Manufacturing Process Engineer

Post Consumer Brands • Battle Creek, MI

304d

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 Battle Creek plant is the company's largest manufacturing plant and home to about 600 team members, producing iconic cereal brands. The team has deep community roots, supporting local events and schools.

Requirements

• Understanding of Lean Manufacturing/Continuous Improvement methodologies.
• Must have strong analytical and business judgment including demonstrated problem-solving and trouble-shooting skills.
• Ability to influence, mentor and coach to get results through others.
• Results driven for being the low cost producer and supporting company growth strategies.
• Have strong bias for action, while proving the ability to inspire others.
• Convey high level of optimism while setting aggressive targets to teams, finding ways to achieve them.
• Communicates a compelling vision and inspired sense of purpose.
• Solves highly complex problems and prioritizes actions in a timely manner.
• Establish clear directions, sets stretching objectives.
• Speaks candidly and provides constructive feedback in a professional manner.
• Organizes and manages projects; interacts, supports, facilitates and leads multi-functional work teams.
• Able to build strong and diverse relationships across the business groups they partner with.
• Demonstrates a passion for safety.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in the food industry or consumer products.

Responsibilities

• Best Practice Implementation.
• Improvement of Process.
• Application of new technology and equipment to improve process.
• Support technical training for Process Operators and provide technical oversight.
• Provide daily support to sustain current process performance targets for safety, quality, yield, rate and efficiency.
• Lead efforts to improve current process to achieve planned goals and targets.
• Support data collection and reporting systems that enable process consistency and process improvement efforts.
• Identify and recommend new and innovative equipment technologies that support process improvements and projects.
• Support cost reduction changes related to ingredient, materials and finished product.
• Lead small capital projects.
• Coordinate with internal and external resources commercializing new products.
• Support ongoing efforts to sustain process and product attributes related to finished product taste.
• Provide engineering support for safety improvements.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Food Manufacturing
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree