Technologist-Process Engineering, Pet Research & Development

J.m. Smucker; Honolulu (HI); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

J.M. Smucker in Orrville, OH is seeking a Technologist, Process Engineering for Pet Research & Development to develop, optimize, and implement proprietary process technologies for new products and improvements.

You will lead projects from concept through commercialization, partnering with manufacturing, copacker, marketing and supply chain. The role focuses on scale-up, qualification of new technologies, and development of SOPs, while driving data-driven decisions and knowledge capture across

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering required.
• Ability to travel about 30% of schedule to manufacturing and vendor locations.
• Experience executing designed experiments (DOE) and generating product/process data to mitigate risks.
• Comfortable in team meetings, leading timelines and contingency planning.
• Self-starter with leadership to plan, implement, monitor, and deliver objectives.

Responsibilities

• Support development, scale-up and commercialization of Innovation, Renovation & VE initiatives.
• Lead commissioning and qualification of new product/process technologies and improve existing ones.
• Develop SOPs and manufacturing specs; communicate with manufacturing and copackers.
• Apply mass and energy balances, heat transfer, DOE and data analyses for decisions.
• Interface with suppliers, facilities and functions to achieve goals.
• Assess legal/environmental aspects and patent opportunities for new tech.
• Collect/analyze data from suppliers, plant operations, customers; design/execute experiments at supplier sites and in plants.

Skills

Self-starter with leadership

Team meetings

Cross-functional collaboration

Risk management

Project coordination

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

Chemical or Food Engineering degree

Full-time/Co-op/Internship experience

Tools

DOE (designed experiments)

Job description

Full job description

Your Opportunity as the Technologist, Process Engineering-Pet Research & Development

In this role you will be responsible for developing, optimizing, and implementing proprietary process technologies and equipment for our innovation roadmap. You will drive process development for innovation from concept through commercialization, resulting in the launch of new pet snack or food products. This position is also responsible for the improvement of existing process, value engineering, and technology development to enable new product development or cost improvement. You must be comfortable leading functional teams or projects with moderate resource requirements, risk and/or complexity.

Location: Working onsite at our Orrville, OH Corporate Offices

In this role you will:

• Support/Lead the development, scale-up, and commercialization of Innovation, Renovation & Value Engineering initiatives.
• Lead commissioning and support Operations with qualification of new product & process technologies, as well as improving existing process technologies.
• Develop standard operating procedures, manufacturing specifications etc and communicate effectively with key stakeholders in manufacturing, copacker etc.
• Apply fundamental engineering principles – mass & energy balances, heat transfer, designed experimentation & data analyses, process flow diagrams etc for appropriate decision making and documentation for knowledge capture.
• Interface with equipment suppliers, service providers, manufacturing facilities and relevant business functions, including marketing and supply chain, to achieve goals.
• Assess, with guidance, legal and environmental aspects, and patent opportunities, for new technologies/processes.
• Collect and analyze data from suppliers, plant operations, customers, and consumers.
• Design and execute experiments at both supplier sites and in plant operations.
• Validate improvements/corrective actions that will deliver the desired benefits.

The Right Place for You

We are bold, kind, strive to do the right thing, we play to win, and we believe in a strong community that thrives together. Our culture is rooted in our Basic Beliefs, and we believe in supporting every employee by meeting their physical, emotional, and financial needs.

What we are looking for:

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering
• Ability to travel about 30% of schedule (to manufacturing and vendor locations)
• Ability to execute designed experiments (DOE) and generate relevant product and process data to identify and mitigate process development and scale‑up risks is required
• Should be comfortable in team meetings, creating and managing timelines, execution of plans, contingency planning, and risk management
• Should be a self‑starter, have strong personal leadership, and able to work autonomously to plan, implement, monitor, and deliver objectives
• Ability to collaborate and work across multi‑functional boundaries in a dynamic project environment

Additional skills and experience that we think would make someone successful in this role:

• Degree in Chemical or Food Engineering
• Full‑time/Co‑op/Internship experience

Learn more about working at Smucker:

Our Total Rewards Benefits Program

Our Thriving Together Philosophy Supporting All Impacted by Our Business

Our Continued Progress on Inclusion, Diversity and Equity