Associate Engineer (Full Time | Multiple Location Options)

About the role

Lamb Weston is a leading manufacturer in the food industry, inspiring and bringing people together with foods they love and trust. We operate globally, serving international food service providers, restaurants, and households worldwide. As a Fortune 500 company, we foster innovation and empower our 10,000+ employees to make a difference.

Responsibilities

• Follow prescribed procedures and conduct analyses to develop design options or recommendations for structures, systems, and components.
• Collaborate with more experienced engineers to provide follow-up and engineering assistance on defined problems.
• Prepare or assist in preparing reports, graphs, planning layouts, and summaries designed to communicate project progress or results.
• Be assigned to a training program lasting one to two years, depending on completion of the Process Quality (PQ) Certification Program.
• Complete Foundations of Leadership and the PQ Training Programs, and be required to complete the PQ Certification.
• Be assigned Engineering and/or Maintenance projects.
• Be mentored by the Plant Engineering Manager, Project Engineer, and Production Manager.
• Monitor production to ensure safety, quality, and cost standards are maintained.
• Responsible for evaluating subordinate performance, communicating with employees, and providing information for work performance improvement.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a closely related field with 1-3 years' experience, or a Master’s degree with 0-1 year’s experience.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, problem-solving, and organizational skills.
• Proficient in MS Office, with a high emphasis in Excel.
• Detail-oriented.
• Excellent technical and analytical skills.
• Ability to work weekends and/or shift work with a strong work ethic and employment history.
• One to two years of production processing or supervisory experience preferred.
• Previous experience in a food processing environment preferred.

Benefits

Coupled with our compensation and bonus incentive programs, our benefits deliver rewards that are market competitive. Some of the most attractive elements of our benefit programs include:

• Health Insurance Benefits - Medical, Dental, Vision
• Flexible Spending Accounts for Health and Dependent Care, and Health Reimbursement Accounts
• Well-being programs including companywide events and a wellness incentive program
• Paid Time Off
• Financial Wellness – Industry leading 401(k) plan with generous company contributions, Financial Planning Services, Employee Stock Purchase program, and Health Savings Accounts
• Life and Accident insurance
• Family-Friendly Employee events
• Employee Assistance Program services – mental health and other concierge type services