Your Opportunity as a Senior Process Engineer - Technical Services Organization (TSO)
The Senior Process Engineer will drive high-performance work culture by engaging with floor technicians, coaching to problem solve, make decisions, and become self-reliant. Organize and prioritize initiatives with plant leadership to help achieve master plan and long-term vision. Act as a liaison between R&D and the plant.
Location: 14601 Old Gentilly Rd, New Orleans, LA 70126 (Folgers Manufacturing Plant)
Work Arrangements: 100% on-site. Day Shift Monday-Friday 8am-4:30pm. Willingness to work off shift (including nights, weekends, and/or holidays) and flow to the work as needed. Includes up to 20% Travel.
In this Role You Will:
Understand fundamentals of coffee drying, roasting, and grinding and can apply knowledge to troubleshooting and operational improvements
Develop and implement engineering designs specific to coffee processing (drying, roasting, grinding, transport) that will improve efficiencies, increase capacity, and reduce costs
Lead projects and initiatives while building consensus across functions as project team leader
May act as a Technical Readiness Leader for new product initiatives
Apply knowledge of coffee processing equipment to new initiatives and to equipment changes
Write and secure approval to test plans required for initiatives and other improvements; execute plans; reports on results
Develop project plans that define scope, schedule, budget, business impact, and risks; execute plans to identify obstacles; gains alignment and brings issues to resolution
Be a technical member of multiple project teams with responsibility for final performance of project
Develop plans for or supports vendor acceptance testing and for on-site commissioning, qualification, and verification of equipment; leads VAT’s and startups
Apply logic in problem-solving and analysis of alternatives to assess the financial and operational impact of business initiatives; assess critical information to make effective decisions or recommendations
Lead investigation, testing, and validation of new technologies
Develop consensus agreement amongst the project teams, research and development, quality, engineering leadership, operations, and plant leadership
Build technical skills for the technology within Engineering & TSO and the broader Operations team
Create and apply technical standards across equipment categories
May manage interns
The Right Role 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 or Food Science
2+ years of Engineering, Operations, R&D and/or TSO experience
Demonstrated ability to define a problem statement, identify root cause, and develop/implement systemic corrective actions
Demonstrated ability to lead work effectively and independently given basic coaching and guidance
Ability to work effectively with individuals and teams across the organization
Ability to communicate clearly and effectively
Ability to travel on average 20% of the time
Additional skills and experience that we think would make someone successful in this role:
Prior manufacturing operational experience
Data driven and strong analysis skills
Capital project and/or start up management experience
Fundamental understanding of food science / ingredient chemistry
Experience developing and executing CQV plans and qualifying ingredients / recipes / processes
Proficient with Prodika and TraceGains
Proficient with JMP, Excel, or other data analysis tools
Work Environment: This job operates in a manufacturing environment. The noise level in the work environment and manufacturing sites can be high.
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 50 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.
