Process Engineer

ConAgra Foods • Fort Madison, IA

6d • $63,000 - $93,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Reporting to the Business Unit Manager at our Fort Madison facility, local producers of Armour, Nalley, Van Camp’s, and Ranch Style, you will be a technical expert taking process ownership over the line structure. You will oversee the data and ensure that the line is achieving its goals using Conagra's improvement systems, including Centerlines, CIL, Daily Direction Setting, and Changeover. How Will You Affect Our Business? Use personnel and contractor support to be a technical expert and trainer for cell and operation team resources for applicable systems. Oversee the line's Centerline management system and lead the process of identifying centerline points and standards. Use plant facilities and maintenance department resources for all relevant project improvement work requiring needed support or affecting their site accountability. Coordinate Focused Improvement work for all appropriate plant personnel, team members, contracts, and vendors who are required to provide completion of improvement projects. Lead the identification and prioritization of loss elimination through Daily Direction Meetings. Coordinate startup and training education for all improvement work. Communicate with all key stakeholders through multiple levels of the organization with progress updates for responsible improvement work. Manage the assigned Daily Management systems assessment plant. Develop manufacturing processes that accommodate specific consumer and marketplace requirements for new products, while meeting process, quality, and cost goals. Collaborate across departments and in a team environment as you anticipate and mitigate risk. Be responsible for providing direct oversight, administering discipline, and ensuring consistent application of policies and procedures across their respective teams. Ability to provide back-up coverage to front-line supervisor with the flexibility to cover off shifts and weekends as needed Do You Have What It Takes?

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemical, Food, Biological Engineering or related field
• 1+ years of experience in process or industrial engineering
• Experience with continuous improvement tools and statistical tools
• Exposure to SAP or Power BI system
• Problem-solving skills and can define problems, collect data, establish facts, and make conclusions

Responsibilities

• Technical expert and trainer for cell and operation team resources for applicable systems
• Oversee the line's Centerline management system and lead the process of identifying centerline points and standards
• Use plant facilities and maintenance department resources for all relevant project improvement work requiring needed support or affecting their site accountability
• Coordinate Focused Improvement work for all appropriate plant personnel, team members, contracts, and vendors who are required to provide completion of improvement projects
• Lead the identification and prioritization of loss elimination through Daily Direction Meetings
• Coordinate startup and training education for all improvement work
• Communicate with all key stakeholders through multiple levels of the organization with progress updates for responsible improvement work
• Manage the assigned Daily Management systems assessment plant
• Develop manufacturing processes that accommodate specific consumer and marketplace requirements for new products, while meeting process, quality, and cost goals
• Collaborate across departments and in a team environment as you anticipate and mitigate risk
• Responsible for providing direct oversight, administering discipline, and ensuring consistent application of policies and procedures across their respective teams
• Ability to provide back-up coverage to front-line supervisor with the flexibility to cover off shifts and weekends as needed

Benefits

• Comprehensive healthcare plans, wellness incentive program, mental wellbeing support and fitness reimbursement
• Great pay, bonus incentive opportunity, matching 401(k) and stock purchase plan
• Career development opportunities, employee resource groups, on-demand learning and tuition reimbursement
• Paid-time off, parental leave, flexible work-schedules (subject to your location and role) and volunteer opportunities

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees