Industrial Engineer (Bacon)

POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT

POSITION:Industrial Engineer 

DEPARTMENT:Belly Complex

LOCATION:Ottumwa

SALARY CLASS:Exempt

Our Company, Your Opportunity:    

JBS Prepared Foods is a company with an 80-year history of providing high quality, great tasting sliced meats, bacon, ham and ribs.  JBS Prepared Foods is a business unit of JBS, the world’s leading provider of beef, chicken and pork, with a vision of building the company into a leader in Protein Centric Prepared Foods.  This is a unique opportunity to be in a start-up environment, with the backing of a Global CPG Powerhouse.  This is a role for someone who is looking for an entrepreneurial challenge in a company with aspirations to be leaders within the CPG world.  The position will have both strategic and tactical elements and the person may wear different hats.  This is an opportunity for people who want to think Big, dream Big and work to make Big ideas a reality.

Our Mission:

To be THE BEST in all we do.  We are completely focused on our business, ensuring the BEST products and services to our customers, a relationship of trust with our suppliers and profitability for our shareholders.  All this, we do to provide an opportunity for a better future for all of our TEAM MEMBERS.

Principle Responsibilities:

• Participates in initiation phase of new production lines to assist in design for cost effective manufacturing
• Prepare detailed layouts of plant facilities to optimize utilization and product flow.
• Develop, install, and maintain equitable standards. Work includes the establishment of the format to be used in the development of standards data, crewing guides, reconciliation reports and the use of work-sampling techniques to resolve questions of operator utilization or performance.
• Measure variances to standards, identifies out of control variances, investigates reasons and suggests solutions, installs and follow up.
• Keeps tally of the method changes reducing cost of production and strives for budgeted goal. Completes daily/weekly labor efficiency report.
• Keeps abreast for the trend of technology, investigates, installs most effective methods of manufacturing to keep company at competitive edge at all times.
• Selects appropriate techniques of work measurement and measures work contents of support labors. Installs standards, measures performance against standards.
• Responsible for all equipment necessary to complete duties.
• Responsible for labor issues relative to RE/Workload management with legal department, UFCW, Wage and Hour.
• Educates plant personnel on work measurements and assists corporate with labor initiatives.
• Update and maintain EASE standards and video server.
• In charge of productivity projects (Lean Six Sigma)
• DDS
• Performance tracking
• Frequent communication with senior team members concerning status of labor efficiency and projects.
• Regular contact with IE team at corporate and other facilities.

Requirements/Qualifications:

• Four-year degree in engineering, business or related field preferred
• Strong background in Mathematics
• Previous experience in food industry beneficial
• Exceptional computer skills
• Experience with Excel spreadsheet programs required. Predetermined Time Software (EASE) experience beneficial
• Strong attendance (3 points or less for internal employees)

JBS Prepared Foods offers a full range of benefits including health care, life insurance, and a 401 (K) plan.

JBS Prepared Foods is an equal opportunity employer.

EOE/Vet/Disabled