Business Unit Overview Headquartered in Lakeville, Minn., Post Consumer Brands, a business unit of Post Holdings, Inc., is dedicated to providing people and their pets with delicious food choices for every taste and budget. The company’s portfolio includes beloved brands such as Honey Bunches of Oats®, PEBBLES®, Grape-Nuts® and Malt-O-Meal® cereal, and Peter Pan® peanut butter, as well as Rachael Ray® Nutrish®, Kibbles ‘n Bits® and 9Lives® dog and cat food. As a company committed to high standards of quality and to our values, we are driven by one idea: To make lives better by making delicious food accessible for all. For more information about our brands, visit www.postconsumerbrands.com and follow us on LinkedIn for the latest news. Brand Post Consumer Brands recently acquired several iconic pet food brands, venturing into a new market while remaining true to our purpose to provide delicious and accessible food that our consumers love. We’re always searching the center store for the next exciting product to add to our portfolio, and right now, we’re growing and need passionate, driven individuals with diverse perspectives to help us reach greater heights. That’s where you come in. Join a team where your voice is not only heard but valued. Make a real impact on brands enjoyed by millions of people and their pets. Location Description The Lawrence, Kansas facility is 236,000 square feet and home to about 155 hard working team members who are proud to produce iconic pet food brands like Kibbles 'n Bits®. Lawrence is a college town and the home to both the University of Kansas and Haskell Indian Nations University with Kansas State University about 85 miles away. The city is known for a thriving music and art scene and is also the home of the University of Kansas athletic teams. Responsibilities OVERVIEW: Frontline Engineering Resource for sustaining and improving Safety, Quality, Yield, Rates, and efficiencies. Technical Owner of processing and packaging parameters and Technical Oversight / Resource for the operations team. Plant representative and consultant for processing and packaging areas and process changes. Lead small capital projects and technical sponsor for significant capital improvements. Responsibilities and Accountabilities: Best Practice Implementation. Improvement of Process. Application of new technology and equipment to improve process. Support technical training for Operations and provide technical oversight. Provide daily support to sustain current operational performance targets for safety, quality, yield, rate, and efficiency. Lead efforts to improve the current process to achieve planned goals and targets. Support data collection and reporting systems that enable process consistency and process improvement efforts. Support meaningful and accurate data from people and process instrumentation. Identify and recommend new and innovative equipment technologies that support process improvements and projects. Support cost reduction changes related to materials and finished products. Lead small capital projects. Coordinate with internal and external resources commercializing new products. Respond to new processing and packaging requests. Investigate and determine production feasibility. Identify tools, equipment, and methods to produce new products and support new product start-ups and integration. Collaborate with processing and packaging vendors on quality and performance improvement. Provide engineering support for safety improvements. Requirements: Understanding Lean Manufacturing/Continuous Improvement methodologies (Kaizen/5 Whys/Fish-Bone). Must have strong analytical and business judgment, problem-solving, and troubleshooting skills. Ability to influence, mentor, and coach to get results through others. Results-driven for being the low-cost producer and supporting company growth strategies. Have a strong bias for action, while proving the ability to inspire others. Convey a high level of optimism while setting aggressive targets for teams and finding ways to achieve them. Communicate a compelling vision and inspired sense of purpose. Talk about the possibilities and be optimistic. Create strong morale and spirit within the team. Solve highly complex problems and prioritize actions on time. Probe all sources for answers and quickly sense what will help resolve issues. Establish clear directions and set stretching objectives. Layout work in a well-planned and organized manner and bring out the best in people through leveraging their strengths. Speak candidly and provide constructive feedback professionally. Organize and manage projects; interact, support, facilitate, and lead multi-functional work teams; lead teams to consensus; strong negotiation skills. Able to build strong and diverse relationships across the business groups they partner with. Support and foster change. Demonstrate a passion for safety. Able to develop and maintain a respectful and safe work environment. Experience with manufacturing machine automation, controls, and integration preferred. Experience with Controls Engineering, data acquisition, plc troubleshooting, and programming preferred. Qualifications EDUCATION: 4-year degree in Engineering (Chemical, Mechanical, Industrial, Electrical, Manufacturing) required EXPERIENCE: Minimum of 2-5 year’s experience in manufacturing engineering or similar engineering role. Experience in Food Manufacturing is preferred but not required. Leadership Expectations: Put Safety First: Demonstrate a passion for safety. Develop and maintain a respectful and safe work environment. Act Like an Owner: Results driven for supporting company growth strategies. Establishes clear directions, lays out work and solves complex problems in a well-planned and organized manner. Win as One: Organizes and manages projects; interacts, supports, facilitates and leads multi-functional work teams; leading teams to consensus. Be Bold: Demonstrates strong analytical and business judgment including problem-solving and trouble-shooting skills. Talks about the possibilities and is optimistic in finding ways to achieve aggressive targets. Do Right: Support plant safety, food safety, quality, and environmental practices by performing the role duties personally or through other resources. Bring Joy: Ability to influence, mentor, and coach others, building strong and diverse relationships across the business groups they partner with. Creates strong morale and spirit within the team.