Process Engineering Coordinator

Princes Group; Cardiff; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the food and drink sector seeks a Process Engineering Coordinator to lead efforts in waste reduction and efficiency within their Cardiff plant. This role involves analyzing material loss data, developing key performance indicators, and collaborating with engineering teams to implement improvements, ensuring compliance with health and safety standards. Ideal candidates will have a background in Food Technology, Chemical, or Food Engineering, and experience handling large datasets.

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent qualification in Food Technology, Chemical or Food Engineering.
• Ability to handle data and manipulate large datasets in Excel.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Determine weekly yield losses for the Juice manufacturing plant.
• Generate weekly Loss KPI and investigate reasons for losses.
• Support the development of process engineering standards.

Skills

Data handling

Communication

Waste reduction

Education

Degree in Food Technology

Degree in Chemical Engineering

Degree in Food Engineering

Tools

Excel

SAP

Job description

Vacancy Name
Process Engineering Coordinator

Employment Type
Permanent

Country
United Kingdom

Location
Cardiff

Business Area
Corporate

Workplace Type
Onsite

About Princes
The Princes Group has over 7,000 employees with offices and production sites in the UK, Netherlands, Italy, Poland, France and Mauritius. Princes manufactures 350 different food and drink products responsibly sourced and enjoyed by consumers every day. None of this would be possible without striving to be an employer of choice, where our colleagues are proud to represent our business.

Role Description

You will take the lead role in obtaining material loss data from the equipment reporting systems within the Juice manufacturing plant, covering both the Ingredients Processing Centre (IPC) and Filling lines. Determine weekly yield losses for each plant section. Work with the site losses team to prioritise actions to reduce waste and be fully involved with the required modifications to operation and validate using a combination of data systems and physical sampling.

• Safety
• Quality
• Cost
• Delivery
• People

Key Responsibilities

• Collate loss data by SKU production run and filling line using following plant systems
• Wonderware historian trending and data export
• SIG Fillers reporting packages
• Elopack Fillers reporting packages
• SAP warehouse systems
• Generate weekly Loss KPI, and investigate reason for non-standard losses (Root cause analysis, Why/Why, etc). Distribute KPI report to Site.
• Work with weekly losses team to generate ideas to reduce waste, lead proposed changes (F12 form) to get common understanding, run trials as required and report on key improvements
• Be part of MES based system build to automate waste recording
• Be part of Engineering team to specify equipment changes
• Develop leading expertise on data handling systems
• Ensure compliance with Advanced Manufacturing Engineering standards, legislation and best practice with regard to health & safety and CDM regulations at all times.
• Support the development and implementation of process, mechanical, and process control engineering standards for the business and ensure compliance at all times.
• To challenge the status quo, driving a culture of best practice and continuous improvement that focuses on elimination of waste in all forms.

Role Requirements

• Degree or equivalent qualification in Food Technology, Chemical or Food Engineering
• Demonstrate ability to handle data and manipulate large datasets in Excel
• Ability to set up practical sampling trials and show strong method/discipline
• Some awareness of Food manufacturing operations is ideal but not essential
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• This is a role where experience is desirable but we will consider applications from varied professional backgrounds. This position would be great for someone with a background or interest in Food technology, Chemical or Food Engineering.
• To maintain product Food Safety, Legality, Integrity, Authenticity and Quality standards by ensuring all associated policies and procedures are adhered to.