Your Opportunity as a Process Engineer
Leverage your engineering expertise to make a meaningful impact on the process and packaging systems within our Smucker's Jam & Jelly facility! Analyze operations to improve throughput and yield, while building the capabilities of the plant teams. Continue to grow your skill sets through cross functional collaboration and direct floor exposure in our manufacturing plants.
Location: Orrville, OH
Work Arrangements: 100% on-site
In this role you will:
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Develop technical mastery of the core production processes to deliver critical results
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Identify process improvements while interfacing with department managers and technicians to deliver effective initiatives
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Partner with technicians on corrective actions, implementations, and own and sustain results
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Model key safety and quality expectations related to plant operations and measure impact on process
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Implement Lean Manufacturing concepts in support of our High-Performance Organization (HPO) culture
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Leverage effective continuous improvement and problem-solving tools (why-why, fishbone, failure analysis, etc.) to address root cause
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Support startups for new product initiatives and capital projects
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Lead material and packaging improvements which could include managing material changes, qualifying alternate materials, delivering material cost savings, or participating in new product launches
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Collect, analyze, and utilize data to design and execute improvements
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Improve performance and drive loss optimization
The Right Place for You
We are bold, kind, strive to do the right thing, we play to win, and we believe in a strong community that thrives together. Our culture is rooted in our Basic Beliefs, and we believe in supporting every employee by meeting their physical, emotional, and financial needs.
What we are looking for:
Minimum Requirements:
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Bachelor’s Degree in Chemical or Mechanical Engineering
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1+ years of engineering experience in addition to internship and/or co-op experience
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1+ year of experience working in a manufacturing environment including time on the production floor
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Proven problem solving and troubleshooting experience to identify root cause
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Examples of strong interpersonal and communication skills
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Willing to follow a career path into people management within a plant environment and flexibility to support managerial coverage of technicians as needed
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Willingness to work off shift hours and flow to the work as needed
Additional skills and experience that we think would make someone successful in this role:
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Strong analytical skills to drive statistically based decision making
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Project management experience
Learn More About Working at Smucker
Our Total Rewards Benefits Program
Our Thriving Together Philosophy Supporting All Impacted by Our Business
Our Continued Progress on Inclusion, Diversity and Equity
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What We Do
Each generation of consumers leaves their mark on culture by establishing new expectations for food and the companies that make it. At The J.M. Smucker Co., it is our privilege to be at the heart of this dynamic with a portfolio that appeals to each generation of people and pets with products found in 90 percent of U.S. homes and countless restaurants. This includes a mix of iconic brands consumers have always loved such as Folgers®, Jif® and Milk-Bone® and new favorites like Café Bustelo®, Smucker’s® Uncrustables® and Rachael Ray® Nutrish®. By continuing to immerse ourselves in consumer and pet parent preferences for food, how it’s purchased and how the companies that make it should operate, we will maintain the important role we play in their lives. This will allow us to continue growing our business and the positive impact we have on all of those who count on us.
