Process Engineer
About Kerry
About the role
We're building a whole new team in our New Jersey plant, dedicated to tackling the toughest challenges in production and quality improvement. As a key member, you'll lead the charge in proactive and reactive root cause investigation. Your insights will drive transformative change, optimizing our processes and elevating our standards.
Key responsibilities
- Own and manage new product introduction and industrialization life cycle.
- Act as the main hub between R&D, Production, Quality, and Supply Chain to manage the agile and effect launch of new products and formulations.
- Understand technical equipment and process capability to streamline bench to batch workflow.
- Coordinate and monitor scale up activities (i.e. production process instructions and standard times, order of addition, quality specification alignment, etc)
- Utilize robust problem-solving techniques to drive root cause identification and resolution.
- Develop and implement key process improvement projects to optimize manufacturing performance (i.e., Yield/Scrap Performance, Production Cycle times, Material flows, OEE).
- Support proactive measures to drive sustainable manufacturing performance (i.e., Specification Alignment, Material Substitutions, Pre-Manufacturing Trials, Proactive Product Reviews, Conditional Batch Usage, etc.).
- Partner with Site and Regional Capex engineering team to steer investment opportunities aligned with process capability and commercial growth opportunities.
- Operational management of product transfers (to/from Clark, 3rd party manufacturers, and affiliate sites).
Qualifications and skills
- Education: Bachelor's in engineering field or Food Science.
- 0-3 years' experience in food or in a related manufacturing operation is a strong advantage
- Team player with strong interpersonal and collaborative skills.
Compensation Data
The typical hiring range for this role is $73,758 to $108,755 annually and is based on several factors including but not limited to education, work experience, certifications, location, etc. In addition to your pay, Kerry offers benefits such as a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and retirement contribution (all benefits and incentives are subject to eligibility requirements).