JR INDUSTRIAL ENGINEER

Pilgrim's Pride Corporation

Green Bay, WI

JOB DETAILS
LOCATION
Green Bay, WI
POSTED
12 days ago
JR INDUSTRIAL ENGINEER
POSITION TITLE: Jr. Industrial Engineer
COMPANY: JBS
LOCATION: Green Bay WI
TITLE OF SUPERVISOR: Industrial Engineering Manager
SUMMARY:
The primary responsibility of this role is to develop, implement and improve cost effective manufacturing processes to obtain maximum efficiencies and throughput.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
· Develop, install, and maintain cost-effective methods of manufacturing and equitable labor standards using predetermined time standard method.
· Prepare payback calculations to support plant project decisions and perform cost to produce analysis.
· Assist in the budgeting process and measure variances to standards, identifying out of control variances, investigating reasons, and suggesting solutions.
· Check crewing daily to determine optimal chain speed.
· Work with plant industrial engineer to prepare daily, weekly, and HOG labor report.
· Drive the use of processes throughout the business. Be a lead in process map training and drive the culture of continuous process improvement.
· Explore new methods to improve safety, ergonomics, and labor cost.
· Analyze biggest drivers of cost, and assist the plant management on implementing procedures around it
· Selects appropriate techniques of work measurement and measures work contents of support labors. Installs standards, measures performance against standards.
· Lead cost savings initiatives and track progress through the year
· Work closely with the Industrial Engineer, Cost Manager, Controller, and plant management team
· Educates plant personnel on work measurements and assists corporate with labor initiatives.
· Work with corporate and other plant cost control managers to share and implement best practices across the regional plants.
· Travel 10%
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS INCLUDE:
· Frequent communication with all plant departments
· Organized and detail oriented
· Manage priorities and dynamic deadlines
· Efficient time management and ability to work under pressure
· Excellent written and verbal communication skills
· Must demonstrate strong analytical and math skills
· Intermediate ability in Microsoft Office products, specifically Microsoft Excel
· Interpersonal and team skills for working with employees at all levels
· First shift, flexible as required
· Self-starter, team player
· Good technical skills
· Ability to communicate fluently in English, both written and verbal
· Other duties as assigned
EDUCATION AND WORK EXPERIENCE:
· Bachelor’s degree or relevant experience in engineering or related field
· Knowledge of food industry beneficial
Due to the nature and job duties of this role, employment-based immigration sponsorship is not available for this role. 
EOE/Vets/Disability

About the Company

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Pilgrim's Pride Corporation

Pilgrim's is the second-largest chicken producer in the world, with operations in the United States, Mexico and Puerto Rico. Our corporate headquarters is in Greeley, Colorado. We employ approximately 38,000 people and have the capacity to process more than 36 million birds per week for a total of more than 9.5 billion pounds of live chicken annually.Pilgrim's products are sold to foodservice, retail and frozen entrée customers. The company's primary distribution is through retailers, foodservice distributors and restaurants throughout the United States and Puerto Rico and in the Northern and Central regions of Mexico. We currently operate in 12 U.S. states, Puerto Rico and Mexico. These states include Texas, Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia. Pilgrim's Pride is a part of the JBS USA family. JBS S.A., the world's largest protein company, owns 75.5% of our outstanding common stock. Click here for more information on the JBS family of proteins.

COMPANY SIZE
10,000 employees or more
INDUSTRY
Manufacturing - Other
FOUNDED
2009