Ice Cream Process Engineer
About The Position
Life tastes better with ice cream. With 19,000 expert ice cream colleagues and iconic brands like Wall’s, Cornetto, and Ben & Jerry’s, loved in 76 countries, we are the world’s largest Ice Cream company, leading the industry. We create iconic ice cream brands that are part of everyday life, bringing moments of joy to millions of people around the world. Everybody loves ice cream. And as the world’s biggest pure-play ice cream company, we have the scale and ambition to make a real difference. What truly sets us apart is how we work. We move fast and keep things simple. We turn ideas into action, trust people to take ownership, and work as one team to win together with integrity. Our culture is high-performance, collaborative, and focused on getting things done. We’re curious and ready for what’s next. We embrace digital, use data to make better decisions, and keep learning, including how AI can help us work smarter and serve consumers better. As a Focused Improvement Engineer, you'll play a pivotal role in helping our manufacturing operation achieve World-Class performance—where safety incidents, defects, waste, and losses are driven toward zero. In this high-impact role, you'll lead initiatives that improve how we work every day by identifying opportunities, analyzing data, and implementing sustainable solutions across key areas including: Safety, Quality, Manufacturing Performance, Customer Service, Logistics, and Cost Optimization. You'll leverage advanced continuous improvement methodologies, data analytics, and problem-solving tools to uncover root causes and eliminate losses that impact performance. Working cross-functionally with operations, maintenance, quality, and supply chain teams, you'll help transform business challenges into measurable results. A key component of this role is using our Managing Manufacturing Performance (MMP) system and Cost Deployment methodology to identify and prioritize the most significant opportunities for improvement. Your work will directly influence plant efficiency, product quality, employee engagement, and business profitability.
Requirements
- Experience in Focused Improvement and Kaizen activity or Continuous Programs (WCM, TPM, 6-Sigma, Lean, Etc).
- Ability to operate confidently in improvement engineering, digital enhancements, and technical knowledge.
- Strong skills in attention to detail, bias for action, accountability, written and verbal communication skills, data collection and analysis, problem solving, and decision making.
- Ability to think end-to-end and take ownership for results.
- Comfortable working in a fast-moving, evolving organization.
- Values collaboration, clarity, and low-ego ways of working.
Responsibilities
- Lead transformative manufacturing improvement projects that increase production output, reduce waste, and improve line performance across the factory.
- Tackle complex operational challenges by identifying root causes of chronic equipment and process losses and implementing sustainable, data-driven solutions.
- Drive productivity gains through initiatives that reduce downtime, shorten changeovers, eliminate waste, and improve overall equipment effectiveness (OEE).
- Champion digital transformation by deploying innovative manufacturing technologies and helping teams leverage digital tools to improve performance.
- Partner with frontline teams and plant leaders to solve problems, coach continuous improvement practices, and build a culture of operational excellence.
- Become a technical expert in manufacturing processes such as mixing, freezing, dosing, enrobing, and packaging while applying world-class manufacturing methodologies.
- Develop and implement new standards and best practices that improve safety, quality, reliability, and consistency across production lines.
- Drive proactive performance improvements by working closely with Safety, Quality, and Cost Deployment teams to identify, prioritize, and eliminate the plant's biggest opportunities for improvement.
- Eliminate Waste and Loss according to the UMS prioritization process using BPCD, FI, AM, PM, Q, PD pillar tools and methodologies.
- Create Technical Standards to ensure process stability on the line.
- Run to Standard (R2S) implementation: (Data collection and analysis, Prioritization of losses, Problem solving, SMED, AM activities definition and machine settings (Centerlines or Process parameters definition).
- Train line crews on technical standards and restoration of basic conditions (Stability sustainability).
- Identify and extend good practice to other lines.
- Provide inputs of EEM pillar – MP data.
- Factory OR and DBNR improvement.
- NVAA reduction.
- Application and accuracy of MMP Code data.
Benefits
- Market-competitive pay and performance related rewards
- Flexible ways of working
- Support for health, wellbeing and life outside of work
- Time off to rest and recharge
- Ongoing learning and development opportunities
- Medical, dental and (where applicable) vision coverage
- Health and wellbeing support, including employee assistance programs and wellness initiatives
- Health-related savings and spending accounts
- Retirement savings programs with a competitive matching plan
- Additional employee perks (e.g., corporate discounts, commuter or learning support)
- Bonus eligible
- Health insurance (including prescription drug, dental, and vision coverage)
- Retirement savings benefits
- Life insurance and disability benefits
- Parental leave
- Sick leave
- Paid vacation and holidays
- Access to numerous voluntary benefits
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
