Category Engineer

Unilever Brazil; Toronto; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consumer goods company based in Toronto is seeking a Category Engineer to manage technology projects for the dressings category. The ideal candidate will have a BS in engineering and 3+ years of experience in FMCG. Responsibilities include overseeing capital projects, ensuring compliance with safety standards, and collaborating with cross-functional teams. Strong leadership and communication skills are essential.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of engineering experience in FMCG or engineering consultancy.
• First-hand experience delivering major capital projects ($1+ million) is preferred.
• Experience in Manufacturing Excellence, PMP, Lean manufacturing, and/or TPM is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Manage capital and innovation projects for the dressings category.
• Lead technical support for projects and ensure compliance with standards.
• Collaborate with R&D, marketing, and supply chain teams.

Skills

Engineering experience

Project Management

Excellent communication

Education

BS in Chemical, Mechanical, Electrical, or Industrial Engineering

Job description

Overview/Responsibilities

The Category Engineer position based in the Toronto - Rexdale Factory, will manage the end-to-end delivery of the condiment’s technology projects for the Dressings Category in Canada. This includes direct capital project management of innovation and technology changes at Rexdale, and third-party manufacturers. Provides support and expertise to the day to day and reliability activities at the factory and runs trials at the factory for all pack and process changes. Reports to Category Engineering Manager, Nutrition.

You’ll be part of a team that believes in doing work that matters — for people and the planet. Because here, we don’t just hire for jobs. We invite you to be part of something bigger.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• You\'re a born leader: Leads technology, capital, innovation, capacity, and value improvement projects for the dressings category. Responsible for providing estimates, options assessment, plant trials, and technical support for projects. Carries out tasks related to project assessment, plant trials, technical support, and implementation with limited supervision. Ensures compliance with Unilever hygiene, equipment and safety standards, specifications, and best practices. Includes formulation/process/equipment evaluations, industrial trials, preliminary engineering, project cost controls, timeline, establishment of commissioning plan, plant/equipment commissioning, and production startup.
• You\'re a change maker: Participates in establishing company-wide best practices and standards for technology changes and commissioning. Acts as a technical resource to the category engineering team for new products and re-stages (innovation and renovation). Contributes to technology improvements for the category for processing and packaging equipment. Develops and manages checkout, testing, and start-up protocol for the commissioning of equipment, packaging lines and control systems.
• You\'re a dot connector: Participates in cross-plant improvement teams. Develops strong partnership with plant manufacturing, corporate engineering, and workforce. Team member for innovation, larger restructuring, or supply chain strategic investments. Collaborates with other manufacturing engineers and category engineers in establishing best practices. Interfaces directly with R&D, marketing, innovation, and supply chain planning teams to drive on-time delivery of innovation and savings projects.
• You\'re a culture and change champion: Bringing new Ways of Working to the Engineering community in our continued pursuit of the lowest installed cost, while living our core values (Unilever Sustainable Living Plan).
• You love to win, and have fun doing it: On Time In Full (OTIF) end to end delivery of assigned capital and innovation projects (typical value €0.1m - 2 Million) adhering to Unilever standards and ensuring safety as our number 1 priority.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Education: BS in Chemical, Mechanical, Electrical, or Industrial Engineering
• Experience: 3+ Years of Engineering in FMCG / foods / or gained in an engineering consultancy environment or equivalent technical experience.
• Project Management in a manufacturing environment
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills; along with the ability to influence others.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• First-hand experience delivering or leading start-up for major capital projects ($1+ million) within Unilever or similar FMCG environment
• Experience: 5+ Years of Project Engineering in FMCG / foods / or gained in an engineering consultancy environment
• Experience in Manufacturing Excellence, PMP, Lean manufacturing, and/or Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) is a plus
• Experience working in a Research and Development team is a plus.

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