Continuous Improvement Leader, Food Processing Ops

Boar's Head Brand; Jarratt (VA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Boar's Head Brand is seeking a Process Engineer/CI Specialist to optimize operations and drive continuous improvement across manufacturing processes. You will analyze and redesign workflows, oversee projects, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to meet efficiency and quality targets in a refrigerated meat processing setting.

The role requires 5–7 years in a process engineering or CI role within food processing, with strong data-driven and project management skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Industrial or Manufacturing Engineering, operations management, or related field.
• Five to seven years of experience in a process engineering or CI role within a food processing environment.
• Strong understanding of manufacturing processes and performance drivers (e.g., OEE, yield, labor efficiency, downtime, throughput).
• Familiarity with emerging technologies and applications related to business processes.
• Demonstrated ability to lead an organization through change and adapt to change.
• Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, MOC, and optimizing processes to achieve results.
• Demonstrated project management skills.

Responsibilities

• Analyze, design, develop, implement, evaluate, and audit business processes, including Reliability, Operational Improvement, and Maintenance.
• Review key performance metrics for Business Processes to identify operating problems.
• Expand and apply standard methodologies, including configuring workflows for customers and their businesses.
• Evaluate employees’ tasks and responsibilities, identifying procedures or tools to improve productivity.
• Design, redesign, and enhance work areas and layouts to improve ergonomics and reduce inefficiencies.
• Train associates on theory and utilization of business processes and performance.
• Communicate with departments to assess processes and identify enhancement opportunities and training needs.
• Manage projects and lead initiatives to improve business processes.
• Champion a culture of change, improvement, and reliability.
• Partner with Ops L&D to facilitate change initiatives training.
• Prioritize CI projects by value-add, ROI, and impact on resources.
• Provide Go-Live support, evaluate results, and capture lessons learned.
• Prepare and maintain technical and business documents and assist with client support.
• Perform other duties as necessary.

Skills

Manufacturing process understanding

Analytical thinking

Project management

Leadership & facilitation

Data-driven decision making

Education

Bachelor's degree in Industrial or Manufacturing Engineering, operations management, or related field

Tools

MS Word

MS Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Boar's Head Brand is seeking a Process Engineer/CI Specialist to optimize operations and drive continuous improvement across manufacturing processes. You will analyze and redesign workflows, oversee projects, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to meet efficiency and quality targets in a refrigerated meat processing setting.

The role requires 5–7 years in a process engineering or CI role within food processing, with strong data-driven and project management skills.