Process Engineer

Description

Company Overview

Who is Costa Farms? We’re one of the world’s largest horticultural growers—but without an ego to match our acreage. Our headquarters are in Miami, Florida, where we were founded in 1961. Costa Farms started on just 30 acres, and over the last 60 years, we’ve grown to more than 5,000 acres around the world. We have farms in North and South Carolina, Central and South Florida, and the Dominican Republic, plus an office in China.

Costa Farms now employs nearly 6,000 people: engineers, marketers, accountants/analysts, human resources professionals, and of course, growers and plant scientists!

Here at Costa Farms, we live by the values of H3: being Humble, staying Hungry, and always Hustling. The team rallies to the mission of being a lean, green, growing machine dedicated to enriching the world by bringing plants into everyone’s life.

True to that mission, we grow more than 1,500 plant varieties. Driven by the spirit of innovation, the team is always testing new plants and developing new solutions to make it easier for retailers and plant parents to enjoy plants. We’re also continuously testing different ways of growing our plants to increase quality and improve their ecological footprint as one aspect of our many sustainability efforts.

We cultivate plants, as well as a winning culture. Join the team, and you’ll find opportunities to learn and grow. You’ll collaborate with other driven, determined people who together keep Costa Farms an industry leader. You’ll support and be supported by a team that cares about each other, our customers, our consumers, and our community.

You’ll also find right away that Costa Farms is committed to providing a diverse environment. We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetic information, disability, age, military status, marital status or veteran status, or any other group status protected by federal, state, or local law.

The Process Engineer is responsible for leading the optimization and implementation of projects designed to increase productivity and effectiveness. The successful candidate will be able to enhance business processes to maintain efficiency, reduce costs, enhance sustainability, and maximize profitability.

Developing best practices and fostering sustainable cultural change. This position will be exposed to all areas of our business and manufacturing operations.

• Optimize and document manufacturing processes through the entire supply chain. These business processes include procurement to payables, production operations, inventory management, and shipping
• Maintain reliable and safe manufacturing systems while improving production rates, efficiencies, yields, costs, and changeovers.
• Interact with supervisors and workers to explore initiatives, ideas, and order progress.
• Develop innovative solutions.
• Research and purchase new manufacturing technology. Prepare samples for study.
• Improve process capability and production volume while maintaining and improving quality standards.
• Develop best practices to deliver process documentation using appropriate tools (web apps, apps, MS Tools, or through integration with ERP, etc.) Ensure that process documentation is user-friendly and accessible in English and Spanish.
• Support shipping operations on/off-season to ensure order completion
• Evaluate and improve processes in manufacturing systems.
• Develop and implement systems that optimize all phases of the production process.
• Work with equipment designers and manufacturing officers to develop a cost-effective and working production process.
• Ensure projects are completed on time. Ensure financial budgets are followed.
• Collect, record, and transcribe data.
• Work with the compliance team to ensure business processes are being adhered to. Manage cost and time constraints
• Perform risk assessments

• Availability for flexible schedule changes based on business needs (including but not limited to seasonal demand and…