Process Engineer

Process Engineer, Aurora, CO

Be a part of a Revolutionary Change!

At Philip Morris International (PMI), we've chosen to do something incredible. We're totally transforming our business and building our future on one clear purpose – to deliver a smoke-free future.

With huge change comes huge opportunity. So, come join us, you'll enjoy the freedom to dream up and deliver better, brighter solutions and the space to move your career forward in endlessly different directions. Our success depends on people who are committed to our purpose and have an appetite for progress.

Exciting Opportunity for a Process Engineer at Philip Morris International for our new Aurora, CO Plant!

Your 'day to day':

• Contribute to the efficiency and sustainability of overall production processes and activities.
• Support the continuous achievement of department performance targets.
• Run continuous improvement processes, collect ideas, and prioritize process and system enhancements.
• Coordinate the evaluation and implementation of ideas with process system owners in central, regional, local, and service provider functions.
• Identify Education and training (E&T) capability-building needs for today and the future and eliminate capability gaps by coordinating the provision of required training.

• Statistically analyze processes and losses to detect opportunities for improvement.
• Design and implement improvement plans based on detected opportunities.
• Coordinate and execute tests of new technologies and materials, determining the course of action based on results.
• Serve as the point of contact with regional/global teams to incorporate and share improvement practices.
• Manage change through the design, adequacy, and maintenance of process specifications.
• Design, adapt, and structure processes for customer satisfaction in compliance with PMI standards.
• Maintain management systems and comply with appropriate audits.
• Fluent in English (both written and verbal).
• Legally authorized to work in the U.S.
• Position is onsite five days a week

Who We Are Looking For:

• Experience with Lean Manufacturing principles and practices
• Process Simulation:
  Ability to use simulation tools to model and optimize manufacturing processes
• A graduate with an Engineering degree and experience in continuous improvement roles, including Lean Manufacturing, Kaizen, Six Sigma, or similar (mandatory).
• Proficiency in continuous improvement tools (root cause analysis, Pareto, fishbone, 8D, etc.).
• Solid knowledge of statistics.
• Advanced skills in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel) and SAP (desirable)
• FMEA (Failure Modes and Effects Analysis):
  Identifying potential failures in processes and mitigating risks

Annual Base Salary Range: $88,000 - $110,000

Relevant Open Sourcing Considerations:

• Be legally authorized to work in the US
• International relocation support is not available for this job
• If you have been in your current job for less than 12 months or if you are on a Performance Improvement Program, you must get the approval of your current manager before applying for the job.
• If you are not a PMI employee and employed by a third an agency, please make a formal application via the external career site at
• To find out more about eligibility to apply for internal jobs, please refer to the Open Sourcing Employee Guidebook on the Internal Careers Portal.

What we offer:

We offer employees a competitive base salary and the potential to receive a discretionary annual bonus. Employees (and their families) also have the option to enroll in our company medical, dental and vision plans. The company offers flexible spending accounts for health care and dependent care, as well as health savings accounts for those that choose to enroll in a high deductible health plan (HDHP).

Employees are auto-enrolled in our company's 401(k)/Deferred Profit Sharing (DPS) Plan, which provides for both annual 5% employer matching contribution and an annual employer contribution.

As a new hire, you will enjoy an allotment of paid vacation time, paid sick time, 12 paid company holidays, and 3 paid floating holidays. We also provide our employees with paid parental leave, paid family and medical leave, paid bereavement leave, paid sick and safe time, paid public emergency leave, paid time off for jury duty, and paid time off for certain activities relating to their status as a victim of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, or crime.

The company offers unpaid national guard and reserve leave, unpaid civil air patrol leave, unpaid qualified volunteer leave, and unpaid time off for employees engaging in certain activities relating to criminal proceedings.

The company also provides basic life insurance, accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, and short-term and long-term disability insurance to employees at no cost. Employees have the option to purchase supplemental life and AD&D coverage for themselves, spouse, and dependent children.

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