Your Opportunity as the Process Engineering Research & Development-Sweet Baked Snacks
In this role you will use the fundamentals of Science and Process Engineering to lead and perform critical experimental work of applied research and/or development including planning experiments, generating, and analyzing data, and sharing recommendations to a cross-functional team. You will be the process engineer lead in the formats of Sweet Baked Snacks and provide input into project briefs to shape its evolution. You will plan and execute a broad range of technical tasks, working effectively independently or within a team. Your work is typically “hands on” in a lab, in a pilot plant and in plat operations, at a critical site, on a computer, or with consumers for all Sweet Baked Snacks.
Location: Orrville, OH - Hybrid 60% or more in office presence as business need requires
Work Arrangements: Ability to travel up to 30% on an ongoing basis (travel frequency dependent on projects and product launch pipeline). First 4-6 months could be up to 50% at times.
In this role you will:
- Lead the development, scale-up, and commercialization of Innovation, Renovation & Value Engineering initiatives.
- Develop commissioning plan and lead commissioning while supporting Operations with qualification of new product & process technologies, as well as improving existing process technologies.
- Apply fundamental engineering principles – mass & energy balances, heat transfer, designed experimentation & data analyses, process flow diagrams etc. for appropriate decision making and documentation for knowledge capture.
- CAD design for tooling and process equipment as needed for new or improved product / process technologies.
- Interface with equipment suppliers, service providers, manufacturing facilities and relevant business functions, including marketing and supply chain, to achieve goals.
- Design and execute experiments at both supplier sites, in lab, in pilot plant, and in plant operations.
- Validate improvements/corrective actions that will deliver the desired benefits.
- Collect, review, and summarize trial and commissioning results, provide updates and go-forward recommendations to the project teams and internal & external stakeholders.
- Participate as an active member of cross-functional project teams comprised of individuals from a variety of disciplines, including Marketing, Finance, Operations, Engineering, Procurement, Co-pack, and QA to scale successful processes to commercial production scale.
- Perform additional R&D duties as assigned.
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:
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering (Food or Chemical preferred)
- 5 years of experience in process development or operations technical support within CPG required (food/beverage preferred)
- Experience in food processing and exposure to manufacturing environment
- Can plan and execute designed experiments (DOE) and generate relevant and process data to identify and mitigate process development and scale up risks. Can communicate results to all levels of the organization
- Proficient in CAD software, such as AutoCAD, SolidWorks, or Revit, to design/revise/modify drafts and technical drawings based on specifications, feasibility, manufacturability, and compliance with industry regulations and quality standards.
- Strong communication, both oral and written. Prepare and deliver presentations on projects independently.
- Strong organizational, critical thinking, and creativity skills
- Able to function as a technical leader in process engineering in multifunctional teams. Comfortable providing leadership across multifunctional boundaries.
- Project management experience is highly valued, as this individual will collaborate cross functionally to manage costs, schedules, and resources for the work.
- Comfortable in ambiguous situations.
- Confident and proactive person, and open to constant learning.
- Work with personnel and food safety in mind.
- Passion for coaching/mentoring less experienced employees
Physical Demands:
- Regularly required to talk and hear.
- Frequently required to stand; walk; use hands and fingers to handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms.
- Occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.
- Able to lift objects up to 30 pounds frequently.
- May push and pull heavy trash carts, dough carts, portable equipment, and catch pans.
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
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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.
