Senior Process Engineer, Technical Services Organization

Your Opportunity as a Senior Process Engineer - Technical Services Organization (TSO)

The Senior Process Engineer will drive high-performance work culture by engaging with floor technicians, coaching to problem solve, make decisions, and become self-reliant. Organize and prioritize initiatives with plant leadership to help achieve master plan and long-term vision. Act as a liaison between R&D and the plant.

Location: New Orleans, LA

Work Arrangements: 100% on-site

• Typical schedule: Monday - Friday 8am - 4pm
• Willingness to work off shift (including nights, weekends, and/or holidays) and flow to the work as needed
• Travel: up to 20%

In this Role You Will:  

• Understand fundamentals of coffee drying, roasting, and grinding and can apply knowledge to troubleshooting and operational improvements 
• Develop and implement engineering designs specific to coffee processing (drying, roasting, grinding, transport) that will improve efficiencies, increase capacity, and reduce costs
• Lead projects and initiatives while building consensus across functions as project team leader
• May act as a Technical Readiness Leader for new product initiatives
• Apply knowledge of coffee processing equipment to new initiatives and to equipment changes
• Write and secure approval to test plans required for initiatives and other improvements; execute plans; reports on results
• Develop project plans that define scope, schedule, budget, business impact, and risks; execute plans to identify obstacles; gains alignment and brings issues to resolution
• Be a technical member of multiple project teams with responsibility for final performance of project
• Develop plans for or supports vendor acceptance testing and for on-site commissioning, qualification, and verification of equipment; leads VAT’s and startups
• Apply logic in problem-solving and analysis of alternatives to assess the financial and operational impact of business initiatives; assess critical information to make effective decisions or recommendations
• Lead investigation, testing, and validation of new technologies
• Develop consensus agreement amongst the project teams, research and development, quality, engineering leadership, operations, and plant leadership
• Build technical skills for the technology within Engineering & TSO and the broader Operations team
• Create and apply technical standards across equipment categories
• May manage interns

What We are Looking For:  

Minimum Requirements: 

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Food Science
• 2 years of Engineering, Operations, R&D and/or TSO experience
• Demonstrated ability to define a problem statement, identify root cause, and develop/implement systemic corrective actions
• Demonstrated ability to lead work effectively and independently given basic coaching and guidance
• Ability to work effectively with individuals and teams across the organization
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively

Additional skills and experience that we think would make someone successful in this role:  

• Prior manufacturing operational experience
• Data driven and strong analysis skills
• Capital project and/or start up management experience
• Fundamental understanding of food science / ingredient chemistry
• Experience developing and executing CQV plans and qualifying ingredients / recipes / processes
• Proficient with Prodika and TraceGains
• Proficient with JMP, Excel, or other data analysis tools

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