Systems Engineer - Hannibal, MO

POSITION OVERVIEW 

The Systems Engineer role provides technical leadership and serves as a system and product specialist. They are responsible for building the team’s packaging and processing technical skills through a hands-on approach. They are accountable for the operational foundation systems across the platform to secure basic conditions and drive out losses. The Systems Engineer plays a critical role in continuously improving by optimizing system performance and product quality while driving strategic productivity and capacity solutions for the platform and ultimately the business.

This level is an entry role to the Systems Engineering career. The primary focus will be on daily troubleshooting, problem solving and on-the-floor activities to build confidence, capability and credibility with the theory of operations, 4M relationships, and our product portfolios. It involves significant floor time to understand manufacturing processes, coupled with development within the Systems Engineering JTA. As progress is made to grow equipment and technical knowledge, overall capability will improve to identify and execute solutions for performance improvements and loss elimination. 

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KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES 

Safety

• Lead Food and Human Safety through Safety 2.0 leadership principles and standards.
• Foster a culture that reduces risk to our people and communities by increasing the capability to identify and control critical risk. Specifically, responsible as the Control of Hazardous Energy (CoHE) Platform Owner for ensuring safe system designs, managing procedure changes, partnering with the site owner for reviews, and coaching best practices, while reinforcing accountability for execution and adherence at the operational level.
• Cultivate Food Safety Culture is committed to manufacturing safe food that is compliant with policy and regulatory requirements.

Capability Building

• Troubleshoot, problem solve, and facilitate on-the-floor activities to build team member confidence and capability of the theory of operation and Operational Foundational Systems (CIL, CL, DH).
• Communicate and engage effectively with teams on the manufacturing floor.

Process Leadership and Ownership

Driving System Utilization (DSU):

• Responsible for building necessary skills around the development of Loss Tree and glidepaths for the line / system.
• Execute loss elimination tasks to improve system and equipment reliability through use of continuous improvement processes and problem solving.
• Execute HMM initiatives.

Daily Direction Setting (DDS) and Operations Foundational Systems:

• Accountable for the operations of foundational systems across the platform to secure basic conditions and drive out losses (Clean-Inspect-Lubricate CIL, Centerlines CL, and Theory of Operation TOO).

Vertical Start-Up (VSU): Provide Start-up support to the platform team to drive execution and improvements.

Know your Operation, Data, and Technology:

• Gain exposure through a physical presence on the manufacturing floor to the 4M's.
• (machine, materials, methods, human) to grow skills and understanding of the interdependency of inputs.
• Gain exposure to data and information systems to identify and drive decision-making (performance metrics, financial information, data historian, maintenance management system).
• Learn material balances and unit operation capability on your system(s) to ensure optimal production rates, parameters, and formulas.
• Develop through connections and learning from operators, technicians, maintenance, and peers through rigorous application and understanding of foundational systems.

Back-Up Support

This position will provide backup support as needed, ensuring business continuity and operational efficiency.

• Technical partners on the platform team (SE, QE, Maintenance).

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS 

• Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering or related degree with applicable experience or extensive relevant work experience
• 1+ years of related product or process engineering experience
• Theory/functionality of manufacturing systems and unit operations
• Statistical analysis and analytical methods to drive manufacturing performance metric analysis
• Mechanical aptitude with strong general engineering principles knowledge
• Demonstrated leadership and working in a highly collaborative environment
• Success in driving results through process and teamwork with proven success in reducing losses and improving performance in a manufacturing setting
• Demonstrated technical capability and knowledge of unit operations and manufacturing machinery
• Skilled at communicating between work groups, cross-functional resources, and other members of the plant and corporate teams
• Working knowledge of manufacturing data analysis systems (examples: SAP, Maximo, Manufacturing Analytics, MQIS) and proven success with decision-making for results

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS 

• Bachelor's degree (technical/science/engineering preferred)
• Food science or process/packaging science experience
• 2+ years of related product or process engineering experience

ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS

• International relocation or international remote working arrangements (outside of the US) will not be considered. 
• Applicants for this position must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. General Mills will not sponsor applicants for this position for work visas.

We exist to make food the world loves. But we do more than that. Our company is a place that prioritizes being a force for good, a place to expand learning, explore new perspectives and reimagine new possibilities, every day. We look for people who want to bring their best — bold thinkers with big hearts who challenge one other and grow together. Because becoming the undisputed leader in food means surrounding ourselves with people who are hungry for what’s next.