Ubicación:

Saginaw TX

Packaging Reliability Engineer

Your role:

As the Packaging Reliability Engineer, you will lead the pack line team to enable reliability of the packaging operations across multiple facilities. You will make recommendations to simplify and streamline day to day work processes and will solve complex problems by approaching them with a new perspective.  

As a leader, the Ardent Mills Values of trust, serving, simplicity, and safety will guide your decisions. You will listen, learn, and serve your team members. You will enable your team to deliver superior business results by constantly learning, reinventing, and challenging yourself to do better. You will inspire people to achieve things they never thought possible. To succeed, you must be able to: 

• Deliver results in first-time situations by inspiring others and working to earn trust every day 

• Serve others with understanding, respect, and care

• Operate with simplicity, clarity and transparency

• Deal with and drive change

• Organize, prioritize and own multiple tasks while meeting or exceeding deadlines

• Learn and apply new technology and share your knowledge with others

Above all you will be expected to carry out all your activities with reliability, integrity, compliance and in a safe, environmentally responsible, and efficient manner. 

Your responsibilities: 

• Collaborate with Pack engineer and plant leadership to set vision, strategy, and goals for team and packing operation

• Troubleshoot new or existing product problems involving designs, materials, or processes

• Investigate or resolve operational failure, problems and inefficiencies to ensure maximum useful life of equipment and provide technical expertise and support to the operations

• Establish best practices, repairs schedule, predictive-preventative maintenance routines, and install machines, tools, and equipment on pack line 

• Apply continuous improvement methods such as lean manufacturing to enhance manufacturing quality, reliability, or cost-effectiveness

• Develop Training material and programs for Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) across packaging operations

• Collect, analyze and provide insight and solutions relative to operational data to evaluate operations, processes or products

• Develop strength and consistency in Ardent Mills packaging operations by engaging, mentoring, coaching and training facility teams and packaging operators to develop technical excellence in the areas of equipment design, process knowledge, packaging design and analysis, and project development across the network

• Collaborate with network operations to establish effective technical training for packaging operations and line operators across the business

• Work with engineering and plant teams across the network to successfully identify, execute and commission capital projects relative to packaging operations, as well as collaborate on other projects and advanced problem solving

• Ensure external benchmarking is in place in area of expertise to avoid missing important industry developments

• Participate in associated trade organizations to develop a network of Subject Matter Experts and core technology contacts while keeping abreast of new and emerging technology in grain processing and packaging operations

Essential Skills and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree with 5 or more years of direct experience in packaging operations or High School diploma/GED with 9 or more years direct experience in packaging operations

• Minimum of 2 years of experience mentoring, training, leading or coaching others

• Subject matter expert level knowledge of packaging equipment, programming, and management systems

• Prior experience in designing packaging operations as well as trouble shooting existing pack operations for the purpose of optimization

• Prior experience in project development from a cost/risk analysis, project management, and project implementation, develop capital project planning cost/benefit analysis, projecting return on investment and interface with the Engineering department for capital development, and project execution

Good to Have:

• Bachelor of Science degree with a major in Engineering, Packaging, or other transferrable focus

• Prior experience and working knowledge in food manufacturing and production

• Working knowledge of food safety requirements and HACCP 

• Lean Manufacturing background and certification

• Prior experience with robotics, electrical equipment and troubleshooting and high volume packaging operations

• Prior experience managing parts

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions (With or without reasonable accommodation): 

• Ability to wear personal protective equipment (PPE) as is required by the operating areas (i.e. safety glasses, protective footwear, hearing protection and, at times, a respirator) 

• Ability to work a rotating schedule including nights, weekends and holidays 

• Ability to work a machine paced continuous process that operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week with conditions which include: 

• Heat/cold temperatures (inclement weather) 

• Indoor/outdoor environment 

• Dusty environment 

• Noisy environment 

• Frequent moving/vibration/ or other motion of equipment/processes 

• Elevated places, to include stairs/ladders 

• Ability to perform work at a computer and other administrative/managerial tasks 

 Other Considerations: 

•  Travel up to 75%

• This position is key to a continuous 24/7 milling operation; it requires availability and willingness to be contacted to provide assistance in excess of 40 hours per week, including work on evenings, weekends and Holidays

• Except where prohibited by law, all offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a pre-employment background check and/or drug test 

• Must be authorized to work in the Unites states without sponsorship now and in the future  

The preceding position description has been designed to indicate the general nature and essential duties and responsibilities of work performed by employees within this position.  It may not contain a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees in this position. The description, duties, functions, and responsibilities are subject to change at the discretion of Ardent Mills.  

Location:

Saginaw TX

Address:

401 East Industrial Blvd, Saginaw TX, 76179

Additional Locations (if applicable):

Albany NY, Alton IL, Commerce City CO, Hastings MN, Mount Pocono PA

Employment Type:

Full time

Additional Information:

Competitive Compensation:

We provide market-driven base pay, based on skills, abilities, and level of experiences. Our salary ranges are broad, and individual salary will be market competitive based on a candidate’s unique set of skills and level of experience. The starting range for this position is $102,600.00 - $136,896.10, with additional earning potential possible commensurate with experience. Additionally, we believe that our team members are the reason for our success and all team members are incentive eligible with a target based on contribution, company performance, and individual results achieved. While the specific bonus plan and target amount will be determined based on the role and breadth of contributions, the targeted bonus plan and targeted percentage amount for this role is Bonus - MIP, 15% Annual.

Benefits:

At Ardent Mills we offer a wide range of benefits to our team members and their eligible family members. Some of our great benefit programs you may be eligible for include: • Medical, Dental and Vision Coverage• Health and Dependent Savings Accounts • Life and Disability Programs • Voluntary Benefit Programs • Company Sponsored Wellness Programs • Retirement Savings with Company Match • Team Member and Family Assistance Program (EAP) • Paid Time Off and Paid Holidays • Employee Recognition Program with Rewards (RAVE).

Application Deadline:

EEO Commitment:

At Ardent Mills, everyone matters and everyone has a voice. We are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal opportunities are available to all applicants and team members and the decisions will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, genetic information, veteran status, age, political affiliation, or any other non-merit characteristic protected by law or not. Together, celebrating our differences, we make Ardent Mills. The preceding position description has been designed to indicate the general nature and essential duties and responsibilities of work performed by employees within this position. It may not contain a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees in this position. The description, duties, functions, and responsibilities are subject to change at the discretion of Ardent Mills.

En Ardent Mills, todos importan y todos tienen voz. Estamos comprometidos a brindar un ambiente de respeto mutuo donde haya igualdad de oportunidades disponibles para todos los solicitantes y miembros del equipo y las decisiones se basarán en el mérito, la competencia, el desempeño y las necesidades comerciales. Estamos orgullosos de ser un empleador que ofrece igualdad de oportunidades. No discriminamos por motivos de raza, color, religión, credo, origen nacional, ascendencia, estado civil, sexo, orientación sexual, identidad o expresión de género, discapacidad física o mental, embarazo, información genética, condición de veterano, edad, política. afiliación, o cualquier otra característica no meritoria protegida por ley o no. Juntos, celebrando nuestras diferencias, formamos Ardent Mills. La descripción del puesto anterior ha sido diseñada para indicar la naturaleza general y los deberes y responsabilidades esenciales del trabajo realizado por los empleados dentro de este puesto. Es posible que no contenga un inventario completo de todos los deberes, responsabilidades y calificaciones requeridas de los empleados en este puesto. La descripción, los deberes, las funciones y las responsabilidades están sujetos a cambios a discreción de Ardent Mills.

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