Process Engineer II - Hilmar, United States - Hilmar Cheese Company

Description

A Typical Day

The Process Engineer II is responsible for supporting the companys strategic objectives through a focus on the optimum, most cost-effective methods of manufacturing dairy products to enhance profitability, market position, and growth. This position will provide specific concentration on reducing operating costs, process capacity constraints, product losses, and product quality variation.

Job Responsibilities

• Optimize existing manufacturing processes to increase efficiency and cost effectiveness.
• Develop and implement functional descriptions and process control strategies that improve results and reduce variability. Coordinate with process programmers to debug and deploy in the plants.
• Identify and address opportunities for yield improvement, waste reduction, throughput enhancement, and improved process control and consistency.
• Lead troubleshooting of persistent, complex operational issues. Communicate finding and CAPA plans to other departments in clear, concise presentations.
• Engage with R&D team on new product development, experimental equipment and design, and plant trials. Work closely with project engineering on final process design and commercialization.
• Engage with QA team on the evaluation and continuous improvement of in-process and finished product analytical instrumentation.
• Work with manufacturing team to develop SOPs. Ensure critical processes and control points are properly controlled to for consistent performance.
• Work with maintenance team to ensure critical processes, control points, and measurements are properly maintained for consistent performance.

What You Will Need

• Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering or related field plus 3 years related experience OR Masters degree.
• Ability to complete energy and mass balances, and collect and analyze production data using statistical techniques.
• Ability to effectively summarize and present technical information to a variety of audiences.
• MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint at intermediate level.