Process Engineer

Unilever; United States; On-site; USD 71,000 - 107,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Retirement benefits

Life and disability insurance

Parental leave

Paid vacation/holidays

Voluntary benefits access

Job summary

Unilever is seeking a Process Engineer to advance our factories toward World Class performance by eliminating losses, reducing waste, and digitizing workflows. You will lead FI pillar deployment, align governance, route maps, and KPI tracking, partnering with AM, PM, Quality, Safety, and other pillars to deliver measurable improvements.

You will connect machine interfaces to digital tools (DFOS, BuildApp, MES, Cerebra), coach line crews, and apply root-cause analysis and countermeasures to drive

Qualifications

• Statistics and process control knowledge.
• Ability to connect machine interfaces to digital tools.
• Experience with AM, PM, Quality and FI tools.
• Minimum 3 years manufacturing experience (FMCG preferred).
• Proficient in problem solving (5W1H/4M/5WHY).
• Experience deploying UMS pillar routines and governance.

Responsibilities

• Lead Focused Improvement pillar deployment and governance.
• Translate the UMS rollout playbook into site routines and training.
• Track KPIs/KAI and monitor project execution across pillars.
• Collaborate with line crews and cross-pillar teams.
• Drive digital transformation and AI-enabled insights.

Skills

Statistics & control tools

Digital tool integration

AM/PM/Quality/FI tools

Problem solving (5W1H, 4M, 5WHY)

Manufacturing experience (3+ years)

UMS pillar routines deployment

Tools

DFOS

BuildApp

MES

Cerebra

Job description

**Background & Purpose of the Job**The Process Engineer role is critical to developing our factories toward World Class performance: zero defects, zero waste, zero losses, and digitally enabled ways of working. She/he will apply the full range of Focused Improvement methods and tools to counter losses identified across Safety, Quality, Cost Deployment, Customer Service, Logistics, and operational performance. This role will support the FI UMS rollout by helping establish pillar governance, route maps, training approach, KPI/KAI tracking, project delivery, and collaboration with AM, PM, Quality, Safety, BPCD, PD, EEM, ES, and CSA pillars. The Process Engineer will also assess and improve the level of digitalization across pillar processes by moving manual and paper-based activities into integrated digital workflows, using platforms such as DFOS, BuildApp, MES, Cerebra, and project tracking tools where applicable. Working directly with line crews and pillar teams, the Process Engineer acts as a trainer and coach in phenomena identification, root cause analysis, countermeasure development, validation of process improvements, and establishment of revised basic conditions. A core deliverable is eliminating losses and waste, improving production efficiency, increasing line stability, strengthening digital adoption, and unlocking AI-enabled insights to accelerate UMS maturity, decision making, and sustainable performance improvement.**Who You Are & What You’ll Do*** You’re a born leader: Taking responsibility for building your team’s performance and sharing your best interventions to help support other lines in their improvements.* You’re a strategy guru: Leverage technical knowledge and a systems approach to ensure factory lines and processes are optimally resourced* You’re a dot connector: Collect and analyze complex data to penetrate problems’ phenomena and understand root causes* You love to win and have fun doing it: By building world class factories we will become more competitive in the marketplace and set the standards to which others aspire.* You’re a storyteller: By providing consistent and near real time information, decisions can be taken quickly which leverage our resources.* You’re a changemaker: Apply the continuous improvement mindset and utilize tools to identify root causes, define countermeasures and validate their effectiveness; mastery of AM, PM, Q and FI tools and processes. Establish standards to support line operators sustain new basic conditions* You’re a UMS rollout driver: Lead and support Focused Improvement pillar deployment by translating the UMS rollout playbook into clear site routines, governance, training, project execution, KPI/KAI follow-up, route map progress, and cross-pillar collaboration.* You’re a digital transformation champion: Assess the level of digitalization across UMS pillar tools and processes, verify evidence against defined scoring criteria, identify gaps, and build practical action plans that improve data quality, workflow automation, dashboard visibility, and compliance with site and global digital route maps.* You unlock AI for manufacturing: Convert operational data into actionable insights by applying analytics, automation, and AI-enabled tools to identify hidden losses, predict risks, prioritize improvement opportunities, improve problem solving speed, and support shop-floor teams with better decisions in near real time.**What You’ll Need To Succeed*** Experience in statistics and process control tools.* Ability to connect machine interfaces to digital online tools for analysis* Experience in AM, PM, Quality and FI tools and processes.* Minimum 3 years of experience in a manufacturing environment (FMCG preferred)* Confident in applying problem solving tools (5W1H, 4M, 5WHY etc.)* Experience deploying or supporting UMS pillar routines, including pillar governance, route maps, KPI/KAI tracking, project execution, training plans, and cross-pillar collaboration.**Pay**: The pay range for this position is $71,400 to $107,200. Unilever takes into consideration a wide range of factors that are utilized in making compensation decisions including, but not limited to, skill sets, experience and training, licensure and certifications, qualifications and education, and other business and organizational needs.**Bonus:** This position is bonus eligible.**Benefits**: Unilever employees are eligible to participate in our benefits plan. Should the employee choose to participate, they can choose from a range of benefits to include, but is not limited to, health insurance (including prescription drug, dental, and vision coverage), retirement savings benefits, life insurance and disability benefits, parental leave, sick leave, paid vacation and holidays, as well as access to numerous voluntary benefits. Any coverages for health insurance and retirement benefits will be in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable plans and associated governing plan documents