Expert Process Engineer; TAG

Foods you love. Brands you trust. And a career that empowers you to grow.

At Nestlé USA, we’re all working towards the same goal – to delight and deliver for our consumers. With a rich portfolio of beloved brands, including DiGiorno, Toll House, and Coffee mate, in 97% of U.S. households, we have a unique opportunity – and responsibility – to be there for every moment in our consumers’ lives.

Joining Nestlé means becoming part of an inclusive workplace that inspires innovation, encourages strategic thinking and creativity, and celebrates your achievements. No matter where you work within the organization, you are empowered to challenge the status quo, embrace risk-taking, and pioneer new ideas. Our supportive and collaborative environment encourages bold ambitions and continuous learning so that everyone can grow and thrive.

This position is not eligible for Visa Sponsorship.

* Location based in Solon OH, Arlington, VA, Fremont, MI or Seattle, WA, Headquarters locations as well as select factory locations, mainly throughout the Midwest/Southeast.

** Candidates without food/beverage manufacturing experience cannot be considered for this expert level position

POSITION SUMMARY:

This position will provide process engineering technical expertise to Technical & Production. In this role, the individual will teach, coach, assess, refine, implement, and support continuous improvement systems to enhance business objectives and operational performance. This may include developing processes and procedures for manufacturing and packaging, performing validation evaluations, and writing/executing validation protocols.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES (will include but are not limited to):

• Build Product & Process Mastership in our Factory and Technical Application Group (TAG) teams
• Teach, coach and assess factory experts to build out their processing capabilities
• Provide guidance and mentoring to TAG team members to increase their understanding and implications of the process on new product development
• Partner with R&D & vendors to develop training content for our key processes
• Optimize & improve the existing processes across our manufacturing landscape
• Identify, organize, and conduct relevant process capability testing
• Develop or refine the processing equipment standards and routines for existing equipment. Examples include user requirement specifications, principles of operation, basic condition, operational centerlines, cleaning, inspection, lubrication, maintenance, procedures for startup, shutdown, changeover etc. Teach, coach and assess to these standards and routines across our manufacturing network.
• Ideate, assess and implement process-related continuous improvement opportunities that advance safety, quality, efficiency, reliability, hygiene, yield, cost savings, etc. in our factories.
• Apply deep technical expertise to projects and challenges. Demonstrate highly developed problem-solving skills and apply sound methodology (for example: Go-See-Think-Do, Fishbone, 5 Whys, etc.) to deliver optimal solutions.
• Partner with Engineering and R&D on the development, installation and start-up with new processes
• Conduct pilot scale experiments, industrial scale trial runs, and first saleable production runs with new equipment, and/or processes.
• Develop or refine then document processing equipment standards and routines for both new processes.
• Collaborate with Corporate Engineering and R&D to establish and formalize project priorities, technical requirements, timelines and budgets.
• During the design/build phase of new capability or capacity expansion projects, verify that new production lines are created in accordance with divisional standards.
• Organize site acceptance testing of key equipment to verify it satisfies technical performance criteria.
• Lead or support the commissioning, qualification and validation of new processing equipment/systems/lines for new or existing products.

REQUIREMENTS AND MINIMUM EDUCATION LEVEL:

• B.A. or B.S. Degree required. Prefer degree to be in Engineering or Operations related subject.
• Hands on Experience with Continuous Improvement implementation or similar CI methodologies.
• Travel is required with the position,…