Associate Principal Engineer; Temp to Perm

Associate Principal Engineer (Temp to Perm)

• Contract

Established in 1991, Collabera has been a leader in IT staffing for over 22 years and is one of the largest diversity IT staffing firms in the industry. As a half a billion dollar IT company, with more than 9,000 professionals across 30+ offices, Collabera offers comprehensive, cost-effective IT staffing & IT Services. We provide services to Fortune 500 and mid-size companies to meet their talent needs with high quality IT resources through Staff Augmentation, Global Talent Management, Value Added Services through CLASS (Competency Leveraged Advanced Staffing & Solutions) Permanent Placement Services and Vendor Management Programs.

Collabera recognizes true potential of human capital and provides people the right opportunities for growth and professional excellence. Collabera offers a full range of benefits to its employees including paid vacations, holidays, personal days, Medical, Dental and Vision insurance, 401K retirement savings plan, Life Insurance, Disability Insurance.

• This position will be the project leader and/or key process lead on cross functional teams responsible to define, develop, optimize and specify processes which deliver new products, quality improvements and cost savings opportunities for the Global Category Brands.
• Develops project objectives, technical approach, project plans, deliverables and timelines to deliver solutions on time and in budget, and executes against these plans.
• This position is also responsible for managing 3-5 Junior engineers on the team. This includes providing guidance and coaching junior engineers to develop the right project strategies, technical approaches and workplan details as well as personal goals, and to then execute while developing their technical capabilities.
• This leader will have strong linkages with cross functional partners within the Global Biscuit organization (Marketing, Product Development, Integrated Supply Chain and Senior Leaders in the organization).
• The candidate must maintain strong connections with the regional process teams and the Supply Chain partners to drive regional commercialization of programs.
• Develop and leverage connections to the external technical community.
• The candidate must possess sound engineering capabilities, be versatile, knowledgeable in scale up and commercialization practices, able to work in cross-functional teams, and be capable of working proactively across multiple projects.
• This candidate also must have strong organizational positioning skills with a demonstrated ability to influence through organizational awareness and effective, clear communication.
• International travel between 20-40% depending on program demands
• Lead the project teams to translate project needs into process challenges and identify potential technical solutions. Autonomously develop project objectives, technical approach, project plans, deliverables and timelines to deliver on time and in budget. Ensure technical capability, timing and cost effectiveness of solutions to be progressed. Drive communication and development of recommendations, status updates, and alignment with key stakeholders across the organization.
  
  - 20%
• Manage 3-5 Junior engineers. This will include more seasoned individuals as well a new hires to the company. Responsible for all performance management activities as well as coaching/ guidance on technical details regarding the programs they are working on. Collaborate with management team on budget, project strategy, resource allocations and talent development plans.
  
  - 20%
• Design, plan, and execute experiments for bench top, pilot plant and plant trials. Conduct appropriate testing, gather and analyze data, and guide/ coach junior scientists and engineers to execute against their deliverables while ensuring technical rigor across all activities. Collaborate with product and packaging to understand and ensure consumer link to process conditions requirements. Lead development of program recommendations based on technical rigor, findings and financial impact.
  
  Execute against project plans, deliverables and timelines with the project team to deliver on time and in budget. Includes travel to conduct development testing at internal and external facilities. Role model of Technical capabilities.
  
  - 20%
• Travel within NA or International Regional Partner and/ or supplier locations to, validate, transfer and embed process technology as part of regional execution Works closely with RDQ, Engineering and Supply Chain partners to define critical quality and process parameters as part of the CQV/ Commercialization strategy, and leads the RQD portion of the plan.
  
  - 20%
• Document and communicate technical detail in reports and process design specifications to ensure consistent process design and product quality as processes are rolled out to various global regional partners. Clear communication of core fundamentals of proposed processes and designs with Regional Partners. Lead elements of…