Schwan's Company ยท 11 hours ago
Sr. Process Engineer
Sioux Falls, SD
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$82K/yr - $136K/yr
6+ years expSchwan's Company is a leading food manufacturer known for its diverse portfolio of iconic brands. They are seeking a Senior Process Engineer to investigate, develop, and improve food processing techniques while supporting corporate strategies in process development and engineering.
Food and BeverageFood ProcessingManufacturingRetailWholesale
Responsibilities
Identify, develop, and evaluate new process technologies providing breakthrough capabilities for all innovations, renovations, and productivity initiatives within Schwan's manufacturing and co-packer facilities
Lead the process development and process capability assessment to ensure product design aligns with process capability
Develop and execute Commissioning, Qualification and Verification protocols
Apply advanced statistics, experimental designs (DOE) and six sigma in problem-solving
Interfaces with manufacturing and operations engineering departments to identify, educate and implement major cost savings projects or product improvements involving new processes, processing technology, and equipment
Collaborates with other R&D groups, Manufacturing, and Engineering to develop process and equipment specifications for existing and new equipment or production lines including any improvement and/or changes
Works with product development and manufacturing staff to develop process or equipment to reach attainment goals for new and existing production lines
Develops, presents, and communicates preliminary capital proposals of new processing technology, equipment, or cost reduction opportunities including determination of ROI and other benefits, process or equipment specifications, and estimated capital investment and production capacity and attainment
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Science in Engineering (Chemical, Mechanical or Food are ideal)
6+ years of related experience, ideally in manufacturing environments
Working knowledge of R&D product development flow from conception to product launch
Strong in statistical analysis and Statistical Process Control (SPC)
Ability to develop and execute Commissioning, Qualification and Verification protocols
Ability to read and produce tooling conceptual drawing with a CAD program such as SolidWorks
Ability to develop Process Flow Diagrams and write preliminary capital proposals
Ability to perform mass balance calculations, cycle time studies, and payback calculations
Preferred
Master's of Science in Engineering
Benefits
Comprehensive health benefits
Time off programs
Retirement and financial offerings
Company
Schwan's Company
Schwan's Company is a food and beverage manufacturing company.
5001-10000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
unknownKey Investors
Bain Capital Special Situations
2019-05-23Private Equity
Leadership Team
Dimitrios Smyrnios
Chief Executive Officer
Bill Reilly, MBA
Senior Vice President, Chief Procurement Officer
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