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.

At Post Consumer Brands, we take pride in our longstanding legacy of making one of every five breakfast cereals families eat daily. Today, we're just as focused on our future as we expand our grocery business with different shelf-stable foods, including snacks and peanut butter. We are committed to providing accessible and delicious food for families, and we're always searching the center store for the next exciting product to add to our portfolio. As we soar to new heights, we need creative, determined individuals from all walks of life to join our team, where your unique perspective and ideas are acknowledged and valued. Be a part of a company that empowers you to make a difference that's evident on grocery store shelves and families' tables across North America.

Location Description

The Post Consumer Brands plant in Asheboro, NC is the newest addition to the company's network, featuring some of the most modern cereal production technology in the industry and the facility has quadrupled in size since it opened in 2007. Asheboro's 230+ team members produce some of our newest and most innovative cereals, like Oreo O's cereal! While there is plenty to do right in Asheboro, the town is only a few hours from the Atlantic Ocean in one direction and the Blue Ridge Mountains in the other direction.

Responsibilities

This is a big company opportunity with small company attitude. Discover just right! At Post, we don't hire just to fill a job, we hire so you can grow into your next opportunity. With this role, there is an opportunity for placement and progression through four engineering levels. Depending on your experience and background, you may step into this role at any level. Compensation commensurate with experience and ability.

Why Work at Post:

• 3 weeks PTO for new employees
• 7.5% bonus target
• Clean and highly automated facility
• Air-conditioned plant
• 6% 401(k) match
• Educational Assistance
• Opportunity for growth across our national network
• Collaborative work environment with a focus on Safety and Continuous Improvement
• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, and Disability benefits

Overview:

• Frontline engineering resource for sustaining and improving Safety, Quality, Yield, Rates, and efficiencies.
• Owns and drives long-range packaging equipment and operational performance improvement plans.
• Technical owner of packaging operating parameters, centerline processes, and packaging equipment design & layout.

Responsibilities:

• Lead efforts to improve the performance of packaging equipment & operations.
• Identify and recommend new and innovative equipment technologies in support of operational improvement initiatives.
• Manage capital projects from scoping and funding through implementation and start-up.
• Provide daily support to sustain current operational performance targets for safety, quality, yield, rate, and efficiency.

Qualifications

EDUCATION:

• 4-year degree in engineering. Mechanical engineering with design experience preferred.

EXPERIENCE:

• Minimum of 3-5 years of experience in primary and secondary packaging operations. Ideal experience to include vertical and horizontal form fill and seal machines, cartoners, case erectors, case packers, and sealers, robotic operations, and all forms of package conveying.
• Experience in the consumer packaged goods industry, food manufacturing preferred.
• Understanding of Lean Manufacturing and continuous improvement methodologies.
• Experience in organizing and managing projects.
• Ideal candidate would be skilled in the use of 2D/3D CAD software.
• Strong analytical skills. Demonstrated problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.
• Ability to solve highly complex problems and prioritize actions promptly.