Enterprise Technologist, Meat Processing

Conagra Brands; Russellville (AR); Hybrid; USD 82,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Conagra Brands is seeking a Regional Technical Leader to drive operational excellence across production facilities that process meat proteins into finished products. You will partner with SMEs, site specialists, and operations teams to implement ToO standards and drive capability development.

The role requires deep meat processing knowledge, training program development experience, and strong analytical skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in meat science, food science, engineering, or related field.
• 5+ years of experience in food manufacturing with depth in meat processing.
• Deep technical knowledge of meat processing equipment and processes.
• Experience developing and delivering training programs.
• Strong analytical, problemsolving, and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership and regional guidance to site teams on meat processing.
• Share site level insights, challenges, and lessons learned across the network to strengthen knowledge transfer.
• Track adoption and effectiveness of Theory of Operations (ToO) documentation and operational standards.
• Facilitate crosssite collaboration and drive enterprise alignment.
• Support the development, enhancement, and deployment of ToO documentation including process flow maps, operating envelopes, minimum standards, troubleshooting guides, and training materials.
• Coordinate with sites to confirm priorities and resource needs for ToO execution.
• Break down work into clear, manageable streams with defined accountability.
• Validate technical standards and ensure they align with enterprise requirements.
• Organize and facilitate training for operations, maintenance, and quality teams, including classroom, hands-on, and on-the-job training.
• Identify skills gaps and recommend targeted training solutions to support consistent performance.
• Mentor site specialists and junior engineers to support talent development across the network.
• Lead data mining and trending activities to identify loss-reduction opportunities and ensure consistent outcomes.
• Support loss tree and instability trigger analysis, including cause-effect mapping and escalation protocols.
• Collaborate with site teams to prioritize and resolve major equipment losses, including case packer and cartoner downtime.
• Ensure ToO documentation is accurate, accessible, and aligned with enterprise standards.
• Participate in monthly knowledge-sharing sessions to review action items, documentation updates, and capability metrics.
• Escalate unresolved issues to SMEs and align with enterprise governance boards.
• Promote a culture of continuous improvement, standardization, and technical mastery.
• Drive adoption of best practices and innovative solutions across the network.
• Maintain relationships with external experts and leverage industry trends to enhance operational capability.

Skills

Analytical skills

Problem solving

Communication skills

Travel flexibility

Education

Bachelor’s degree in meat science, food science, engineering, or related field

Job description

Reporting to the Director of Project Management, you will serve as the regional technical leader driving operational excellence, standardization, and continuous improvement across production facilities that process raw meat proteins into finished and semifinished goods. You will partner closely with Subject Matter Experts, Site Specialists, and plant operations, maintenance, and process engineering teams to ensure best practices are adopted and sustained while supporting network capability development.

A Taste of Your Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership and regional guidance to site teams on meat processing.
• Share site level insights, challenges, and lessons learned across the network to strengthen knowledge transfer.
• Track adoption and effectiveness of Theory of Operations (ToO) documentation and operational standards.
• Facilitate crosssite collaboration and drive enterprise alignment.
• Support the development, enhancement, and deployment of ToO documentation including process flow maps, operating envelopes, minimum standards, troubleshooting guides, and training materials.
• Coordinate with sites to confirm priorities and resource needs for ToO execution.
• Break down work into clear, manageable streams with defined accountability.
• Validate technical standards and ensure they align with enterprise requirements.
• Organize and facilitate training for operations, maintenance, and quality teams, including classroom, handson, and onthejob training.
• Identify skills gaps and recommend targeted training solutions to support consistent performance.
• Mentor site specialists and junior engineers to support talent development across the network.
• Lead data mining and trending activities to identify lossreduction opportunities and ensure consistent outcomes.
• Support loss tree and instability trigger analysis, including causeeffect mapping and escalation protocols.
• Collaborate with site teams to prioritize and resolve major equipment losses, including case packer and cartoner downtime.
• Ensure ToO documentation is accurate, accessible, and aligned with enterprise standards.
• Participate in monthly knowledgesharing sessions to review action items, documentation updates, and capability metrics.
• Escalate unresolved issues to SMEs and align with enterprise governance boards.
• Promote a culture of continuous improvement, standardization, and technical mastery.
• Drive adoption of best practices and innovative solutions across the network.
• Maintain relationships with external experts and leverage industry trends to enhance operational capability.

Ingredients Required for Your Success

• Bachelor’s degree in meat science, food science, engineering, or a related field preferred.
• 5+ years of experience in food manufacturing with specific depth in meat processing.
• Deep technical knowledge of meat processing equipment and processes.
• Experience developing and delivering training programs.
• Strong analytical, problemsolving, and communication skills.
• Travel required up to 50-75%.
• Continuous improvement mindset and commitment to operational excellence.
• Comfortable working in both office and plant environments, including extended standing, climbing, and exposure to noise, temperature variation, and wet or slippery conditions.

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Compensation

Pay Range:$82,000-$120,000

The annual salary listed above is the expected offering for this position. An employee’s actual annual salary will be based on but not limited to: location, relevant experience/level and skillset, while balancing internal Conagra employees’ equity. Conagra Brands will comply with applicable law regarding minimum salaries for exempt employees.

Our Benefits

We care about your total well-being and will support you with the following, subject to your location and role:

• Health: Comprehensive healthcare plans, wellness incentive program, mental wellbeing support and fitness reimbursement
• Wealth: Great pay, bonus incentive opportunity, matching 401(k) and stock purchase plan
• Growth: Career development opportunities, employee resource groups, on-demand learning and tuition reimbursement
• Balance: Paid-time off, parental leave, flexible work-schedules (subject to your location and role) and volunteer opportunities

Our Company

At Conagra Brands, we have a rich heritage of making great food. We aspire to have the most impactful, energized and inclusive culture in food. As a member of our 18,000+ person team across 40+ locations, you are empowered to reach your potential, make an impact and own your career. We're in the business of building champions - within our people and our iconic brands like Birds Eye®, Slim Jim® and Reddi-Wip®.

Our focus on innovation extends beyond making great food, it also reflects our commitment to embracing new solutions that positively impact our team, the communities we serve and the health of our planet. Foodies Welcome.

Conagra Brands is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, ethnic or national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, pregnancy, leave status, disability, veteran status, genetic information and/or any other characteristic or status protected by national, federal, state or local law. Reasonable accommodation may be made upon request.