Process Engineer
About The Position
The Process Engineer designs, implements, and optimizes production processes to improve efficiency, reduce waste, increase throughput, and improve product quality. The role helps ensure products meet quality and safety standards and collaborates with other departments to troubleshoot issues and implement best practices. The position is based in Longmont, Colorado, and is 100% onsite, Monday through Friday, with flexibility to support operations during occasional evenings, nights, or weekends based on operational and business needs. The Process Engineer identifies cost-saving and process-improvement opportunities, works with operations teams and leadership to improve safety, quality, and productivity, and provides technical leadership on cross-functional initiatives and departmental projects. The role evaluates ingredients and product formulas, supports new product development and improvement using customer and marketing feedback and sensory shelf-life results, and owns an equipment area with responsibility for its results and availability. The Engineer also develops process documentation, uses data to optimize processes, monitors product and competitive trends, and supports operations and engineering teams with new production opportunities, existing operations, cost-saving ideas, and troubleshooting.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree required; engineering preferred, with mechanical, chemical, or industrial engineering preferred.
- Engineering experience in a manufacturing setting required.
- Manufacturing experience required; food manufacturing experience preferred.
- Strong analytical skills to support statistically based decision-making.
- Project management experience and skills.
- Problem-solving ability.
- Solid interpersonal skills.
- Ability to teach and lead others.
- Ability to work off shift or weekends as needed.
Nice To Haves
- Engineering-focused experience, including internship and/or co-op experience.
- Food manufacturing experience.
- Openness to managing operating teams as needed, as backup or in a future assignment.
Responsibilities
- Identify and advance cost-saving and process-improvement opportunities.
- Collaborate with operations teams and leadership to reduce process defects and improve safety, quality, and productivity.
- Provide technical leadership within cross-functional teams to deliver initiatives and departmental projects.
- Evaluate ingredients and optimize formulas for quality, performance, consumer satisfaction, and profitability.
- Own an equipment area and be responsible for its results and equipment availability.
- Formulate new products and improve existing products using consumer and customer feedback, marketing feedback, and sensory shelf-life results.
- Manage time and resources effectively to complete assignments and lead multiple projects simultaneously.
- Build and leverage internal and external networks to gain insight, influence, and information.
- Develop and improve process documentation.
- Help the organization stay current with applicable technologies and ingredients.
- Support and guide operations and engineering organizations in evaluating new production opportunities, improving existing operations, developing cost-saving ideas, and troubleshooting major problems.
- Monitor new product and competitive trends and activities.
- Use data to trend and optimize processes.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
