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Schreiber Foods · 15 hours ago

Category Manufacturing Engineering Manager (Beverages)

Schreiber Foods is a leading company in the food industry, and they are seeking a Category Manufacturing Engineering Manager to lead their engineering team within the Beverage Category. The role involves planning and implementing business objectives, providing technical leadership, and overseeing continuous improvement initiatives to enhance manufacturing processes.

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Responsibilities

Build, lead and develop a high performing engineering team instilling a culture of accountability, results, continuous improvement, and people first. Provide strong leadership to the overall engineering team working together to complete projects, assigning team members roles in which they’re most likely to succeed, and maintain team productivity. Reinforce Manufacturing & Process Engineering principles with partners and Team Members
Prioritize, define and assign engineering projects to project engineers, manufacturing engineers, process engineers, and project managers, defining project objectives, preparing project plans, issuing project instructions and controlling changes to project scope and designs
Oversight and execution of capital and process improvements for the optimization of new and existing processes. Actively review category wide KPI’s and perform data analysis to provide analytical skills for evaluating information carefully and solving complex problems. Financial analysis and tracking capital spend to provide justification and confirm that capital projects meet or exceed ROI. Negotiate and resolve executive-level challenges that impact strategic direction
Oversee and audit project teams to ensure strict adherence to all applicable standards and organizational commitments. Ensure that project objectives related to cost, scope, and timelines are consistently achieved. Provide timely and comprehensive updates on project status to relevant leadership as required
Improve manufacturing operations through projects that reduce labor, boost quality, efficiency, and occupational safety, while ensuring solutions support category growth goals. Actively working with companywide maintenance and reliability teams to improve equipment reliability and prevent major downtime
Collaborate and support sales, R&D, and other areas of the business in process design for new products, automation and asset utilization
Leads and implements APQP processes and expectations for the product category (PFMEA, MSA, and SPC). Governmental Regulations - Be knowledgeable of various government regulations that must be complied with, i.e., OSHA, USDA, FDA, EPA, EEOC, OFCCP, etc
Provide leadership in Operational Excellence through continuous improvement, benchmarking and making recommendations to achieve world-class operational excellence in manufacturing
Customer Requirements - Work with Company and Plant Leadership in identifying and communicating customer requirements and updating engineering process controls to reflect best practices
Collaborate with Enterprise quality and others in the business to develop standards for process and facility design, emphasizing sanitary equipment, and infrastructure design
May be required to perform other job-related tasks

Qualification

Project Engineering LeadershipContinuous Improvement MethodologiesFluid Processing ExperienceSix Sigma CertificationRegulatory Compliance KnowledgeSanitary Design PrinciplesAnalytical SkillsFinancial AnalysisTeam LeadershipCommunication Skills

Required

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field
10-12 years of experience in project/process/manufacturing engineering leadership in a converting/manufacturing environment is required
5+ years of Experience in Fluid related processing or equivalent
Adherence to, knowledge of and awareness of regulatory requirements for the category
Self-motivated with high personal and ethical standards
Detailed knowledge of sanitary facility and equipment design principles, OSHA, GMPs and related regulations
Design experience includes packaging, automation, material handling, and product
Ability to travel up to 30% - 50% over the course of a year
Valid driver's license, auto insurance (at least state minimum- more might be required), acceptable driving record per Schreiber Foods discretion, and vehicle that will ensure applicant can meet the travel necessities of the position are required
Authorization to work in the country in which the role is based

Preferred

Master's degree in engineering or related field is a plus but not required
FDA, USDA, regulated food and beverage experience is preferred
Technical knowledge of aseptic processing & heat treatment, filtration & separation, and blending is preferred
5 + years of experience in DMADV/Six Sigma training and experience is preferred
Certification or training in Six Sigma is preferred

Benefits

Get not one, but TWO retirement benefits. When you join our employee-owned company, you’ll be part of our Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) from day one. In addition to an 8% 401(k) match into the ESOP, Schreiber will contribute an extra amount – about 8% of your earnings – toward your retirement every year. That’s a company contribution of around 16% in retirement savings annually. That’s hard to beat!
Earn bonus pay. You’ll have an opportunity to earn incentive pay twice a year when we meet our company goals.
Ready to make a move? Receive a $10,000 relocation bonus PLUS a generous relocation package if relocating more than 50 miles for a U.S. Salaried position.
Childcare costs. Get up to $5,000 annually to help you with the cost of childcare. Monthly contributions toward childcare expenses, including independent babysitters.
Earn $ for focusing on your health. Depending on your medical plan enrollment, earn $1,200 in your HSA or as a cash payout for prevention activities. Plus, use your $600 lifestyle spending account for reimbursements related to health, fitness, weight management, mental health and social wellness.
Pursue development that’s relevant to your role, career goals and the company. Plus, we offer tuition reimbursement if you want to further your education to grow in your role at Schreiber.
Get access to medical, prescription drug, dental and vision benefits starting day one. This includes an onsite nurse and mental health counselor.
Experience caring like you’ve never experienced it before. We have a program that’s completely organized by and for other partners who need extra help. It’s called Partners Helping Partners. We have hundreds of examples of partners organizing fundraisers to help out others going through a hard time.

Company

Schreiber Foods

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Schreiber provides dairy favorites to people around the globe.

H1B Sponsorship

Schreiber Foods has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage

Leadership Team

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Ron Dunford
President and CEO
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