Engineer III

Post Consumer Brands • Battle Creek, MI

305d

About The Position

Post Consumer Brands, headquartered in Lakeville, Minn., is dedicated to providing people and their pets with delicious food choices for every taste and budget. The company's portfolio includes beloved brands such as Honey Bunches of Oats®, PEBBLES®, Grape-Nuts® and Malt-O-Meal® cereal, and Peter Pan® peanut butter, as well as Rachael Ray® Nutrish®, Kibbles ‘n Bits® and 9Lives® dog and cat food. As a company committed to high standards of quality and to our values, we are driven by one idea: To make lives better by making delicious food accessible for all. Brand Post Consumer Brands recently acquired several iconic pet food brands, venturing into a new market while remaining true to our purpose to provide delicious and accessible food that our consumers love. We're always searching the center store for the next exciting product to add to our portfolio, and right now, we're growing and need passionate, driven individuals with diverse perspectives to help us reach greater heights. Join a team where your voice is not only heard but valued. Make a real impact on brands enjoyed by millions of people and their pets. At Post Consumer Brands, we take pride in our longstanding legacy of making one of every five breakfast cereals families eat daily. Today, we're just as focused on our future as we expand our grocery business with different shelf-stable foods, including snacks and peanut butter. We are committed to providing accessible and delicious food for families, and we're always searching the center store for the next exciting product to add to our portfolio. As we soar to new heights, we need creative, determined individuals from all walks of life to join our team, where your unique perspective and ideas are acknowledged and valued. Be a part of a company that empowers you to make a difference that's evident on grocery store shelves and families' tables across North America.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in packaging operations encompassing vertical and horizontal form fill and seal machines, cartoning, case erectors, packers, and sealers, robotic operations, and all forms of package conveying.
• Experience in a food processing environment preferred.
• High speed pouching and blending experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Provide direction and technical support to drive packaging operations performance and standardization across assigned processes and packaging lines.
• Identify and remove barriers and collaborate with plant personnel to establish a sustainable system for improved production rates, lower costs, consistently high quality, and efficient changeovers.
• Act as plant representative and consultant for packaging process changes.
• Lead small capital projects for significant capital improvements.
• Develop and implement a comprehensive system for sustainable improvements in Packaging Rates, Uptime, and Quality.
• Utilize and collaborate with plant technicians and engineers to accomplish initiatives.
• Provide leadership in identifying and implementing packaging improvement initiatives resulting in increased attainment of OEE, rate, yields, and schedule attainment.
• Participate in strategic direction regarding Packaging processes and equipment.
• Investigate and determine production feasibility.
• Identify tools, equipment, and methods to produce new products and support new product start-ups and integration.
• Aid packaging techs in troubleshooting and training protocols for rapid problem resolution and improvement implementation.
• Collaborate with maintenance on identifying equipment reliability issues and developing mitigation strategies.
• Identify and implement improvements to ensure process consistency and capability across facilities.
• Drive continuous improvement for packaging operations.
• Analyze operational data to identify and prioritize chronic barriers to performance for targeted improvement.
• Coordinate and collaborate with colleagues at all Post Consumer Brands manufacturing sites to share knowledge and best practices.
• Understand rate capabilities for packaging operations, identify bottleneck operations preventing rate attainment, and implement improvements.
• Develop standardized systems to define and sustain optimal processes and equipment set-ups.
• Collaborate with packaging technology engineers on the development, evaluation, and integration of new packaging designs and enhancements.

What This Job Offers

• Industry: Food Manufacturing
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree