Manufacturing Process and Packaging Engineer - Joplin, MO

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The Manufacturing Process and Packaging Engineer (internally called a Systems Engineer) role provides technical leadership and serves as a system and product specialist. They are responsible to build the team’s packaging and processing technical skills through a hands-on approach. They are accountable for the operational foundation systems across the platform to secure basic conditions and drive out losses. The Manufacturing Process and Packaging Engineer plays a critical role to continuously improve by optimizing system performance and product quality while driving strategic productivity and capacity solutions for the platform and ultimately the business.

This level is an entry role to the Manufacturing Process and Packaging Engineer career . The primary focus will be on daily troubleshooting, problem solving and on-the-floor activities to build confidence, capability and credibility with the theory of operations, 4M relationships and our product portfolios. It involves significant floor time to understand manufacturing processes, coupled with development within the System Engineering JTA. As progress is made to grow equipment and technical knowledge, overall capability will improve to identify and execute solutions for performance improvements and loss elimination.

• •Troubleshoot, problem solve and facilitate on-the-floor activities to build team member confidence, and capability of theory of operation and Operational Foundational Systems (CIL, CL, DH).
• •Communicate and engage effectively with teams on the manufacturing floor.

Process Leadership and Ownership

• •Responsible to build necessary skills around the development of Loss Tree and glidepaths for the line / system.
• •Execute loss elimination tasks to improve system and equipment reliability through use of continuous improvement processes and problem solving.
• •Execute HMM initiatives.

• •Accountable for the operations foundational systems across the platform to secure basic conditions and drive out losses (Clean-Inspect-Lubricate CIL, Centerlines CL, and Theory of Operation TOO).

Vertical Start-Up (VSU): Provide Start-up support to the platform team to drive execution and improvements.

• •Gain exposure through a physical presence on the manufacturing floor to the 4M's (machine, materials, methods, human) to grow skills and understanding of interdependency of inputs.
• •Gain exposure to data and information systems to identify and drive decision making (performance metrics, financial information, data historian, maintenance management system).
• •Learn material balances and unit operation capability on your system(s) to ensure optimal production rates, parameters, and formulas.
• •Develop through connections and learning from operators, technicians, maintenance, and peers through rigorous application and understanding of foundational systems.

Back-Up Support

This position will provide backup support as needed, ensuring business continuity and operational efficiency.

• •Technical partners on platform team (SE, QE, Maintenance)

• •International relocation or international remote working arrangements (outside of the US) will not be considered.
• •Applicants for this position must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. General Mills will not sponsor applicants for this position for work visas.