Principal Manufacturing Process Engineer MN
Company: Schwan's
Location: Saint Paul
Posted on: April 24, 2024
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Job Description:
Schwan's Company, a U.S. affiliate of the global lifestyle
company CJ CheilJedang Corporation, is a leading U.S. manufacturer
and marketer of quality foods offered through retail-grocery and
food-service channels. Its many popular brands include Red Baron -,
Tony's -, Big Daddy's -, Villa Prima--- and Freschetta - pizza;
Mrs. Smith's - and Edwards - desserts; and Pagoda - Asian-style
snacks. To learn more about Schwan's, visit
www.schwanscompany.com.
The Principal Manufacturing Process Engineer, who will work within
an hour of any of our plants/offices in Bloomington, MN; Stilwell,
OK; Pasadena, TX; Salina, KS; or Florence, KY is responsible for
improving manufacturing productivity by building technical skills
to eliminate waste and increase efficiencies across the network.
You will build a deep understanding of our food manufacturing
phenomena in the teams, and leverage data to improve process
variability and drive standardization. Thru technical leadership of
the manufacturing team, R&D and capital engineering, the
strategies you develop will be robust and result in net
productivity to the Supply Chain. To note, we do require some level
of specifically food manufacturing process engineering for this
role.
Key Responsibilities:
Develop enterprise-wide strategies to maximize manufacturing
performance, capacity, and yield
Leads efforts to identify and drive productivity projects
(yield/usage variance, raw material optimization, waste) including
Strategic Projects
Creates and improves manufacturing instructions and standards to
increase efficiency and reduce process variability
Collaborates with R&D, Manufacturing, and Project Engineering
to develop process and equipment standards aligned with operations
to ensure successful delivery and start-up of new initiatives
Develops advanced data analysis tools to expose and eliminate
losses
Recognized as an expert in the processes used to manufacture our
products and manufacturing standards utilization
Provides technical leadership to solve problems, drive improvements
in processing systems and implement standards to ensure long term
application.
Builds technical skills (math/science/physics) in operations to
drive out losses in the manufacturing process.
Lead processes to audit standards and ensure conformance to lock in
net productivity
Maintains a central library of manufacturing standards and
instructions to provide sustainable source of technical skills and
facilitate best practice sharing.
Engaged in food manufacturing forums and organizations to
participate in industry wide standards and improvement
strategies.
Responsible to conduct yourself and those you lead in a manner
consistent with company mission, values, code of ethics, policies,
and other standards of conduct
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:
Years of Experience: 8+ years with some level of food manufacturing
engineering required
Education: Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Chemical, Electrical,
or Food Engineering (ABET accredited program preferred).
- Leadership of structured problem solving approaches such as Lean,
Six-Sigma, or TPM is preferred.
- Experience with USDA, FDA, OSHA, EPA, requirements for
manufacturing processes
- Development of statistical models and data analytic tools using
MS Excel, VB, SQL, Python are a plus.
- Ability to travel 0 to 50% as required (dependent on
location).
- The desire to be able to follow our following four pillars:
LEAD YOURSELF FIRST: You will leverage your deep expertise in our
food manufacturing processes and build confidence in our operations
to drive exceptional results. You will provide strategies and
productivity commitments the supply chain can reliably count
on.
BE A DRIVING FORCE: You will define what supply chain excellence
means because you have benchmarked the competition and know their
strategies. You will be key in setting the road map and urgency to
reduce our complexity, waste, and cost through everyday actions
SHIFT OUR PARADIGM: You will leverage innovative technology to
analyze large sets of data and design strategies needed to drive
manufacturing performance. You provide the technical leadership
required to act when the path forward is ambiguous or hard for
others to see.
ONE TABLE ONE TEAM: You will set the table for unrivaled
productivity by building partnerships internally and externally to
deliver the best manufacturing practices. You will foster an
environment where the team is able to challenge each other and
celebrate the successes together.
This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of
all duties, responsibilities and qualifications associated with the
job. An individual must be able to perform all of the duties and
responsibilities listed in a fully competent manner to be
considered successful in the job. Reasonable accommodations may be
made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential
duties and responsibilities.
Keywords: Schwan's, Minneapolis , Principal Manufacturing Process Engineer MN, Engineering , Saint Paul, Minnesota
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