Your Opportunity as the Senior Engineer, Process - Technical Services Organization (TSO)
Location: New Orleans, LA - Gentilly manufacturing plant

Work Arrangements: 100% on-site

• Willingness to travel up to 20%
• Willingness to work off shift (including nights, weekends, and/or holidays) and flow to the work as needed

In this role you will:

• Understands fundamentals of coffee drying, roasting, and grinding and can apply knowledge to troubleshooting and operational improvements
• Develops and implements engineering designs specific to coffee processing (drying, roasting, grinding, transport) that will improve efficiencies, increase capacity, and reduce costs
• Leads projects and initiatives while building consensus across functions as project team leader
• May act as a Technical Readiness Leader for new product initiatives
• Applies knowledge of coffee processing equipment to new initiatives and to equipment changes
• Writes and secures approval to test plans required for initiatives and other improvements; executes plans; reports on results
• Develops project plans that define scope, schedule, budget, business impact, and risks; executes plans to identify obstacles; gains alignment and brings issues to resolution
• Technical member of multiple project teams with responsibility for final performance of project
• Develops plans for or supports vendor acceptance testing and for on-site commissioning, qualification, and verification of equipment; leads VAT’s and startups
• Applies logic in problem-solving and analysis of alternatives to assess the financial and operational impact of business initiatives; assesses critical information to make effective decisions or recommendations
• Leads investigation, testing, and validation of new technologies
• Develops consensus agreement amongst the project teams, research and development, quality, engineering leadership, operations, and plant leadership
• Builds technical skills for the technology within Engineering & TSO and the broader Operations team
• Creates and applies technical standards across equipment categories
• May manage interns

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
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, 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 or Food Science
• 2+ years of Engineering, Operations, R&D and/or TSO experience
• Demonstrated ability to define a problem statement, identify root cause, and develop/implement systemic corrective actions
• Demonstrated ability to lead work effectively and independently given basic coaching and guidance
• Ability to work effectively with individuals and teams across the organization
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively
• Willingness to travel on average 20% of the time

Additional skills and experience that we think would make someone successful in this role (not required):

• Prior manufacturing operational experience
• Data driven and strong analysis skills
• Capital project and/or start up management experience
• Fundamental understanding of food science / ingredient chemistry
• Experience developing and executing CQV plans and qualifying ingredients / recipes / processes
• Proficient with Prodika and TraceGains
• Proficient with JMP, Excel, or other data analysis tools

Learn more about working at Smucker:

• Helping our Employees Thrive
• Delivering on Our Purpose
• Our Continued Commitment to Ensuring a Workplace for All

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In this role you will:

• Understands fundamentals of coffee drying, roasting, and grinding and can apply knowledge to troubleshooting and operational improvements
• Develops and implements engineering designs specific to coffee processing (drying, roasting, grinding, transport) that will improve efficiencies, increase capacity, and reduce costs
• Leads projects and initiatives while building consensus across functions as project team leader
• May act as a Technical Readiness Leader for new product initiatives
• Applies knowledge of coffee processing equipment to new initiatives and to equipment changes
• Writes and secures approval to test plans required for initiatives and other improvements; executes plans; reports on results
• Develops project plans that define scope, schedule, budget, business impact, and risks; executes plans to identify obstacles; gains alignment and brings issues to resolution
• Technical member of multiple project teams with responsibility for final performance of project
• Develops plans for or supports vendor acceptance testing and for on-site commissioning, qualification, and verification of equipment; leads VAT’s and startups
• Applies logic in problem-solving and analysis of alternatives to assess the financial and operational impact of business initiatives; assesses critical information to make effective decisions or recommendations
• Leads investigation, testing, and validation of new technologies
• Develops consensus agreement amongst the project teams, research and development, quality, engineering leadership, operations, and plant leadership
• Builds technical skills for the technology within Engineering & TSO and the broader Operations team
• Creates and applies technical standards across equipment categories
• May manage intern

Additional skills and experience that we think would make someone successful in this role (not required):

• Prior manufacturing operational experience
• Data driven and strong analysis skills
• Capital project and/or start up management experience
• Fundamental understanding of food science / ingredient chemistry
• Experience developing and executing CQV plans and qualifying ingredients / recipes / processes
• Proficient with Prodika and TraceGains
• Proficient with JMP, Excel, or other data analysis tool