Schwan’s Company, a U.S. affiliate of the global lifestyle brand CJ CheilJedang Corporation, is a leader in manufacturing and marketing quality foods enjoyed nationwide. We have beloved brands like Red Baron®, Tony’s®, Big Daddy’s®, Villa Prima™ and Freschetta® pizzas; bibigo®, Pagoda® Asian-style snacks and we can’t forget Mrs. Smith’s® and Edwards® pies! We bring families and communities together through great food. Join our team and see the opportunities are real, and the sky is the limit; this isn’t just a job, it’s a seat at the table!

We are hiring a new Sr. Manufacturing Systems Engineer in our Asian food plant in Robbinsville, NJ! In this plant-facing role, you will be responsible for providing technical leadership to improve safety, quality, waste, and efficiency across targeted food manufacturing lines and systems. You will leverage your technical expertise to develop capability within the manufacturing team to deliver breakthrough performance and machine performance efficiency improvements.

Responsibilities:

• Drive process improvements in food manufacturing processing and packaging systems, most specific to reliability, line efficiency, and waste reduction
• Lead efforts to identify and drive cost savings projects (i.e., material optimization or waste reduction)
• Create and improve manufacturing instructions and standards to increase sustainability and reduce production variation
• Develop and deploy advanced data analysis tools to expose and eliminate losses
• Provide technical leadership to solve problems, drive improvements in production systems and implement standards to ensure sustainment
• Serve as a subject matter expert in processing and packaging product transformations (interfacing between materials and food production equipment)

Qualifications:

• 5+ years of post-colleague related manufacturing engineering experience, ideally within consumer-packaged goods (CPG)
• Bachelor of Science Degree ideally within mechanical, chemical, industrial or electrical Engineering
• Experience with USDA, FDA, OSHA, and EPA regulations
• Statistical process control software such as Minitab and experience with data analysis are a big plus
• Leadership of structured problem-solving approaches such as Lean, Six-Sigma, or TPM

Compensation and Benefits:

The base salary range for this position is $90,750 to $151,250 annually with eligibility for a 10% annual incentive bonus that is based on organizational performance. The pay range represents the numerous factors considered in the hiring decisions including, but not limited to education, skills, work experience, certifications, geography etc. As such, starting pay for the successful candidate(s) could fall anywhere within the stated range.

Beyond base salary, we offer a competitive Total Rewards package focusing on your overall well-being. We are proud to offer a strong foundation of health benefits, retirement and financial wellbeing, time off programs, and wellbeing support programs.

The employing subsidiaries of Schwan's Company are Equal Employment Opportunity Employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, age, race, color, religion, gender, vet status, national origin, or other protected class.

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