Senior Engineer, Process

Your Opportunity as the Senior Process Engineer, Facility/Utilities

At The J.M. Smucker Co., manufacturing is at the heart of delivering the brands consumers know and love. At our new McCalla, Alabama facility, you’ll have the unique opportunity to contribute to a growing operation producing Uncrustables® sandwiches while building valuable engineering experience in a modern manufacturing environment.

In this role, you’ll support and lead initiatives that improve the reliability, efficiency, and performance of the facility’s utility systems. You’ll gain hands-on exposure to a broad range of equipment and technologies, including steam boilers, ammonia refrigeration, compressed air, chilled glycol, HVAC, wastewater treatment, plant water systems, fire protection, thermal oxidizers, ovens, and process air handling systems.

You’ll also play an important role in supporting OSHA, EPA, and other regulatory requirements. Working alongside experienced operations, maintenance, and engineering partners, you’ll have the opportunity to expand your technical expertise, develop your problem-solving and leadership skills, and make a meaningful contribution to the continued growth of the McCalla facility.

Location:  7351 Old Tuscaloosa Hwy, McCalla, AL 35111

Work Arrangements: 100% on-site 

• Willingness to work extended hours and flow to the work as needed

In this role you will: 

• Responsible for the manufacture of consumer foods which comply with all food safety, quality, and regulatory requirements. Understanding and supporting The J.M. Smucker, McCalla safety program policies and performing work related activities in a safe manner. Recognizing unsafe work conditions and suggesting new safety standards as appropriate.
• Help lead the McCalla Process Safety and Risk Management (PSM) program and the 14 guidelines which include but not limited to scheduling training, Process Hazard Analysis, Pre-Startup Safety Reviews, mechanical integrity, SOP validation, risk management, and working with consultants.
• Lead and manage department team members in offline roles.
• Train and develop systems owners.
• Identify and advance cost savings and process improvement opportunities.
• Drive out defects and enhance overall productivity, safety, and quality by collaborating with cross functional teams and leadership.
• Provide technical leadership to deliver initiatives and departmental projects.
• Serves as an expert within the plant in a key business area or discipline.
• Employ effective interpersonal time and resource management skills to complete projects assignments.
• Lead multiple projects simultaneously using best practices and knowledge of internal or external business issues to drive improvements.
• Build and leverage strong internal/external networks to gain insight, influence, and information.
• Solve complex problems; take a broad perspective to identify creative and innovative solutions.
• Develop and implement improvement projects.
• Develop and improve plant documentation.
• Help organization stay current with applicable new technologies.
• Support and provide guidance to operations/engineering organizations on evaluation of new opportunities, improving existing operations, cost-saving ideas, and troubleshooting of major problems.
• Monitor process trends and activities.
• Lead team PM Pillar tactics that include but not limited to failure analysis activities, root cause investigations, and countermeasures to breakdowns.
• Build skills as needed by attending technical training sessions, participating in vendor visits on site and completing scheduled maintenance to build skills across all areas of utilities department.
• Provides support throughout other parts of the plant as needed and perform other duties/tasks, as assigned.
• Respond to problems and outages in a timely manner.

What we’re looking for:

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering required Mechanical, Chemical, or Industrial preferred.
• Manufacturing experience, preferably in food.
• At least 3 years of experience in process or manufacturing engineering role is required.
• Problem solving ability.
• Can work off shift or weekends as needed.

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

• Solid interpersonal skills.
• Ability to teach and lead others, working independently, with guidance in only the most complicated situations.
• An understanding of the Capital Delivery Process.
• Works well with resources internal and external to the site to maintain high standards for quality, reliability, and improvement.
• Ability to provide prioritization and leadership in area to improve results

The Right Place for You 

We are bold, kind, strive to do the right thing, we play to win, and we believe in a strong community that thrives together. Our culture is rooted in our Basic Beliefs, and we believe in supporting every employee by meeting their physical, emotional, and financial needs. 

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We're an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, age, national origin, disability status or protected veteran status.