About Us:
T. Marzetti Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lancaster Colony Corporation (NASDAQ: LANC), is a manufacturer and marketer of specialty food products for the retail and foodservice markets. Our retail brands include Marzetti®, New York Bakery™ and Sister Schubert’s®, in addition to exclusive license agreements for Olive Garden® dressings, Chick-fil-A® sauces and Buffalo Wild Wings® sauces. Our foodservice business supplies many of the top restaurant chains in the United States.
Overview:
Applies engineering knowledge, statistics, and ingenuity to designs, integrates, and improves manufacturing process systems including mixing, blending, extruding, fermentation, heat treatment, ingredient handling, baking, CIP, and packaging.
Responsibilities:
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Specifies methods, process steps, and equipment required to execute a new or improve an existing manufacturing process in our bakery network.
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Designs the feasibility testing approaches and oversees the execution that supports the development and validation of new processes specifically related to grain and dough processing.
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Troubleshoots the root causes of common-cause and special cause variance.
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Recommends changes in designs or methods using statistical analysis.
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Partners internally with cross-functional teams, manufacturing personnel, R&D personnel, and externally with suppliers to identify and develop solutions to manufacturing problems. Benchmarks internally and externally.
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Leads the development of design requirements by understanding product formulation, equipment design standards, customer requirements, and performance standards. Make recommendations for engineering standards and specifications.
- Often supports Capital Project Managers in the identification and selection of equipment solutions. Leads alternative analysis comparisons between those potential solutions.
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Works with the project teams to develop commissioning and qualification execution strategies with a focus on defining intended use and measuring process capability against critical quality acceptance criteria.
Qualifications:
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BS degree in engineering or a technical field is required, preferably in mechanical, chemical or food science engineering.
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Minimum of 5 years of prior experience in process design or manufacturing engineering with bakery industry experience.
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Experience reading and creating P&IDs and using Microsoft Office software is required.
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Understanding of automation systems and controls integration is required.
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CPG, nutritional, or food processing experience, and bakery experience is preferred.
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Experience with continuous improvement, Lean, or Six Sigma – Green belt or Black belt is preferred.
Technical Skills
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Engineering Technology: Works without supervision to provide technical guidance regarding new and advanced engineering technologies and specifications.
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Engineering Design: Able to leverage the appropriate methods, tools, processes and software for Engineering Design, including but not limited to computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and process simulation.
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Engineering Technical Operations Support: Provides technical guidance when identifying and diagnosing operational problems and developing solutions to resolve issues.
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Compliance: Uses comprehensive knowledge and skills to act independently to achieve full compliance with applicable rules and regulations.
Competencies:
- Decision Quality
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Actively seeks input from pertinent sources to make timely and well-informed decisions.
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Relies on a mixture of analysis, wisdom, experience, and judgement when making decisions.
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Manages Complexity
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Uncovers root causes to difficult problems.
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Looks beyond the obvious and does not stop at the first solution.
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Plans and Aligns: Anticipates and adjusts effective contingency plans.
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Communicates Effectively: Is effective in a variety of communication settings.
Working Conditions/Environment:
Works in a normal office environment where the employee is regularly required to speak, see, hear, sit, stand, talk, type, walk and bend while moving about the facility. Frequent (25-50%) travel to plant locations in the U.S., as well as vendor locations globally. The noise level in the office is quiet.