Plant Industrialization Engineer

At Danone, Manufacturing the best products and supplying them to meet demand is a key driver for our plant teams. We are currently looking to hire a Plant Industrialization Engineer based in Portland, Oregon!

The Process Engineer will perform a combination of the Project Engineer (PE) and Plant Industrialization Manager (PIM) job functions. The Process Engineer will be responsible for the execution of capital projects and lead industrialization of packaging, product, productivity, innovation, and renovation projects at the manufacturing facility.

As the Project Engineer (PE), he/she will be responsible for executing projects in processing, packaging and utilities areas of the facility. He/she will lead small, medium, and large-scale projects that will deliver business needs using sound project management, knowledge, and tools. They will coordinate all project efforts between contractors and the manufacturing facility. The project engineer is accountable for project capital management, project execution, hand-off to the maintenance and operations teams.

The project engineer will be involved in all aspects of capital projects from project investigation and recommendations to project execution. The project engineer will make sure all applicable Danone standards are met, including requirements of personnel safety, food safety, energy and water conservation

The PIM is the single point of contact between the manufacturing plant and cross functional teams (PMO, Research & Innovation (R&I), Quality, etc.) working closely with the Innovation and Engineering Team for all product and package industrialization projects. The PIM represents the plant in the industrialization process making sure the plant capabilities are taken into account in the validation process; as well as making sure the plant is ready to supply the product.

In order to achieve that, the PIM owns the trial management program as well as the Industrial qualification process for their plant. They are the bridge between the corporate and plant locations to ensure project success and elevate risks / breakdowns when appropriate.

• Participate in and manage requisition and capital authorization requests and be accountable for project spending and providing technical and management expertise on engineering projects as assigned by the Plant Engineering Manager.
• Ensure that the business needs are well validated by a cross-section of the business and translated into equipment requirements for improving or expanding the plant operations (including new product launches and innovations) and making major repairs to systems and buildings.
• Interact with plant teams (Packaging, Processing, Quality, Finance, Management, etc.), Corporate Engineering, Sourcing & Supplier Development, R&D, Danone Engineering Worldwide, and appropriate vendors, suppliers, contractors, operators, and auditors.
• Coordinate and direct the activities of the necessary resources to ensure the safe, timely and successful completion of projects.
• Establish strong, professional relationships with vendors and suppliers, Danone North America sister companies, and other sources of applicable technologies.
• Writing specifications and referencing Global Danone Standards.
• Preparing technical proposals for feasibility study of new concepts, launch of new products, and improvement of current products.
• Assist in development of a master and strategic plan for both packaging and processing departments such as layout, material handling, and utilities needed for project growth
• Continuous improvement of methods and tools used for engineering and execution of project phases, including current equipment and process specifications
• Deliver technical guidance and engineering support to consumer business units
• Administer technical guidance on new projects to ensure processes, equipment, and site are capable of meeting standards for quality, food safety, and operating efficiencies.
• Single point of contact for coordinating and prioritizing the weekly trial schedule for the plant; including monthly and future forecast
• Ensures pre-trial tasks are completed and aligned to pre-trial meeting with clearly defined success criteria, internal and external trial resource availability, test material-ingredient arrival into plant
• Trial leader during the actual trial ensuring objectives are being met within approved downtime schedule and manages root cause / next steps if breakdowns occur
• Ensure post-trial tasks are completed and aligned to provide industrial results to be included in final R&I trial report including success criteria results, data collection summary, recommendation on next steps/needs, and elevate and follow through any risks identified.
• Gatekeeper for plant to ensure qualification trial standards are being followed and validated on each project.
• Provides technical oversight during initial product production and ensures proper transition of ownership to plant quality and production teams.
• Provide industrial input and…