Manufacturing Engineer (Packaging)

Manufacturing Engineer (Packaging) Location Asheboro, NC : Business Unit Overview: Headquartered in Lakeville, Minn., Post Consumer Brands, a business unit of Post Holdings, Inc., is dedicated to providing people and their pets with delicious food choices for every taste and budget. The company's portfolio includes beloved brands such as Honey Bunches of Oats®, PEBBLES®, Grape-Nuts® and Malt-O-Meal® cereal, and Peter Pan® peanut butter, as well as Rachael Ray® Nutrish®, Kibbles ‘n Bits® and 9Lives® dog and cat food. As a company committed to high standards of quality and to our values, we are driven by one idea: To make lives better by making delicious food accessible for all. For more information about our brands, visit and follow us on LinkedIn for the latest news. Brand: Post Consumer Brands recently acquired several iconic pet food brands, venturing into a new market while remaining true to our purpose to provide delicious and accessible food that our consumers love. We're always searching the center store for the next exciting product to add to our portfolio, and right now, we're growing and need passionate, driven individuals with diverse perspectives to help us reach greater heights. That's where you come in. Join a team where your voice is not only heard but valued. Make a real impact on brands enjoyed by millions of people and their pets. At Post Consumer Brands, we take pride in our longstanding legacy of making one of every five breakfast cereals families eat daily. Today, we're just as focused on our future as we expand our grocery business with different shelf-stable foods, including snacks and peanut butter. We are committed to providing accessible and delicious food for families, and we're always searching the center store for the next exciting product to add to our portfolio. As we soar to new heights, we need creative, determined individuals from all walks of life to join our team, where your unique perspective and ideas are acknowledged and valued. Be a part of a company that empowers you to make a difference that's evident on grocery store shelves and families' tables across North America. Location Description: The Post Consumer Brands plant in Asheboro, NC is the newest addition to the company's network, featuring some of the most modern cereal production technology in the industry and the facility has quadrupled in size since it opened in 2007. Asheboro's 230+ team members produce some of our newest and most innovative cereals, like Oreo O's cereal! While there is plenty to do right in Asheboro, the town is only a few hours from the Atlantic Ocean in one direction and the Blue Ridge Mountains in the other direction. Responsibilities:

This is a big company opportunity with small company attitude. Discover just right! At Post, we don't hire just to fill a job, we hire so you can grow into your next opportunity. With this role, there is an opportunity for placement and progression through four engineering levels. Depending on your experience and background, you may step into this role at any level. Compensation commensurate with experience and ability.

Why Work at Post:

• 3 weeks PTO for new employees
• 7.5% bonus target
• Clean and highly automated facility
• Air-conditioned plant
• 6% 401(k) match
• Educational Assistance
• Opportunity for growth across our national network
• Collaborative work environment with a focus on Safety and Continuous Improvement
• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, and Disability benefits

Overview:

• Frontline engineering resource for sustaining and improving Safety, Quality, Yield, Rates and efficiencies.
• Owns and drives long-range packaging equipment and operational performance improvement plans.
• Technical owner of packaging operating parameters, centerline processes, and packaging equipment design & layout.

Responsibilities:

• Provide daily support to sustain current operational performance targets for safety, quality, yield, rate, and efficiency.
• Leads efforts to improve current processes to achieve planned goals and targets.
• Identifies and recommends new and innovative equipment technologies that support process improvements and projects.
• Develop capital funding requests, manage capital project budgets, and implement capital projects.
• Best Practice Implementation. Improvement of Process. Application of new technology and equipment to improve process.
• Support R&D initiatives related to packaging materials and finished products. Investigate and determine production feasibility. Identifies tools, equipment, and methods to produce new products and support new product start-ups and integration.
• Support the commercialization of new products coordinating with internal and external resources.
• Support technical training for Operations Specialists (trainers).

Qualifications:

EDUCATION:

• 4-year degree in engineering. Mechanical engineering with design experience preferred.

EXPERIENCE:

• Minimum of 3-5 years of experience in primary and secondary packaging operations encompassing vertical and horizontal form fill and seal machines, cartooning, case erectors, packers, and sealers, robotic operations, and all forms of package conveying.
• High-speed pouching and blending a plus.
• Experience in a food or consumer products environment preferred.
• Strong analytical skills. Demonstrated problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.
• Ability to solve highly complex problems and prioritize actions promptly.
• Tenacity in pursuit of results and a strong bias for action.
• Understanding of Lean Manufacturing/Continuous Improvement methodologies.
• Ability to speak candidly and provide constructive feedback professionally.
• Ability to build strong and diverse relationships across functions and business units. Supports and fosters change.
• Experience in organizing and managing projects; interacts, supports, facilitates, and leads multi-functional work teams; leads teams to consensus; strong negotiation skills.
• Demonstrates a passion for safety. Able to develop and maintain a respectful and safe work environment.
• Ability to influence, mentor, and coach to get results through others. Brings out the best in people through leveraging their strengths.