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Lakeview Farms, LLC is a leading manufacturer of fresh and convenient dips, desserts, and specialty products. The company brings true innovation to the refrigerated categories in which it competes, offering a wide-ranging selection of delicious and unique products to its customers and consumers. We think of ourselves as Creating a World of Fresh, Delightful Foods. Currently, we are looking for a Packaging Systems Engineer (PSE). Preferable home base would be Delphos, OH but would be willing to consider home base near our locations in Buena Park, CA; Taunton, MA and Riviera Beach, FL. The qualified candidate will provide technical leadership as an equipment, system, and product specialist. The PSE is responsible to identify, lead, develop, and execute solutions for line efficiency gains, reliability improvements and productivity improvements through strong business partnership, capacity solutions and continuous improvement efforts. Essential Functions and Responsibilities
Food and Human Safety:
- Demonstrate clear understanding of human and food safety practices and set example for compliance
- Identify and lead food and human safety improvements in support of a zero injury environment
Technical Knowledge
- Demonstrate understanding of packaging machine functionality
- Demonstrate product and packaging material knowledge (specifications)
- Demonstrate and coach problem solving with supervisors, line operators and maintenance personnel
- Demonstrate expertise in manufacturing information and packaging cost accounting systems
- Demonstrate understanding of packaging material costs, design, and packaging design change process
- Develop and maintain information on optimal line speeds, rates, machine settings, centerlines, lubrication and cleaning.
- Demonstrate understanding of quality metrics, analysis methods and procedures
Technical Leadership:
- Leverage and advance system through people, process and technology
- Support a technical training plan for lines
- Provide leadership in application of performance metrics (data accuracy for line efficiency and loss tracking)
- Lead and support technical improvements and new product launches
- Deliver technical scope for packaging capital projects and vertical start up process
- Lead packaging material design change for cost reduction and line efficiency improvements.
- Coach, provide technical expertise on foundational systems (machine centerlines, CILs, basic conditions, vertical startup etc.)
- Understand and leverage accounting principles for plant, system, and products
- Apply statistical methods to solve problems
Operating Results
- Identify, vet and implement productivity improvements and cost savings initiatives.
- Establish (and transfer knowledge to line operators and mechanics) optimal machine settings (center lines) and line speeds for maximum output, reliability and lowest material waste
- Determine, document, and transfer knowledge, all shift cleaning, defect inspection, and lubrication requirements for line operators
- Determine package design harmonization opportunities across product groups for lower material costs, and minimal waste.
- Determine new package designs that provide functionality, consumer acceptance, and lowest material cost
- Develop process for rapid deployment of new product launches.
Future State Strategy:
- Provide technical expertise in development of improvement plan
- Develop and champion a system vision, technical road map and capital needs to support Long Range Plan
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES
Minimum Qualifications
- ABET Accredited Engineering degree required
- Minimum of 3 years related work experience in packaging engineering, process/ system development, product development, quality engineering, maintenance, or manufacturing.
- Demonstrates learning agility, technical leadership, adaptability, analytical and problem-solving skills, decision making, and trouble-shooting abilities
- Demonstrates ability to work with and influence diverse groups at various levels and across functions.
- Strong interpersonal skills, effective written and oral communications, strong listening skills, strong coaching/teaching skills
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with leadership of Continuous Improvement Process
- Experience working with external suppliers
- Expertise with Troubleshooting Tools and facilitating root cause analysis
WORK ENVIRONMENT
Work is performed in an indoor, manufacturing facility with close proximity to heavy and hazardous machinery. Some departments are colder temperatures between 30°and 40° F. Safety wear is required, including hairnet, hearing protection, steel toe boots, coats, rain suits, and other necessary equipment. Some travel may be required between plants.
Lakeview Farms is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status. We offer a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package, which includes health and dental plans, voluntary short-term and long-term disability, life insurance, a health savings account and Company matched 401(k).