Manufacturing Performance Engineer

Do you love snacks? Are you looking to join an ever evolving and rapidly growing team? PIM Brands might just be exactly what you’re looking for!

At PIM, We Make The Brands You Love®. Our portfolio of products, from Welch’s® Fruit Snacks to Sun-Maid® Chocolate Raisins and Sour Jacks® Sour Candies are enjoyed by millions of consumers every day. And when it comes to careers, we seek talented, results-oriented individuals who want to play a part in building amazing brands and products while working in a collaborative, dynamic, and fast-paced office environment.

At PIM, you can make an immediate and lasting contribution to help grow iconic snack and confectionery brands, no matter your area of expertise.

We are looking for a Manufacturing Performance Engineer interested in a career with a top ranked and growing snack company, to join our Operations department at PIM’s Somerset New Jersey location. This position will report to our Senior Operations Manager.

Support, drive and lead Lean/TPM Continuous Improvement systematic methodology implementation in the PIM Brands site ensuring effective governance following the "plan–do–check–act" (PDCA) flow. The position interfaces extensively with all pillars and functions to build capability and eliminate losses to deliver the plant Compelling Business Need (CBN) and annual objectives. This role is responsible for implementing Lean/TPM Continuous Improvement systematic tools while building the required capabilities, as well as pulling the other pillars to guarantee the delivery of business results through a High-Performance approach.

• Provide training in Lean tools and techniques to help drive teams through continuous improvement. You will also coach employees to help them achieve their targets.
• Identify process improvement opportunities with departmental leads based on data, facilitate sessions, lead and support execution of newly established improvements.
• Once improvements are made, PE will create new standards and control plans, Train and qualify members into new working processes and validate outcome benefits and savings.
• Support food safety and quality issues to Plant management and involves quality improvement activities.
• Follow PIM Brands GMP rules and monitor fellow employees for adherence to GMP’s.
• Benchmark externally, ensuring where relevant that best practice and new tools are deployed in collaboration with internal partners.
• Actively participate and support daily and Weekly performance meetings and roadmap with a cell/business unit and performance improvement architecture.
• Drive “Win the Day” and other huddles (Daily Management System) across the site in collaboration with Business Leaders.
• In-depth knowledge and the capability to train others on program management and root cause problem solving skills to eliminate loss/waste.
• Ensure robust work process implementation & sustainability across the site through capability building of work process owners and executing work process health checks.
• Establish pillar governance process to constantly assess and Lean/TPM Continuous Improvement review progress.
• Support development of Core “Shop Floor Operator” Centric organization.
• Ensures proper and timely communication with all levels of the organization:
  Pillars’ teams escalating to eliminate barriers and correct any delay/ deviation of the plan.
• Develop his/her key customers into High Performance Work Systems (HPWS) role models.
• Promote servant leadership and Gemba Walks.

• Bachelor’s degree Strongly Preferred in (Engineering Disciplines, Industrial/Manufacturing engineers, and supply chain operations)
• Extensive management knowledge includes TPM, Lean Manufacturing and/or integrated…