OUR CLIENT IS A LEADING FORTUNE 500 FOOD MANUFACTURING COMPANY REPRESENTING SOME OF THE MOST ICONIC BRANDS IN THE INDUSTRY. WELL KNOWN FOR THEIR EMPLOYEE CENTRIC CULTURE (FREQUENTLY AWARDED TOP 25 BEST PLACES TO WORK) AND COMMITMENT TO FOOD SAFETY, WE ARE CURRENTLY LOOKING FOR A SR. FOOD SAFETY ENGINEER TO JOIN THE TEAM.

 Location: Memphis, TN 

Report To: Quality Manager

Work Arrangements: 100% on-site

In this role you will: 

• Working with machinery related food safety improvement projects.
• Develop technical mastery as applicable to the role 
• Participate in and/or lead Improvement teams to provide targeted improvements to meet Plant and SBA objectives

• Writes project charters and project funding requests 
• Provide technical leadership within cross functional teams to deliver initiatives and plant projects 
• Lead options analysis for project technology decisions / process changes supporting product/process innovations, working as required with Corporate, SBA, and multi-functional technical teams 
• Develop or oversee the development of Engineering deliverables for project definition, execution & start-up; (location & technology selection, installation details, installation and start up sequencing & checklists) 

• Participate in Food Safety audits 
• Working with the Sr. Manager of Technical Food Safety to assist in audits of other sites 
• Is accountable for timely audit summary responses, verified counter measure activities, and driving and tracking audit corrective actions for their home site 
• Identify, Develop, and Execute improvement projects - including developing the funding request, managing the capital & engineering execution through start-up 
• Interact with vendors, develop equipment specifications, perform equipment testing, lead Commissioning / Qualification / Verification (CQV) tasks as required 

• Develop self and others - Technicians, Managers, Engineers 
• Identify and address opportunities to improve food safety within the facilities (i.e. foreign material and microbiological controls and mitigations) 
• Collaborate with SBA and Corporate resources to implement new standards and practices 
• Owns site adherence to Food Safety Standards from a mechanical and structural perspective. 
• Will own a safety system at the site 

• Will own a Quality Key Element System

Minimum Requirements:

• A Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering OR Food Science; Electrical, Mechanical, or Chemical Engineering or Food Science degree is preferred 

• At least 2 years of experience in combination of manufacturing operations and technical assignments is required 

Additional skills and experience that we think would make someone successful in this role:

• Understanding and utilization of Continuous Improvement processes and tools 
• Experience with daily management systems to assure quality and/or food safety
• Strong organizational, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills 
• Strong written and oral communication skills 

• Ability to work effectively in a team environment 
• Experience coaching & growing capability in other engineers or team members 
• Identification of capability gaps, plans to close gaps in self and others to assure team skills meet immediate and future business / team needs 
• Experience using engineering principles in manufacturing environment 
• Experience utilizing a systemic Engineering Work Process 

• Desire to learn and understand quality processes affecting Food Safety to include direct interaction with the onsite and Corporate Quality Teams 
• Interface with Food Safety Center of Excellence (FSCE) to help prioritize Machinery Related Food Safety projects entered on the Food Safety Tracker. 
• Experience in decision making - Ability to gather and validate data independently, analyze data to determine optimal solutions; share analysis and solutions for options with others; utilization of consensus decision making when appropriate with teams 
• Project management experience would be valued for this role, as the individual may manage costs, schedules, and resources for the work 
• Operates with Discipline – set objectives, target timing and task priorities; follow through to meet commitments 

• Computer skills in the following areas: CAD, Microsoft (Office suite, Project Management, Access or other database systems), Statistical Process Analysis (JMP) 
• Travel to other sites, vendors as needed. Average 10 – 15% with peak periods higher