Senior Process Engineer

Life tastes better with ice cream

With 19.000 expert ice cream colleagues and iconic brands like Wall’s, Cornetto and Ben & Jerry’s, loved in 76 countries, we are the world’s largest Ice Cream company leading the industry.
 
We create iconic ice cream brands that are part of everyday life, bringing moments of joy to millions of people around the world. Everybody loves ice cream. And as the world’s biggest pure‑play ice cream company, we have the scale and ambition to make a real difference. 

What truly sets us apart is how we work. 

We move fast and keep things simple. We turn ideas into action, trust people to take ownership, and work as one team to win together with integrity. Our culture is high‑performance, collaborative and focused on getting things done. 

We’re curious and ready for what’s next. We embrace digital, use data to make better decisions, and keep learning, including how AI can help us work smarter and serve consumers better.  

Senior Process Engineer Job Description

Job title: Senior Process Engineer

Department: Supply Chain Manufacturing

Reporting line: Factory Continuous Improvement Manager

Education and background:

Mechanical/Electrical Engineering/Chemical degree with FMCG manufacturing

background

• Packaging: mechanical, electrical, robotics

• Processing – product technology knowledge

The Senior Process Engineer is required to support Manufacturing teams by focusing on technical elimination of losses and waste on the production line including, but not limited to:

• Minor stoppage reduction

• Changeover time reduction

• Elimination of RPM waste

• Line capability improvement and variability reduction

• Support of digital related projects

• Other NVAA reduction activities

· Collaborating with PD pillar to provide training to engineering technicians, focused technicians and junior process engineers

The Senior Process Engineer is involved in continuous improvements from the engineer’s viewpoint, responsible for solving chronic problems, reducing NVAA, developing standards, and driving productivity while granting quality and safety.

The Senior Process Engineer also leads coordination of the deployment of digital activities in the factories. The focus will be on enabling our manufacturing sites to deploy appropriate, standardized technologies and ensure consistency in deployment and associated benefit delivery.

Main Job Purpose:

The Senior Process Engineer role is critical to the development of our factories to World Class, which means zero defects, zero waste and zero losses.

The successful candidate will apply extensively the full range of Focused Improvement methods and tools to counter losses identified in the areas of Safety, Quality, Business priority and Cost Deployment, Autonomous maintenance, Customer Service and Agility, to deliver hard savings.

Working directly with the line crews daily, the Senior Process Engineer also acts as the technical trainer for line teams and provides coaching in phenomena identification, root cause analysis and the establishment of countermeasures.

The Senior Process Engineer is responsible for the validation of all process improvements and the establishment of revised basic conditions on the line.

The role will collaborate with Customer Service and Agility team regarding to OR (Foundation Tier) and site DBNR improvement (Advanced Tier).

The Senior Process Engineer should identify and suggest automation solutions to attack certain losses or participate in a factory automation projects.

The Senior Process Engineer scope covers all areas of operations, and responsibilities are aligned with the 5+ year priorities as outlined in factory masterplan . This role is responsible for large and complex projects around loss elimination, systematic centerlining, process control strategy, Early Equipment and Early Product failure-modes front-loading. The Senior Process Engineer coaches and mentors the Process Engineers and manufacturing cell teams, and progressively improves the factory routines to embed Plan-Do-Check-Act cycles. In the absence of the Continuous Improvement Manager, this role will oversee team responsibilities and ensure continuous delivery of objectives.

Key Deliverables:

• Eliminate Waste and Loss according to the ICMS prioritization process using BPCD, FI, AM, PM, Q, PD pillar tools and methodologies; Delivering hard savings.

• Create Technical Standards to ensure process stability on the line;

• Run to Standard (R2S) implementation: (Data collection and analysis, , Problem solving, SMED, AM activities definition and machine settings (Centerlines or Process parameters definition);

•Upskilling/reskilling line crews/Process engineers on technical standards and restoration of basic conditions (Stability sustainability);

• Identify and extend good practice to other lines;

• Provide inputs of EEM pillar – MP data

• Factory OR and DBNR improvement;

• NVAA reduction;

• Application and accuracy of MMP Code and Waste Playbook

Key Skills and Competencies

• 5 years’ experience in FMCG is a must

· Bachelor’s degree in engineering is essential (preferably mechanical or Mechatronics)

· Business acumen and financial tools, understanding of the Master plan, factory priorities and how manufacturing performance of the site correlates with its finance KPIs and BGs targets achievement.

• Manufacturing & Packaging technology. Rely on basic but consistent understanding of the manufacturing technologies of the Category to drive relevant process Improvement.

• Engineering. Apply technical engineering skills (Mechanical, Chemical, Electrical, Automation, others) to do practical problem solving.

• Technical drawings, drawing programs, 3d modelling, etc;

• Analytical capability, data analytics and visualization, statistics, programming to collect and analyze complex data to penetrate problems’ phenomena and understand root causes.

• Process Design and manpower optimization, including NVAA reduction technics. Leverage technical knowledge and a systems approach to ensure factory lines and processes are optimally resourced (e.g. manpower ratios are efficient and sustainable).

• ICMS. Apply the full set of ICMS methods and tools to identify root causes, define countermeasures and validate their effectiveness, mastery of FI, AM, PM, Q, EEM and PD methods and tools. Establish standards to support line operators sustain new basic conditions.

• Project management, FMEA and Critical Path Analysis

• Bias for Action. By providing consistent and near real time information, decisions can be taken quickly which leverage our resources.

• Talent Catalyst. Our vision is to move to semi-autonomous teams, and we require process engineers with a passion for achieving results through great teamwork, an ability to teach new tools and methodologies and ensuring that you and your colleagues are fully aligned, and drawing on one another’s strengths.

• Accountability & Responsibility. Taking responsibility for building your team’s performance and sharing your best interventions to help support other lines’ in their improvements.

• Growth Mindset. By building world class factories we will become more competitive in the marketplace and set the standards to which others aspire.

• Consumer Love. Building world class factories will eliminate losses and ensure that we do not pass on the cost of inefficiencies to our customers and consumers.

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Why join us?

This is a place for people who are passionate about ice cream and are growth obsessed - both for the business and for themselves. People who act like an owner and drive our business end-to-end. People who are driven by success to deliver more than we ever thought we could! 

You’ll thrive here if you value an inclusive culture, with low ego and hierarchy - and if you’re excited to continuously learn and challenge how we work, using digital, data, and new thinking to push us forward.

- Roles with real accountability and visible impact
- Free to move fast, experiment and challenge how things are done
- Continuous learning and development as the business grows
- Reward linked to performance and contribution.

Your career here is shaped by what you deliver, as you work across functions and markets and grow with the business.

Ready to build the future of Ice Cream?

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Additional information

The Magnum Ice Cream Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We embrace diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone can do their best work regardless of age, disability, gender identity, race, religion, sexual orientation, or any other protected characteristic.