Process Engineer

About Us

The Marzetti Company (Nasdaq: MZTI) manufactures and sells specialty food products

Our retail brands include Marzetti® dressings and dips, New York Bakery™ garlic breads, and Sister Schubert’s® dinner rolls, in addition to exclusive license agreements for Olive Garden® dressings, Chick-fil-A® sauces and dressings, Buffalo Wild Wings® sauces, Arby’s® sauces, Subway® sauces, and Texas Roadhouse® steak sauces and frozen rolls

Our foodservice business supplies sauces, dressings, breads, and pasta to many of the top restaurant chains in the United States.

At Marzetti, our mission is to make every meal better through high-quality, flavorful food

Led by our purpose, to nourish growth with all that we do, our team members are dedicated to creating great tasting food and cultivating deep and lasting relationships.

Overview

Exciting things are happening at our Sister Schubert’s Horse Cave Campus as we continue our transformation toward world-class operational excellence

This position is responsible for driving operational improvements across the plant through hands-on engagement on the production floor

The individual will focus on increasing line speed and efficiency, reducing waste and downtime, and improving overall process performance.

 

Schedule & Flexibility
Monday–Friday, 6:00am–2:30pm core schedule

This role requires flexibility to support evening process control needs as necessary.

 

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Responsibilities

• Specifies methods, process steps, and equipment required to execute a new or improve an existing manufacturing process in our bakery network. 

• Designs the feasibility testing approaches and oversees the execution that supports the development and validation of new processes specifically related to grain and dough processing. 

• Troubleshoots the root causes of common-cause and special cause variance. 

• Recommends changes in designs or methods using statistical analysis. 

• Partners internally with cross-functional teams, manufacturing personnel, R&D personnel, and externally with suppliers to identify and develop solutions to manufacturing problems

  Benchmarks internally and externally. 

• Leads the development of design

  by understanding product formulation, equipment design standards, customer

  , and performance standards

  Make recommendations for engineering standards and specifications.  

• Often supports Capital Project Managers in the identification and selection of equipment solutions

  Leads alternative analysis comparisons between those potential solutions. 

• Works with the project teams to develop commissioning and qualification execution strategies with a focus on defining intended use and measuring process capability against critical quality acceptance criteria. 

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Qualifications

• BS degree in engineering or a technical field is required, preferably in mechanical, chemical or food science engineering. 

• Minimum of 5 years of prior experience in process design or manufacturing engineering with bakery industry experience. 

• Experience reading and creating P&IDs and using Microsoft Office software is required. 

• Understanding of automation systems and controls integration is required. 

• CPG, nutritional, or food processing experience, and bakery experience is preferred. 

• Experience with continuous improvement, Lean, or Six Sigma – Green belt or Black belt is preferred. 

 

Technical Skills 

• Engineering Technology: