Process Engineer

External•Laurel, MD

22h•$74,000 - $85,000•Onsite

About The Position

This role is a combination of both project management and process engineering. In this role, the individual will be responsible for the execution of new product related trials and final execution within the factory, supporting with the startup and commissioning of new production lines, and various other projects within the factory. When needed, for major project initiatives, the process engineer will be part of the overall project team. They may be tasked as the end-to-end manager, operational startup lead or technical lead as needed depending on the project and/or task. This role will work closely with multiple departments within the factory and interface with teams that are based in corporate or other factories. The process engineer must have strong organizational skills as well as technical skills to learn to the process of making ice cream and how equipment works to then be able to understand process improvements and how to execute new products.

Requirements

Possess good verbal and written communication skills.
Ability to read, write, and follow instructions and correspondences.
Ability to learn technical terminology.
Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret graphs.
Demonstrate strong mechanical aptitude.
Ability to troubleshoot equipment failure.
Ability to work well with others.
Basic computer skills.
Ability to make independent decisions.
Ability to plan and prioritize work.
Good customer service interaction, patient teacher, quick learner, good work ethic.
Bachelor's degree chemical engineering, mechanical engineering, industrial engineering, or a related engineering discipline .
Passion for engineering and eagerness to learn new skills
Aptitude for automated mechanical processes with good troubleshooting and diagnostic skills
Excellent interpersonal communication, math and problem solving skills.

Responsibilities

Working with the project manager to define and communicate project scope, objectives, and expectations
Identifying project resource requirements and escalating resource constraints.
Building and managing the project schedule, defining the critical path, tracking activities to ensure functional team members are meeting agreed upon deadlines, generating, and communicating status reports, and escalating critical issues
Preventative management of roadblocks and generation of risk management plans
Coordinating and facilitating project meetings including kick off meetings, project team meetings, risk assessments, lessons learned, and additional meetings as required
To ensure the designed equipment and machines can produce products that meet the customer specification, quality, and food safety
Ensure that health and safety requirements are fully met and support a positive safety culture
Manage, monitor, and control costs to ensure project costs are within budgeted requirements
Communicate effectively with the entire team, through meetings, memos, team briefings, etc. on a regular basis
Support any operational issues and projects as required
Develop, learn, and pass on knowledge in the Ice Cream making and other processing areas cross functionally with primary goal of developing good troubleshooting skills and continuous improvement skills
Keep yourself informed of production plans and any changes. It is important to be proactive in finding out what is happening rather than waiting to be told
Look for issues. Do not wait to be told or instructed to complete a task
Promote the Froneri culture of employees being owners rather than just employees
Represent The Froneri Way of working through the behaviors and characteristics in our Operating Model and Core Values
Look for issues. Do not wait to be told or instructed to complete a task
Ensure that you walk the talk and use looking eyes, attend to the issues as and when they happen
Other duties as assigned
Lead and participate in commissioning all new lines
Ensure full maintenance and process records are kept on all equipment and allow full traceability of work
Ensure effective handover between project teams to operations team
Drive the production process to meet customer specification, quality, and food safety
Create commissioning and ramp up plans for projects and work with all departments and teams to deliver the plan
Have strong organizational skills and communication in order to be effective at delivering outcomes
Drive line performances so that when line is handed over to operations, the line is operating at standard efficiencies (RTY, capacity, quality, etc.)
Attend Product Portfolio Meetings and inform factory team of recipe changes and new products coming to the factory at regular intervals
Organize trials in factory as required for new materials, recipe changes, and new product launches. This also includes scheduling, creating trial plan, working with team to execute, and preparing post-trial communications
Follow up on any open items relating to trials to ensure final execution of new materials, recipe changes, and new products are successful