Employee Type:
Full timeLocation:
TX NorthlakeJob Type:
EngineeringJob Posting Title:
Associate EngineerAbout Us:
TreeHouse Foods (NYSE: THS) is a leading manufacturer of private label packaged foods and beverages, operating a network of over 20 production facilities and several corporate offices across the United States and Canada. At TreeHouse Foods, our commitment to excellence extends beyond our products and revolves around our people. We are investing in talent and creating a performance-based culture where employees can do their best work and develop their careers, directly impacting our mission to make high quality, affordable food for our customers, communities, and families. We hope you will consider joining the team and being part of our future.
Named one of America’s Best Large Employers by Forbes Magazine, we are proud to live by a strong set of values and strive to "Engage and Delight – One Customer at a Time." Guided by our values—Own It, Commit to Excellence, Be Agile, Speak Up, and Better Together. We are a diverse team driven by integrity, accountability, and a commitment to exceptional results. We embrace change, prioritize continuous learning, and foster collaboration, transparency, and healthy debate. Together, we set each other up for success to achieve enterprise-wide goals.
What You Gain:
Competitive compensation and benefits program with no waiting period – you’re eligible from your first day!
401(k) program with 5% employer match and 100% vesting as soon as you enroll.
Comprehensive paid time off opportunities, including immediate access to four weeks of vacation, five sick days, parental leave and 11 company holidays (including two floating holidays).
Leaders who are invested in supporting your accelerated career growth, plus paid training, tuition reimbursement and a robust educational platform – DevelopU – with more than 10,000 free courses to support you along the way.
An inclusive working environment where you can build meaningful work relationships with a diverse group of professionals. Take advantage of opportunities to build on our team-oriented culture, such as joining one of our Employee Resource Groups.
Access to our wellness and employee assistance programs.
Job Description:
About the Role:
As an Associate Engineer, you will be a key player in shaping a supportive and engaging work environment for our Northlake, TX, plant, a manufacturer of quality coffee. Your role will act as a support partner in efforts to maintain the TreeHouse Management Operating Structure (TMOS). This role facilitates projects to evaluate and improve supply chain processes and related functions using continuous improvement principles. Responsibilities include coordinating initiatives that improve quality, efficiency, cost, and operations, as well as supporting the implementation of corrective actions and driving alignment with corporate continuous improvement strategies.
You’ll add value to this role by performing various functions including, but not limited to:
- Support site performance metrics and process effectiveness initiatives.
- Assist with gap analyses and implementation of corrective action plans.
- Ensure alignment and compliance with TMOS and divisional continuous improvement initiatives.
- Manage a portfolio of projects reviewing moderate to large-scale supply chain processes to ensure operational efficiency.
- Promote best practices and support replication of process improvements across the site.
- Collaborate with site leadership to develop project charters, including defining scope, resources, team roles, and deliverables.
- Act as a culture change agent by modeling leadership behaviors and advocating for CI tools within TMOS.
- Facilitate project meetings to track progress, resolve obstacles, and review recommendations and outcomes.
- Assist process owners in implementing new procedures, identifying improvements, tracking savings, and generating reports for approval.
- Provide training and coaching on basic continuous improvement methods and tools to build site-level self-sufficiency.
- Other assigned duties.
Important Details:
- This is a full-time, on-site role on First Shift, Monday through Friday. Occasional flexibility is required to support alternate shifts and weekends.
You’ll fit right in if you have:
- Bachelor's degree in Operations, Management or related field is strongly preferred.
- Minimum of two years of experience in a manufacturing environment, with at least one year in a project management or continuous improvement role is required.
- Strong situational leadership skills with the ability to influence at all levels of the plant organization.
- Self-starter with the ability to lead change independently and make informed, strategic decisions.
- Possesses key personal attributes: progressive mindset, adaptability, flexibility, high energy, maturity, and strong interpersonal skills.
- Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills to assess needs, identify issues, and uncover improvement opportunities.
- Develops subject matter expertise in site-level supply chain processes and leads the evolution toward future-state operations.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills to effectively represent and report on continuous improvement activities.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office.
Your TreeHouse Foods Career is Just a Click Away!
Click on the “Apply” button or go directly to www.treehousefoods.com/careers to let us know you’re ready to join our team!
At TreeHouse Foods, we embrace diversity and inclusion for innovation and growth. We are committed to building inclusive teams and an equitable workplace for our employees to bring their true selves to work to help us “Engage and Delight – One Customer at a Time”. TreeHouse Foods is an Equal Opportunity Employer that prohibits discrimination or harassment of any type. All qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Applicants who require an accommodation to participate in the job application or hiring process should contact [email protected]
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What We Do
Rooted in tradition and built with a strategic vision, TreeHouse Foods provides private label food and beverage offerings to retail grocery and food away from home customers across North America.
TreeHouse’s branches extend across multiple product categories providing custom solutions for most of the leading grocery retailers and foodservice operators in the United States and Canada. Our growing product portfolio includes: Baked Goods, Condiments, Snacks, Meals and Beverage
Customers partner with TreeHouse to receive the best service, quality, and value for their custom brands. Our integrity, operational excellence, and market insights have made for a great view up here at TreeHouse and we like what we see on the horizon.
