Process Improvement Engineer (Wooster, OH)
Position Overview
Key Responsibilities
Qualifications & Requirements
Skills & Competencies
Employment Qualifications
About the Role
Benefits
Pay
Schedule
The Process Improvement Engineer works side-by-side with other technical and operational roles including Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Research, and Product Management to drive change for processing and sanitation improvements to reduce product variation, losses, and improve system efficiency. The focus of this role can be summed up in the words “better” and “consistency.” This role will also be responsible for working closely with the plants to ensure formula and process standards are met.
Key Responsibilities
- Schedule, coordinate, communicate, and verify Continuous Improvement Activities
- Steer Plant Performance toward current Product Specifications & Formula
- Identify and drive Improvements in current Processing and Sanitation standards
- Lead initiatives to improve manufacturing efficiencies, reduce waste, and optimize production processes while maintaining product quality and regulatory compliance
- Lead Plant Processing Continuous Improvement of Product Quality & Process Standardization
- Audit Manufacturing Plants to ensure Processing and Sanitation standards are met
- Participate in Product Grading and Monitoring Quality Trends
- Evaluate Product Grading and Quality Trends against Current Targets
- Work with Processing Teams and Product Management to recommend formula and parameter changes
- Develop data analysis to highlight opportunities for improvement
- Support plants to solve critical or product quality issues as needed to serve the business
- Develop and document the 'why's' for procedural and equipment specifications for teaching and resource support
- Audit processes to align what we say is what we do
- Design, prepare, and execute trials with the objective to solve for and provide solutions to manufacturing, quality, and dairy science unknowns
Qualifications & Requirements
- Education & Experience: BS from an accredited college/university is preferred, or equivalent experience in dairy industry
- Knowledge of dairy processing, CIP systems and dairy industry standards
- In-depth understanding of dairy chemistry and microbiology is preferred
- Understanding of dairy unit operations (e.g., pasteurization, homogenization, and filtration)
- Experience with data analysis and statistical process control
- Mastery of technical writing and mathematics
- Excellent verbal communication skills to work across groups and facilities
- Working knowledge of spreadsheet optimization techniques using solvers will be helpful
- Excellent organizational ability and multi-task capabilities
- Ability to collaborate with and influence departments throughout the organization
- Strong analytical aptitude
Skills & Competencies
- Curiosity for how things work, and self-driven learning are required
- In-depth understanding of dairy chemistry and microbiology is preferred
- Understanding of dairy unit operations (e.g., pasteurization, homogenization, and filtration)
- Experience with data analysis and statistical process control
- Mastery of technical writing and mathematics
- Excellent verbal communication skills to work across groups and facilities
- Working knowledge of spreadsheet optimization techniques using solvers will be helpful
- Excellent organizational ability and multi-task capabilities
- Ability to collaborate with and influence departments throughout the organization
- Strong analytical aptitude
Employment Qualifications
- Open to 10% - 20% travel to company and vendor facilities to provide support and oversight
About the Role
The Process Improvement Engineer works side-by-side with other technical and operational roles including Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Research, and Product Management to drive change for processing and sanitation improvements to reduce product variation, losses, and improve system efficiency. The focus of this role can be summed up in the words “better” and “consistency.” This role will also be responsible for working closely with the plants to ensure formula and process standards are met.
Benefits
- Daisy Brand is a Tobacco and Drug Free Workplace
Pay
Not specified
Schedule
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