Business Unit Overview Headquartered in Lakeville, Minn., Post Consumer Brands, a business unit of Post Holdings, Inc., is dedicated to providing people and their pets with delicious food choices for every taste and budget. The company’s portfolio includes beloved brands such as Honey Bunches of Oats®, PEBBLES®, Grape-Nuts® and Malt-O-Meal® cereal, and Peter Pan® peanut butter, as well as Rachael Ray® Nutrish®, Kibbles ‘n Bits® and 9Lives® dog and cat food. As a company committed to high standards of quality and to our values, we are driven by one idea: To make lives better by making delicious food accessible for all. For more information about our brands, visit www.postconsumerbrands.com and follow us on LinkedIn for the latest news. Brand Post Consumer Brands recently acquired several iconic pet food brands, venturing into a new market while remaining true to our purpose to provide delicious and accessible food that our consumers love. We’re always searching the center store for the next exciting product to add to our portfolio, and right now, we’re growing and need passionate, driven individuals with diverse perspectives to help us reach greater heights. That’s where you come in. Join a team where your voice is not only heard but valued. Make a real impact on brands enjoyed by millions of people and their pets. Location Description Post Consumer Brands corporate headquarters in Lakeville, Minn. is about 20 miles south of Minneapolis and St. Paul, Lakeville has all the benefits of smaller town living with access to everything a large metropolitan area has to offer. Join more than 400 team members collaborating on the two-building campus to help put breakfast on the tables of millions of consumers in North America. Responsibilities This role will be responsible for developing, optimizing, and implementing process technologies and equipment for our innovation roadmap as well as the improvement of existing process, value engineering, design to value, and technology development to enable new product development. The R&D Engineer I will drive process development for innovation from concept through commercialization, by participating on cross-functional teams resulting in meeting company goals for new pet food or snacks / innovation, cost savings, and quality improvements. RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES: Lead innovation trials, commissioning runs, and support Operations with qualification of new product & process technologies, as well as improving existing process technologies. Develop standard operating procedures, manufacturing specifications etc. and communicate effectively with key stakeholders in manufacturing, copacker etc. Apply fundamental engineering principles - mass & energy balances, heat transfer, designed experimentation & data analyses, process flow diagrams etc. for appropriate decision making and documentation for knowledge capture. Interface with equipment suppliers, service providers, manufacturing facilities and relevant business functions, including marketing and supply chain, to achieve goals. Assess, with guidance, legal and environmental aspects, and patent opportunities, for new technologies/processes. Collect and analyze data from suppliers, plant operations, customers, and consumers. Design and execute experiments at supplier sites, internal plant operations, and co-man locations Validate improvements/corrective actions that will deliver the desired benefits. Willingness to embrace changing business priorities and ambiguity. Qualifications Education: BS in Engineering is required, Chemical Engineering is preferred Experience: 0-2 years of experience in the food industry process development roles. Experience in process optimization, scale up from bench to pilot plant to plant production, cost savings and quality improvements. Experience in pet food processing, extrusion or retort is a plus. Skills: Critical Leadership Expectations: Put Safety First, Do Right, Win as One, Be Bold, Bring Joy, Act Like an Owner Ability to drive and deliver independently as well as be a faster learner of new technical skills Demonstrated problem-solving skills. Proven innovation and creativity. Ability to work effectively in a team-based environment with multiple functional groups, in a collaborative and positive manner. Must have excellent written and verbal communication skills and communicate complex ideas to various stakeholders. Ability to thrive in a changing and fast-paced environment, managing multiple projects simultaneously, while meeting deadlines and communicating status. Ability to organize and manage projects; interact, support, facilitate, and lead multi-functional work teams; ability to lead team to a consensus; strong negotiation skills Strong collaboration skills and experience partnering internally and externally Travel: 20-30% due to regular project work; manufacturing scale-ups, vendors, contract manufacturers, etc. – some peak travel could be up to and over 50% during certain months of the year.