Process Engineer              SLC – Salt Lake City, UT - Onsite

Nature’s Bakery is looking to hire a Process Engineer for our state-of-the-art manufacturing plant in Salt Lake City, UT! Being a Nature’s Bakery Associate is all about opportunity.  The opportunity to do challenging, exciting work that shapes the world’s best-loved brands.  To work with real purpose, supported by talented, friendly people from different backgrounds.  Access the tools, training, and experience you need to impact our business, the planet positively, and, most importantly, your career.  Being a Nature’s Bakery Associate is more than a job.  It’s the opportunity to start your day tomorrow.

This is a critical role for Nature’s Bakery to deliver commitments of sustainable growth.  The incumbent in this role will need to collaborate across multiple sites and functions (i.e. R&D, Q&FS, S&F, Manufacturing, and Engineering) to diagnose, analyze and drive reduction in overall Production Conversion Cost (PCC), Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) and Non-Quality Costs (NQC).  

The successful incumbent will need to demonstrate key strengths in influencing without authority at all levels of the organization and negotiation skills to deliver sustainable change. The successful candidate will have strong problem solving and coaching skills, as well as a strong drive for results.

Role requires travel (10% approx.) to participate in training and support other sites.

What are we looking for?  

Education

• BS in Engineering, Supply or Technical field of study with 0-3 years of experience or HS Diploma with 5 years of direct Manufacturing Site experience. 

Experience:

• Preferred experience working in relationship-based team environment
• TPM/WCM/Lean six sigma experience preferred.
• Certified in Problem Solving Methodologies or similar, Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt or actively working towards it is a strong positive
• Prefer knowledge of Power BI
• Functional knowledge of factory operations with deep functional knowledge in Problem Solving Methodologies, Data Collection, and value stream mapping
• Trained in and can demonstrate a variety of problem-solving skills.
• Working knowledge of SPC (statistical process control), Production reporting and how it can impact NQC & PCC
• Understanding of site waste reports including Q&FS costs, variance and floor scrap.
• Knowledge of (and a passion for) best in class business processes and systems solutions
• Excellent analytical and organizational skills.

What will be your key responsibilities?  

• Utilize loss analysis methodology and site loss trees to identify, prioritize and execute PCC savings projects across Nature’s Bakery sites.
• Work with site Area Owners and Operational Leads to make losses visible and deliver the organizational capability to eliminate them.  This includes building the problem-solving capability and the process to manage focused improvement initiative with cross-functional teams across the organization. 
• Provide leadership to deploy best practices and regional initiatives.
• Use tools available such as Redzone, SAP, Scrap and Rework tracking systems and “Go and See” to understand contributing factors for NQC and make recommendations to improve/change.
• Work directly with and coach multiple site resources to use data-based problem-solving methodologies to reduce NQC and potentially other costs and ensure problems are resolved to root cause.
• Help the organization by coaching associates at various levels and coordinate resources across multiple sites to deliver value leadership objectives.
• Ensure control methodologies and processes are embedded to prevent re-occurrence.

What we offer you

Our team members' physical and mental health is important to a thriving workplace. That’s why we offer the following benefits to full-time employees:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance offered for eligible employees
• 401(k) plan with a company match that vest on day 1 of eligibility
• Paid vacation 
• Paid time off 
• Holiday pay 
• Paid short-term disability
• Paid life insurance
• Banfield Pet Insurance Discounts
• Wellness Benefits and Discounts
• Employee Assistance Program