Manufacturing Engineer

Overview

Job Category: Engineering Job Family: Manufacturing Engineering

The Manufacturing Engineer supports and improves manufacturing processes to ensure safe, reliable, and efficient production of food products. This role applies engineering principles, data analysis, and cross-functional collaboration to improve process capability, reduce risk, and support operational performance while meeting food safety, quality, and customer requirements.

• Evaluate manufacturing processes to identify opportunities to improve efficiency, throughput, yield, process capability, and operational risk.
• Design, implement, and sustain process improvements that reduce waste, improve cycle time, eliminate bottlenecks, and maintain food safety and quality standards.
• Collaborate with Production Operations, Quality Assurance, Maintenance, Reliability Engineering, Controls Engineering, Process Excellence, and Supply Chain to drive continuous improvement initiatives.
• Support scale-up of new products and process changes, ensuring effective integration into existing manufacturing systems.
• Partner with Maintenance and Reliability Engineering to improve equipment performance, uptime, and long-term reliability solutions.
• Lead or support equipment modifications and new installations from concept through commissioning, focusing on performance, safety, and risk reduction.
• Apply data analysis, statistical methods, and process capability tools to identify variability, trends, and improvement opportunities.
• Conduct FMEA activities to proactively identify process and equipment risks and implement mitigation actions.
• Define and maintain process control plans, in-process measurements, SPC monitoring, and GR&R activities.
• Troubleshoot manufacturing issues, perform root cause analysis, and implement corrective and preventive actions to prevent recurrence.
• Support Lean, Six Sigma, and continuous improvement initiatives in partnership with the Process Excellence team.
• Collaborate with Quality Assurance to ensure compliance with food safety, quality systems, and customer requirements.
• Maintain accurate documentation including standard operating procedures, process specifications, and equipment documentation.
• Support compliance with food safety and quality plans, including CCPs, PCPs, audits, and corrective action follow-up.

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Engineering Technology (Manufacturing, Mechanical, Industrial, Electrical, Chemical, or related field).
• Typically requires a minimum of 5–8 years of relevant engineering experience.
• Working knowledge of manufacturing processes and continuous improvement methodologies.
• Understanding of food safety and quality systems (HACCP, GMP, regulatory standards) or the ability to quickly develop this knowledge.
• Experience using data analysis, statistical tools, and problem-solving methodologies.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills to work effectively across functions.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a manufacturing environment.
• Ability to travel up to approximately 10%.

• 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.
  
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• 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,…