Plant Engineer / Continuous Improvement Manager

Wolcott, Indiana

 

Who are we?

As a leader in modern nutrition, Egglife Foods is reimagining the future of food by harnessing the power of eggs to transform traditionally flour-based products.  Our company, currently poised to be the next big category disruptor in the CPG industry, hatched its debut product - egglife® egg white wraps in 2020.  Created by a desire to champion wellness without sacrificing taste, they are made using a patented technology that converts liquid egg to solid matter, resulting in a protein-packed, low-carb tortilla-style wrap. Unlike the competition, egglife is the only wrap to deliver a trifecta of what consumers are looking for in a better-for-you wrap; taste, versatility and nutrition… or what we like to refer to as The Perfect Wrap®. egglife wraps are available in six varieties – original, southwest, everything bagel, Italian, sweet cinnamon, and our new Garden Salsa flavor.  All of our wraps are cleverly crafted at our very own manufacturing facility in Wolcott, Indiana.

Egglife Foods is experiencing tremendous growth and success.  After 3 years in market, we’re experiencing results that are nothing short of amazing including:

#1 Category Share of Healthy Refrigerated Wraps#1 Incremental Item to Dairy CategoryRocket ship growth from 381 to 11,500 locations and 22X growth in ACV in 24 months!2020 Gold Stevie Award Winner for Best New Product2021 NOSH Best New Product Award Finalist2021 Progressive Grocer Editor’s Pick Award2021 CNBC Best of Small Business Award Winner2022 Instacart Fastest Growing Emerging Brand (#14)2022 Chicago Innovation Awards Top 100 Finalist2023 Good Housekeeping Best Snack Awards Winner – Protein Packed Category

 

To learn more visit us at www.egglifefoods.com.

Summary

As the brand is growing so is our team! Egglife Foods is looking for an experienced Manufacturing Plant Engineer / Continuous Improvement Manager reporting to the Director of Operations. This position will be a key member of the egglife team helping drive design and execution of engineering projects and identification and execution of continuous improvement projects that will be essential to drive the financial success and growth of the business. The position will also be responsible for ensuring we build a culture of engagement and teamwork.

Who are you?

A team-oriented individual with high integrity and the ability to build strong working relationships across all internal departments and external partners.Strong critical thinking with exceptional problem-solving skills.A highly analytical person with the ability to learn systems quickly.A highly organized, process driven person willing to create order and structure.Someone who can easily assess the current state and develop processes to streamline engineering projects and operations.A team player and coach, willing to train staff on business finance issues.Strong communication skills, with proficiency in speaking and writing

Essential job functions

Responsible for working collaboratively with Operations and cross functional teams in the identification and execution of engineering projects across the facility. To include but not limited to infrastructure, process improvement, equipment improvement, etc., to help improve capacity, efficiency, effectiveness, and to drive the best business results.Responsible for working collaboratively with the Marketing, Sales, and R&D functions to help execute innovation and growth projects that require engineering/capital.Responsible for setting and maintaining the applicable capital budgets and ensuring that the budgets come in on cost, timing, and delivery.Responsible for project management to successful completion.Responsible for managing the vendors, suppliers and technicians that are associated with engineering projects.Ensure that all projects and vendors are in compliance with all Federal, State, Local, and company regulations, rules, procedures, and industry standards.Work jointly with the maintenance department in the care and upkeep of the facility, the equipment, utilities, etc.Responsible for developing and implementing continuous improvement initiatives, in collaboration with cross-functional staff, across the facility.Responsible for detailed data analysis utilizing process information and financial reports to assess manufacturing activities and identify improvement opportunities.Familiarity with reading blueprints, infrastructure design and with automation/robotics and awareness of new technology advances in the food manufacturing arena.Responsibility with being familiar with and your department and vendors are at all times fully compliant with Food Defense, QC, HACCP, SQF, GMP, IDEM, OSHA, and EggLife.Perform any other duties deemed necessary or vital to egglife's operations or interests.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering.5 – 8 years’ experience in manufacturing engineering.Food Manufacturing experience preferred.Six Sigma/Lean Manufacturing experience preferred.Strong experience with change management and influencing organizational change.Ability to quickly address critical and urgent situations.Possess good decision-making skills.He or she will also demonstrate strong leadership, teamwork and communication skills and can work on a computer (understanding Outlook, Word, Excel, etc.)Proven experience in leading and developing direct reports.Strong written, verbal and presentation skills and experience/knowledge of statistical processes.GMP/HACCP Experience.

Egglife Foods is an equal employment opportunity employer. The company's policy is not to discriminate against any applicant or employee based on race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identify, religion, national origin, age, disability, military status, or any other basis protected by law.