hours: Exempt: 40 hours per week: Monday - Friday: 8:00 AM EST - 5:00 PM EST Travel Requirements: Minimum Location: Onsite Sponsorship & Relocation: Not Available
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS/SKILLS/EXPERIENCE:
Experience in manufacturing process engineering within a regulated environment (FDA, ISO, GMP) Handson experience with statistical analysis, DOE, SPC, Minitab, or similar tools. Familiarity with automation, robotics, or highvolume production equipment. Strong communication and crossfunctional collaboration skills.
HOW TO THRIVE AT ALCON:
Collaborate with teammates to share standard processes and learnings as work evolves! See your career like never before with focused growth and development opportunities! Join Alcon's mission to provide outstanding, innovative products and solutions to improve sight, improve lives, and grow your career! Alcon provides a robust benefits package including health, life, retirement, flexible time off for exempt associates, PTO for hourly associates, and much more!
Alcon Careers: See your impact at alcon.com.careers ATTENTION: Current Alcon Employee/Contingent Worker If you are currently an active employee/contingent worker at Alcon, please click the appropriate link below to apply on the Internal Career site. Find Jobs for Employees Find Jobs for Contingent Worker ALCON IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER AND PARTICIPATES IN E-VERIFY Alcon takes pride in maintaining an inclusive environment that values different perspectives and our policies are non-discriminatory in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status. Alcon is also committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please send an email to alcon.recruitment@alcon.comand let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.
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Alcon
flex time
Apr 13, 2026