Bakery Processing SME

Shearers is a leading contract manufacturer and private label supplier in the snack industry in North America. Headquartered in Massillon Ohio Shearers has 17 state-of-the-art geographically diverse manufacturing facilities in Ohio Texas Arkansas Arizona Minnesota PennsylvaniaVirginia Iowa Ontario and Alberta Canada including one of the industrys first Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design platinum LEED certified facilities in Massillon Ohio. The Company is known for producing the highest quality snacks in assorted flavors and sizes including kettle cooked potato chips traditional potato chips tortilla chips cheese curls and other extruded snacks and corn chips as well as cookies crackers and wafers.

Bakery Processing SME

Burlington Iowa

The Bakery Processing SME position is responsible for the efficient production of high quality baked snack food products in a continuous improvement-based environment while also creating and maintaining a safe work environment. This is to be accomplished through effective leadership coaching and development of individuals.

Your seat at the table

Serve as the company wide subject matter expert on bakery processing (Crme Cookies Wirecut Cookies Crackers and Wafer products). Provide technical knowledge direction education and assistance in the production and processing of high quality snack food products.

• Create teach train coach and enforce all segments of the Bakery Processing Asset Control Tower to achieve best quality product repeatably and efficiently.
• Provide onsite and remote technical support and troubleshooting support to the plant teams.
• Troubleshoot new or existing product problems involving designs materials or processes.
• Investigate or resolve operational problems such as material use variances or bottlenecks.
• Identify opportunities or implement changes to improve manufacturing processes or products or to reduce costs using knowledge of manufacturing processes tooling and production equipment assembly methods quality control standards and/or product design materials and parts.
• Apply continuous improvement methods such as lean manufacturing to enhance manufacturing quality reliability or cost-effectiveness.
• Conduct mass balances of complete processes.
• Determine root causes of failures or recommend changes in designs tolerances or processing methods using statistical procedures.
• Prepare documentation on process control for new and existing manufacturing processes or engineering procedures to achieve product specifications.
• Evaluate manufactured products according to specifications and quality standards.
• Train production personnel in new or existing methods.
• Training and development site Subject Matter Experts and process engineers on theory of operation and practical application.
• Commercialization of new products and processes.
• Design tests of finished products or process capabilities to establish standards or validate process requirements.

Leads and Develops Team Members

• Coaches team members on a daily basis in the principles of production.
• Leads the team through an emphasis on both production and people.
• Communicates effectively with employees through both oral and written means.
• Conducts employee training to improve employees expertise and knowledge in equipment operations work safety procedures and teamwork or assigns employee training to experienced workers.
• Provides feedback to employees on individual performance standards in a timely and efficient manner.
• Builds rapport and collaborative relationships across cross-functional teams.

Essential Requirements You Bring to the Table

• Degree in engineering or science is preferred
• 15 years of experience in bakery processing including cookies crackers wafer products
• Experience with continuous improvement tools such as kaizen 5S six sigma and other such associate engagement and process improvement techniques.
• Knowledge of SQF HAACP GMPs and other food safety programs as it relates to snack food manufacturing.
• Great analytical skills and ability to understand manufacturing systems.
• Proven leadership experience and ability to lead cross functional teams through influence not just in direct reporting relationships.
• Excellent organizational and communication skills.
• Travel Requirements: 25%

We Offer a Feast of Benefits

Medical Dental Vision Life Flexible Spending Account Retirement Savings Plan with Match Short Term Disability Long Term Disability Group Critical Accident Insurance Group Critical Illness Insurance Employee Assistance Plan and numerous opportunities to volunteer in the communities in which we operate.

You will be considered for employment in our inclusive workplace

Because at Shearers we are committed to providing equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race color religion gender sexual orientation gender identity or expression national origin age disability genetic information marital status amnesty protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

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