Sr. Process Engineer - Growing Media
About The Position
ScottsMiracle-Gro is seeking a Senior Process Engineer to join its Growing Media Maintenance & Engineering team. The role provides technical and engineering support to manufacturing facilities across the Growing Media network and leads proactive problem-solving to eliminate downtime, improve equipment reliability, and support the design and rollout of the Growing Media Maintenance Organization. The position is remote near an existing company location and requires 50% travel. The Senior Process Engineer serves as a technical liaison across operations, maintenance, safety, quality, procurement, and corporate engineering. The role builds technical capability in manufacturing equipment, implements and sustains CMMS practices, develops equipment standards and training, and collaborates across facilities to improve Overall Equipment Effectiveness, reduce costs, resolve technical problems, and implement permanent solutions. It also supports plant improvement plans, reliability initiatives, capital requests, production-line standards, and maintenance personnel development.
Requirements
- Bachelor of Science in Engineering—Packaging, Chemical, Mechanical, Industrial, or Electrical—or equivalent preferred.
- At least 5–7 years operating in a manufacturing environment, with experience driving reliability improvements.
- Strong leadership skills and the ability to work effectively with diverse groups in a collaborative, fast-paced, goal-driven environment.
- Proven track record leading capital projects.
- Recognized technical abilities and practical experience with manufacturing systems and unit operations.
- Knowledge of continuous improvement techniques, including Lean, TPM, Root Cause Analysis, Quick Changeover/SMED, and Process Centerlines.
- Knowledge of statistics and analytical methods, process measurement, and process control.
- Knowledge of change management.
- Knowledge of reactive, preventative, and predictive maintenance.
- Ability to use current PC-based software, including Microsoft Windows, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Access, and Project.
Nice To Haves
- A degree in Packaging, Chemical, Mechanical, Industrial, or Electrical Engineering, or equivalent, is preferred.
Responsibilities
- Serve as a technical liaison across operations, maintenance, safety, quality, procurement, and corporate engineering.
- Develop technical mastery in key process and packaging equipment and support development of that capability in others.
- Implement CMMS practices in assigned regions, including asset hierarchy, work order management, preventive maintenance optimization, and spare-parts standardization.
- Create, standardize, and maintain equipment documentation, including Clean, Inspect, Lube standards, process centerlines, maintenance standards, troubleshooting guides, and technical training materials.
- Develop and deliver technical training through a learning management system for multiple organizational levels.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to solve problems, improve Overall Equipment Effectiveness, and reduce costs.
- Diagnose technical problems, identify short- and long-term solutions using Root Cause Analysis tools, and facilitate permanent corrective actions.
- Identify recurring loss themes across facilities, support implementation of solutions, and document them through best practices and major-issue sharing.
- Partner with Plant Managers to execute manufacturing improvement plans.
- Lead and support the Professional Maintenance pillar and equipment reliability projects across the Growing Media network.
- Analyze data and lead solutions that reduce manufacturing variation.
- Develop and maintain rapid changeover standards using SMED principles.
- Participate in developing and prioritizing asset maintenance and cost-reduction capital requests.
- Identify facility bottlenecks and facilitate solutions to optimize production lines.
- Participate in developing production-line standards and establish accurate routed standards at each facility.
- Coach and mentor facility maintenance personnel, emphasizing CMMS sustainment.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and eligible family members.
- Wellness reimbursement program.
- 401(k) match of up to 7.5%.
- 15% discount on company stock.
- Access to Maven Family Planning and up to $30,000 for adoption, fertility, and surrogacy.
- Career growth and development opportunities.
- Employee Resource Groups focused on diversity and inclusion, family, education, and sustainability.
- Opportunities to participate in community service and volunteerism.
- Incentive eligibility under corporate bonus programs.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
