Project Engineer - Belvidere, IL Plant

POSITION OVERVIEW

Belvidere is a manufacturing facility of approximately 700 employees serving the Snacks Operating Unit and Convenience and Foodservice Segment. We operate in a dynamic business environment, with a rich history of performance, innovation, and renovation. Recently, we added Natural and Organic bars and Fruit by the Foot production into our portfolio after divesting Green Giant, which concluded over 120 years of vegetable growing and manufacturing. We continue to evolve toward a more complex product portfolio to meet the changing needs of our consumers and customers (organic, non-GMO, new packaging formats). The Belvidere plant remains a strategic and critical site for both the NAR and C&F Segments, acting as a magnet for investment and growth. As a member of the Plant Leadership Team, you'll gain significant Cross-Functional team leadership and people management experience.

The Project Engineer will develop and execute manufacturing plant capital projects including plan scope, schedule, budget, procurement, installation, and performance. This role will provide technical solutions across the Belvidere site, working with a cross functional team. This role serves to improve the safety and reliability of the site through capital project execution support. The position will drive the development of internal resources and manage relationships with contractors and integrators to ensure project success and knowledge transfer.

This role reports to the Plant Technical Manager.

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KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Lead Engineer on capital projects - overall project management, budget, schedule management, construction management, start-up, conceptual phases, project close-out, scope development, cost estimation, system design, equipment sizing and selection, procurement, installation, check-out.
• Responsible for system design standards development for divisional unit operations. Includes improvements to existing standards using appropriate technical evaluation and involvement.
• Maintain engineering interface with business unit team - develop and maintain close working relationship with R&D, quality, manufacturing, operations leadership, and financial operations.
• Offer production support and troubleshooting assistance to Engineers, Team Leaders, and Maintenance.
• Provide innovative technical solutions required to meet business objectives with emphasis on productivity.
• Provide support to the annual capital planning process, which includes development and management of the capital program for an operating department.
• Utilize Continuous Improvement tools, including but not limited to Early Management, Specialized Maintenance, Autonomous Maintenance, Failure Modes and Effects Analysis, Induced Failure Testing, and support Continuous Improvement efforts.
• Be a technical resource to the operating group in areas of training, codes, and policies which affect safety, quality, and productivity.
• Offer production support and troubleshooting assistance to Systems Engineers, Team Leaders, and Maintenance. Partnership with maintenance and operations in execution and analysis of project efforts.
• Lead additional process improvements within the project engineering group.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering or related degree with applicable experience or extensive relevant work experience
• 2+ years of related experience
• Demonstrated skills in executing several large concurrent assignments with preferred emphasis on project management, productivity, and/or packing development
• Demonstrated technical leadership, adaptability, analytical and problem-solving skills, decision making, troubleshooting, communications, team management, and human relations skills
• Strong ability to involve operators and mechanics in the project process
• Experience working with plant technicians, leadership staff, outside vendors and managing contractors and engineering firms
• Must have a good understanding of packaging and processing systems and a working knowledge of plant manufacturing, engineering, quality, and research functions
• Thorough understanding of Food Manufacturing Regulatory Requirements (GMP's, Food Safety, etc.). Experience working with EPA and OHSA regulations
• Experience with continuous improvement, LEAN, Six Sigma, TPM, or related processes

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• 2+ years of experience in a continuous manufacturing environment
• Demonstrated skills in executing several concurrent assignments
• Understanding of processing electrical/control interfaces

ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS

• International relocation or international remote working arrangements (outside of the US) will not be considered.
• Applicants for this position must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. General Mills will not sponsor applicants for this position for work visas.

We exist to make food the world loves. But we do more than that. Our company is a place that prioritizes being a force for good, a place to expand learning, explore new perspectives and reimagine new possibilities, every day. We look for people who want to bring their best - bold thinkers with big hearts who challenge one other and grow together. Because becoming the undisputed leader in food means surrounding ourselves with people who are hungry for what's next.