Process Engineer - Dry

Headquartered in Lakeville, Minn., Post Consumer Brands, a business unit of Post Holdings, Inc., is dedicated to providing people and their pets with delicious food choices for every taste and budget. The company’s portfolio includes beloved brands such as Honey Bunches of Oats®, PEBBLES®, Grape-Nuts® and Malt-O-Meal® cereal, and Peter Pan® peanut butter, as well as Rachael Ray® Nutrish®, Kibbles ‘n Bits® and 9Lives® dog and cat food. As a company committed to high standards of quality and to our values, we are driven by one idea: To make lives better by making delicious food accessible for all. For more information about our brands, visit www.postconsumerbrands.com and follow us on LinkedIn for the latest news.

Post Consumer Brands recently acquired several iconic pet food brands, venturing into a new market while remaining true to our purpose to provide delicious and accessible food that our consumers love. We’re always searching the center store for the next exciting product to add to our portfolio, and right now, we’re growing and need passionate, driven individuals with diverse perspectives to help us reach greater heights. That’s where you come in. Join a team where your voice is not only heard but valued. Make a real impact on brands enjoyed by millions of people and their pets.

The Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania facility is 1,120,845 square feet and home to about 470 hard working team members who are proud to produce iconic pet food brands like Kibbles 'n Bits® and 9Lives®. This location has a cannery that produces wet dog food and there is also a Distribution Center on-site. Bloomsburg is home to Bloomsburg University, a municipal airport, a landmark Town Park with many acres of recreational activities, and has one of the largest and longest running fairs in the country. With so much to do and see, Bloomsburg is a great place to live, work and play! 

**$2,500 SIGN-ON BONUS!**

• Develop technical mastery of the core production processes.
• Learn all key safety items related to plant operations.
• Learn all inputs, outputs and transformations of the process.
• Learn how each basic component operates and its application in the process.
• Learn all product quality parameters and specifications, and how each is measured.
• Initiate and lead process and equipment improvements that will increase throughput, reduce scrap, improve quality and eliminate loss on the production lines.
• Work with Area Leaders, Team Leaders and Maintenance to understand key losses and opportunities.
  
• Review plant downtime regularly and lead efforts to reduce chronic downtime issues.
• Own the plant Centerline System.
• Identify key process variables and their impact on both the process and finished product quality. Help establish targets for key process variables.
• Develop process control strategies for finished product quality targets.
• Help train operating teams on operating procedures and methods as needed.
• Understand Continuous Improvement Pillars and their respective tools and capabilities. Lead the Focused Improvement (FI) Pillar for the plant.
• Participate in and support other Pillar activities as needed (e.g. AM CILs, PM Failure Analysis, etc.)
  
• Become the plant Problem Solving champion.
  
• Learn continuous improvement problem solving tools (e.g. why-why, fishbone, failure analysis, etc.) and understand which is appropriate for a given problem.
  
• Coach and train others on effective use of problem solving (i.e. good problem statement, root cause vs. basic cause)
  
• Support and/or lead initiative and capital projects as needed.
  
• Participate as a project team member for key projects.
  
• Lead portions of the CQV (Commissioning/Qualification/Verification) process.

REPORTS TO: Operations Manager

 Location: On-Site Monday - Friday 7-4.  This role will be based out of the Bloomsburg, PA facility. 

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE
Bachelor's degree in Engineering is required
Engineering focused experience preferred (this includes internship and/or co-op experience)

DESIRED SKILLS/CAPABILITIES (must be able to learn skills not already mastered)

• Works effectively with individuals and teams
• Problem solving – demonstrated ability to work a problem from problem statement development thru to root cause identification and systemic corrective action implementation
• Design of Experiments and/or CQV – demonstrated ability to design and execute experiments and/or develop and execute Commissioning/Qualification/Verification plans
• Daily Management Systems (DMS) – demonstrated ability to leverage daily management approach to own and manage a system to sustain delivery of expected results over time
• Statistical lot quality analysis – demonstrated ability to develop a sampling plan, sample, analyze and draw statistically based conclusions
• Initiative and follow thru – demonstrated ability to receive given basic coaching/direction and execute work assigned in an accurate and timely manner
• Time management/prioritization – demonstrated ability to manage several tasks at a time thru to completion and meet the needs of multiple customers
• Communication skills – proven ability to communicate effectively both in writing and verbally