Manufacturing Process Engineer

Our purpose at Peet's Coffee is the pursuit of better, better coffee, for people and the planet. Our ambition is to become the chosen brand for coffee lovers around the world, and we know earning that place means an uncompromising focus on quality, craft, and authenticity. As part of Keurig Dr Pepper and JDE Peet's, the world's leading pure-play coffee company, Peet's is growing as a global coffee brand anchored by a clear set of values that reflect who we are today and where we're going.

We Dare to Amaze, Own It, Make It Simple, and Win Together challenging ourselves every day to do better than the day before. We've learned that the secret to great coffee is the people who make it, and we apply the same care in selecting and preparing our teams as we do when crafting the perfect cup.

The Manufacturing Process Engineer will support Peet's Minneapolis Manufacturing Site and report to the VP of Coffee Operations. This role will play a key part in driving operational excellence by identifying and eliminating waste, improving process efficiency, and reducing variability across manufacturing operations. The ideal candidate is a hands‑on problem solver with a passion for continuous improvement. This role will leverage lean methodologies, structured problem‑solving, process optimization, and change management to implement sustainable improvements and foster a culture of engagement and operational excellence in a fast‑paced manufacturing environment.

Salary $90,000-$115,000

Location Brooklyn Center, MN - Onsite

• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to identify and eliminate the eight sources of waste (e.g., downtime, defects, overproduction, motion, inventory, waiting, transportation, and underutilized talent)
• Identify, quantify, and prioritize opportunities to reduce manufacturing and operating costs.
• Analyze process performance, material usage, labor, energy, scrap, downtime, and other cost drivers.
• Develop and implement process improvements that reduce waste, improve productivity, and optimize resource utilization.
• Establish project baselines and measure financial impact to ensure savings are sustainable and accurately documented.
• Partner with Operations, Maintenance, Quality, Supply Chain, Finance, and other functions to implement improvements.
• Investigate process losses and develop data‑driven corrective actions.
• Standardize successful improvements and develop processes to sustain gains.
• Lead and support structured problem‑solving activities (e.g., RCCMs, A3s, DMAIC projects) and change management initiatives to drive root cause analysis and implement sustainable solutions.
• Partner with operations, maintenance, and quality teams to implement process changes that enhance safety, quality, and throughput.
• Facilitate and support kaizen events, problem‑solving workshops, and project team meetings to solve operational and financial problems.
• Monitor and analyze process performance data to identify trends and improvement opportunities.
• Support the development and implementation of standard work and visual management tools.
• Provide leadership to operational functions to drive productivity with a focus on efficiencies, yield, people capability building and waste elimination opportunities.
• Lead Lean/Kaizen events across the roasting plant to provide recommendations and implementation of enhancements to existing workflows and processes to increase throughput, reduce costs, and improve quality of our products.
• Assist in training frontline teams on problem‑solving tools and lean daily management.
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement throughout the plant.
• Coordinate efforts to deliver projects to meet annual cost savings goal for the roasting plant.
• Develop and lead routines to drive the…