Production Engineering Specialist (Industrial Engineer)

Driven by integrity and united by the people-and-pet bond, we find strong purpose in the work we do and an even greater joy in those we get to work alongside. Together, we harness the expertise of our long-standing tradition of excellence to embrace possibility and continuously push to do what's never been done before in pet care. Discover your purpose and fuel your passions when you bring your love of pets to a team that prides itself on the power of togetherness—We are Proudly Connected. Purely Driven.

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Position Summary

We’re a “safety first” culture driven by a zero defect and zero waste mentality set out to enrich the lives of pets everywhere. As a leading pet food manufacturer, we carry on the legacy of our Founder who led us to reshape the larger pet care category. Over 130 years in existence, we’ve grown our passionate Nestlé Purina Family as we’ve grown the breadth of our business. Your needs are our responsibility— benefits, safety, and career growth. But, we leave it up to you to shape our future and your career aspirations.

As a Production Engineering Specialist, you’ll be responsible for equipment re-design while implementing, controlling, and optimizing manufacturing processes and machinery to achieve organizational targets. You’ll work hand in hand with Production and Engineering to help improve standards that enable high performing production processes in our facility. Additional responsibilities include defining equipment standards, leading process benchmarking and reapplication, and building capability within teams to do technical troubleshooting and process improvement and understanding the Nestle Continuous Excellence program and the respective TPM Pillars and tools.

Analyze loss data to identify and prioritize projects to be executed in factory's continuous improvement plan and develop technical mastery of the core production processes, driven by bottleneck / high losses. Lead v-curve analysis and balanced line flow studies and identify debottlenecking projects.

Initiate, lead, and modify process / equipment improvements that will increase throughput, reduce scrap, improve quality, and eliminate losses.

Drive and mobilize resources to conduct problem solving on systems or equipment through failure modes & effects analysis (FMEA) and other Six Sigma methodology.

Participate in design, commissioning, and startup of new equipment / processes.

Create and improve standards that enable sustainability of high-performing production processes and support training programs that develop high performing operators and technicians.

Collaborate with technical experts, other functions, and other factories to create and replicate optimal solutions / best practices.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in an engineering or related technical field.

3+ years of project / process management experience in a manufacturing, military, or related environment.

OR

Associate’s degree in a technical field.

5+ years of project / process management experience in a manufacturing, military, or related environment.

The approximate pay range for this position is $82,000 to $107,000. Please note that the pay range provided is a good faith estimate for the position at the time of posting. Final compensation may vary based on factors including but not limited to knowledge, skills and abilities as well as geographic location. Nestlé offers performance-based incentives and a competitive total rewards package, which includes a 401k with company match, healthcare coverage and a broad range of other benefits. Incentives and / or benefit packages may vary depending on the position. Learn more at About Us | Nestlé Careers (nestlejobs.com).

REQUISITION ID : 364468

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Job Requisition : 364468