Process Engineer

The Process Engineer is responsible for identifying and eliminating losses/waste, reducing Process Variability and improving OEE across Process through leveraging the KWS methodologies, while maintaining the highest standards in Safety and Quality & Food Safety. He/she is the Single Point of Contact for Management of Change within the ‘Process’ area (including operational training, trials, projects and related start up management).

The incumbent is expected to carry‑out any lawful duties assigned. Limited travel could be required.

• Reports to the Springs Manufacturing Manager
• Partners with all other Plant/CSL Departments at all levels
• Leverages R&D and Central Engineering resources where required
• Interacts with Raw Material suppliers
• Plays an active role in one or more KWS Centers of Excellence (mainly AM and/or CIPO)

• Role Models, promotes and encourages a Health and Safety culture within the Plant, leveraging GEMBA, Safety 7 Tours and Leader‑led observation programs as key coaching opportunities.
• Ensures that all Environmental, Health & Safety rules, policies & procedures (incl legislated requirements) are being followed and acts pro‑actively by addressing any concerns.
• Assists in root cause analysis of incidents in the ‘Process’ area and identifies actions to mitigate risk/structurally eliminate the hazard.

• Role Models, promotes and encourages a Food Safety & Quality culture within the Plant, leveraging GEMBA & Golden 6 Tours as key coaching opportunities.
• Ensures that all Food Safety & Quality rules, policies & procedures (incl legislated requirements) are being followed and acts pro‑actively by addressing any concerns.
• Actively promotes a ‘run‑to‑target’ strategy, reduces Process Variability and participates in the daily food reviews to monitor and improve Finished Product Quality.
• Works together with R&D on recipe upgrades and the Process Control strategy of the Plant and actively works with suppliers to reduce incoming material variability (with help of R&D and Procurement).
• Assists in root cause analysis of incidents in the ‘Process’ area and identifies actions to mitigate risk/structurally eliminate the hazard (including but not limited to Adverse Events, Non‑conformances, Food Safety/Quality Incidents & Alerts, …).

• Fosters proactive, clear, consistent and transparent communication across Operations and the rest of the plant Daily Direction Setting meetings, Toolbox talks, shift team meetings and Shift Take Overs.
• Actively drives capability building for the ‘Process’ area, linked to loss elimination and Management of Change.
• Acts as a coach for the Relief Operators, enabling them to get multi‑skilled and teaching them basic troubleshooting and loss elimination skills, in close collaboration with the Shift Production Managers and the Process Shift Supervisors.
• Actively participates in one or more KWS Centre of Excellence teams and owns one of the critical Daily Management Systems (DMS). Participates in both the AM and CIPO CoE as Operator technical capability building, loss elimination and OEE improvement are key deliverables for this position.
• Ensures follow up of all critical Operational DMSs (including, but not limited to Defect Handling, Cleaning/Inspection/Lubrication, Center‑lining) and actively drives implementation of Autonomous Maintenance and Equipment Ownership within the ‘Process’ area.
• Drives the implementation of critical Smart Factory applications in the ‘Process’ area, including capability building/training, leveraging Smart Factory tools as part of key DMS’s, troubleshooting and loss elimination.
• Actively drives benchmarking across other Kellanova facilities to capture learnings and foster reapplication.

• Owns the overall OEE improvement and loss elimination journey for the ‘Process’ area, in close collaboration with the Shift Production Managers/Process Shift Supervisors for Capability building/Process Failure & Yield reduction, with the Processing and the Utilities Technician in the Maintenance department for Breakdown Elimination and with the QFS team on quality…