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. The Jonesboro, Ark. facility is home to more than 200 team members and supports the community through food pantry volunteering and an annual toy drive during the holiday season. We are looking for a Manufacturing Engineer to drive change and make an impact on our production lines onsite at the Jonesboro facility.
Responsibilities
- Drive change through focused continuous improvement efforts, improving levels of performance in safety, quality, schedule adherence, cost, growth, and engagement.
- Act as the technical owner of production operating parameter standards, centerline processes, and production equipment design & layout for the Operations team.
- Manage equipment/process modifications and large-scale project installations for the assigned Business Unit.
- Provide daily support to sustain current operational performance targets for personal safety, food safety, quality, schedule adherence, yield, OEE, growth, and engagement.
- Utilize Lean & DMAIC methodology, tools, and root cause analysis to eliminate waste.
- Implement best practices and identify innovative equipment technologies that enable process OEE improvements.
- Lead focused efforts aimed at breakthrough and incremental improvements in process, department and/or line-specific opportunities.
- Participate in Strategy Steering teams to drive long-term success against Key Performance Indicators.
- Support technical training for Operations Specialists and provide technical oversight.
- Utilize data collection and reporting systems that enable process consistency and justify process improvement efforts.
- Support meaningful and accurate data collection from people and process instrumentation.
- Support cost reduction changes related to production materials and finished products.
- Manage the overall Small Modification process for the lines accountable to this role.
- Investigate and determine production feasibility of new products.
- Coordinate with internal and external resources for the commercialization of new products.
- Identify equipment, methods, and tools to produce new products or support new product start-up and integration.
- Collaborate with production suppliers on quality and performance improvement opportunities.
- Own and drive the plant-wide replacement strategy for specific production unit operations.
- Lead Capital Project installations and own justification for expenditure.
Requirements
- 4-year degree in Engineering (Chemical, Mechanical, Industrial, Electrical, Manufacturing, Packaging) required.
- 2-5 years of experience in manufacturing engineering or similar engineering role preferred.
- Experience in Food Manufacturing is preferred but not required.
Benefits
- Competitive base salary with 7.5% annual bonus target
- Growth and advancement opportunities
- 3 weeks PTO for new hires + paid company Holidays (401k) with 6% Company Match
- Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, and Disability benefits
- Clean and highly automated facility
- Free take-home cereal after every shift!
- Tuition Reimbursement Assistance
- Pet Adoption Assistance
- Wellness Reimbursement Program with quarterly cash payout
- PPE provided or reimbursed by the company
- Uniforms provided and cleaned by the company
