Senior Manufacturing Engineer

The Senior Manufacturing Engineer supports and improves manufacturing processes to ensure safe reliable and efficient production of food products. This role applies engineering principles data analysis and crossfunctional collaboration to improve process capability reduce risk and support operational performance while meeting food safety quality and customer requirements.

This position is located at our manufacturing plant in Stephenville Texas.

Relocation Benefits:Receive a $10000 relocation bonus PLUS a generous relocation package if relocating more than 50 miles for the position.

What youll do:

• Evaluate manufacturing processes to identify opportunities to improve efficiency throughput yield process capability and operational risk.
• Design implement and sustain process improvements that reduce waste improve cycle time eliminate bottlenecks and maintain food safety and quality standards.
• Collaborate with Production Operations Quality Assurance Maintenance Reliability Engineering Controls Engineering Process Excellence and Supply Chain to drive continuous improvement initiatives.
• Support scaleup of new products and process changes ensuring effective integration into existing manufacturing systems.
• Partner with Maintenance and Reliability Engineering to improve equipment performance uptime and longterm reliability solutions.
• Lead or support equipment modifications and new installations from concept through commissioning focusing on performance safety and risk reduction.
• Apply data analysis statistical methods and process capability tools to identify variability trends and improvement opportunities.
• Conduct FMEA activities to proactively identify process and equipment risks and implement mitigation actions.
• Define and maintain process control plans inprocess measurements SPC monitoring and GR&R activities.
• Troubleshoot manufacturing issues perform root cause analysis and implement corrective and preventive actions to prevent recurrence.
• Support Lean Six Sigma and continuous improvement initiatives in partnership with the Process Excellence team.
• Collaborate with Quality Assurance to ensure compliance with food safety quality systems and customer requirements.
• Maintain accurate documentation including standard operating procedures process specifications and equipment documentation.
• Support compliance with food safety and quality plans including CCPs PCPs audits and corrective action followup.

What you will need to succeed:

• Bachelors degree in Engineering or Engineering Technology (Manufacturing Mechanical Industrial Electrical Chemical or related field).
• Typically requires a minimum of 58 years of relevant engineering experience.
• Working knowledge of manufacturing processes and continuous improvement methodologies.
• Understanding of food safety and quality systems (HACCP GMP regulatory standards) or the ability to quickly develop this knowledge.
• Experience using data analysis statistical tools and problemsolving methodologies.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills to work effectively across functions.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a manufacturing environment.
• Ability to travel up to approximately 10%.