Production Engineer

Newly Weds Foods Inc; Erlanger (KY); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading food manufacturing company is seeking a Production Engineer to oversee operations and ensure quality compliance. The ideal candidate will hold a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering and possess significant experience in manufacturing processes, productivity improvement, and quality control systems.

Qualifications

• 5 years of experience in a related occupation.
• Experience with sanitary design of equipment concepts.
• Experience with GMPs, HACCP, SQF, and BRC.

Responsibilities

• Oversee manufacturing processes and ensure product reliability.
• Plan and coordinate production activities, ensuring efficiency.
• Implement quality control systems to reduce customer issues.

Skills

Lean Manufacturing

Six Sigma

Problem Solving

Data Analysis

Quality Control

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field

Tools

AS 400

MRP systems

Microsoft applications

Job description

Employer: Newly Weds Foods, LLC

Job Title: Production Engineer

Location: 4455 Olympic Boulevard, Erlanger, KY, 41018

Job Duties: Oversee manufacturing process and ensure food products are reliable by keeping with effective operations and cost factors, utilizing knowledge of product technology, production methods and procedures, and capabilities of machines and equipment.

Detailed Duties:

• Reviews production schedules, engineering specifications and process flows to identify bottlenecks, deviation points and inefficiencies.
• Plans, directs and coordinates the production activities in the plant and ensures labor standards are met daily.
• Maximizes efficiency and elimination of process management deviations.
• Institutes control systems to generate financial planning, minimize cost and improve overall area efficiency.
• Implements quality control systems to resolve problems, eliminate deviation, reduce customer issues and minimize company risks.
• Build complex spreadsheets and understand MRP systems which collect data. Analyze data and problem solve areas for improvement.
• Use Lean techniques and Six Sigma to aid in process improvements and cost savings projects.
• Communicates issues encountered such as raw material problems, finished product rejections and equipment malfunction to the plant manager as well as quality control and maintenance.
• Monitors line equipment for functionality, safety and cleanliness. Performs daily GMP audits and sanitation audits and addresses issues with Supervisors.
• Confirming with clients, managers, vendors and cross functional teams inside and outside of the organization to understand, improve and design production systems for maximum throughput, quality and efficiency.
• Ensures compliance with Safety Standards and promotes a safe work environment.
• Takes the lead in identifying performance issues and providing guidance, coaching and progressive discipline as needed.
• Holds supervisor meetings on a weekly basis discussing a variety of department related issues.
• Performs other duties as assigned by Plant and Senior Management.

1. Requirements: The position of Production Engineer requires a Bachelor’s degree or its foreign equivalent in Engineering or a related field and 5 years of progressively responsible, post-baccalaureate experience in a related occupation.

   Specific Skills or Other Requirements:

   Additionally, the applicant must have experience with:

   1. Experience with AS 400, MRP systems and Microsoft applications.
   2. Experience with Sanitary Design of equipment concepts and methodologies.
   3. Experience with labor calculations including fringes, Cost per Hundred Weight (CWT), efficiencies, and Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE).
   4. Experience with Total Predictive Maintenance (TPM), Lean Manufacturing, Complex spreadsheets, Control Charting, and variation reduction.
   5. Experience with GMPs, HACCP, SQF, and BRC.