Manufacturing Process Engineer - Murfreesboro,TN

General Mills•Murfreesboro, TN

5d•$108,900 - $163,500

About The Position

The Manufacturing Process Engineer (internally called a Systems Engineer) provides technical leadership and serves as a system and product specialist. They are responsible to build the team’s packaging and processing technical skills through a hands-on approach. They are accountable for the operations foundational systems across the platform to secure basic conditions and drive out losses. The Manufacturing Process Engineer plays a critical role to continuously improve by optimizing system performance and product quality while driving strategic productivity and capacity solutions for the platform and ultimately the business. This level showcases a Manufacturing Process Engineer's leadership capabilities built on a strong foundation. System stability enables them to provide technical leadership across the site and within their areas of expertise, and to begin building partnerships with other sites and functions. The role involves using Manufacturing Process Engineer expertise to improve platforms, mentor junior engineers, and contribute to business planning; assessing operator/technician/maintenance skills; ensuring consistent manufacturing performance through problem-solving and improvement; and contributing to strategic initiatives. This includes leading system and site strategic investments based on business needs, and proactively partnering with site and corporate teams to identify improvement and growth opportunities. Note: The home base for this role will be in support of the Toaster Strudel Department (Frozen), with a focus on processing systems such as dough sheeting, proofers, and fryers. The role will leverage and continue to build expertise in processing system improvement and system ownership. To learn more about our Murfreesboro plant and surrounding area click here!

Requirements

Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering or related degree with applicable experience or extensive relevant work experience
8+ years of related experience
Theory/functionality and leadership of manufacturing systems and unit operations
Food science or process/packaging science experience
Consumer Products or Process Industry experience
Advanced Mechanical aptitude and agility to support systems outside of the Engineers immediate expertise
Examples of Loss Tree and Glide path ownership and improvement plan execution
Advanced data and statistical analysis capabilities
Strong financial acumen at the business level to define and drive cost saving efforts
Demonstrated capability of Coaching and Training others
Demonstrated supply chain leadership and working in a highly collaborative environment
Success in driving results through process and teamwork
Proven success reducing losses and improving performance in a manufacturing setting
Demonstrated technical capability and knowledge of unit operations and manufacturing machinery
Skilled at communicating between work groups, cross-functional resources, and other members of the plant and corporate teams
Working knowledge of manufacturing data analysis systems (examples: SAP, Maximo, Manufacturing Analytics, MQIS) and proven success with decision making for results

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's degree (technical/science/engineering preferred)
10+ years of related experience

Responsibilities

Lead food and human safety through Safety 2.0 leadership principles and standards.
Cultivate Human Safety Culture that reduces risk to our people and communities by increasing capability to proactively discuss, identify and control risk.
Cultivate Food Safety Culture that is committed to manufacturing safe food that is compliant with policy and regulatory requirements.
Communicate and engage effectively with teams across the full site.
Regularly engage with corporate engineering, R&D and business teams to advocate for their system current and future state.
Train, develop and coach other System Engineers and plant personnel (MEA, Operations Leaders, etc.).
Actively contribute to connections and networking across platforms.
Support L&D assessments and content development.
At the site level partner with leadership to advocate for system investment.
Responsible to lead the execution of Loss Tree and Glidepath efforts, building skills of the broader site team around glidepath development and impact on the improvement plan.
Execute loss elimination tasks to improve system and equipment reliability through use of continuous improvement processes and problem solving. Build learnings into training materials and coaching of the operating team members to increase capability of the broader team.
Execute and identification of HMM initiatives across site and platform level.
Accountable for the operational foundation systems across the platform to secure basic conditions and drive out losses (Clean-Inspect-Lubricate CIL, Centerlines CL and Theory of Operation TOO).
Provide Project support (planning, startup).
Provide initiative support to the platform team to drive execution and improvement plans.
Advanced expertise and application of the 4M's (machine, materials, methods, human) with partnerships into the R&D and Sourcing communities.
Actively showcase system mastery via application and understanding of Operational Foundational Systems.
Secure expertise of material balance and unit operation expertise on the system(s) to ensure optimal production rates, parameters, and formulas. Engage with R&D partners on impacts of formulations, HMM efforts, etc. to optimize 4M interface.
Demonstrate leadership and ownership across technologies, OEMs, and manufacturing processes.
Clearly articulate financial impact to the plant based on business and plant decisions in support of annual financial, capital and capacity planning.
This position will provide backup support as needed, ensuring business continuity and operational efficiency.
Technical partners on platform team (SE, QE, Maintenance TL)