Process Engineer - Western Sugar Cooperative : Job Details

Title: Process Engineer Location: Scottsbluff, NEPosition OverviewThe Western Sugar Cooperative has an opportunity for a Process Engineer. This position will support the processing of the Molasses Desugarization facility in Scottsbluff, NE. The position requires a very dynamic person with the ability to understand and implement the best ways of processing the throughput from the MD processes into sugar, while showing strong leadership skills. The person should have a strong mechanical and chemical knowledge, enjoy processing, and practices preventative maintenance.Essential Functions

• Be a safety leader with solid safety behaviors and demonstrated leadership. Working with others to perform against the plant site safety plan with the goal of being a zero-injury workplace.
• Lead the effort with others to maintain a clean and safe production environment.
• Plan, organize and direct shift processing personnel in sugar beet processing to optimize performance.
• Work closely with shift supervisors in communicating process changes from shift to shift.
• Ensures employees are trained in process controls.
• Compile data, trends, and reports to help improve process, quality and throughput.
• Stay current on leading industry practices and technology for implementing new ways to improve processing.
• Use root cause analysis to permanently solve problems.
• Operate processing at a high level of efficiency using Key Performance Indicators and a continuous improvement approach to hold yourself and your team accountable for achieving performance targets.
• When needed, hold people accountable by administering the collective bargaining agreement. Ensure employee grievances are addressed in a timely manner.
• Provide solid people leadership that lives our Core Values of: Safety, Integrity, Openness & Trust, Teamwork, Entrepreneurship, and Social Responsibility.
• Help to implement a Customer Focused Strategy of Leading Customer Service, Competitive Cost Position, and High Quality & Innovative Products. This includes supporting Good Manufacturing Practices and Third-Party Audit requirements.
• This position requires you to spend 90 % of the time out in the different work areas engaging with employees to listen, troubleshoot and provide support for improving performance.
• To be successful, this position often requires more than 40 hours per week and weekend work.

Skill & Experience Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical, electrical, or chemical engineering required.
• 1 to 3 years of process experience preferred.
• Demonstrated experience with improvements in safety, productivity, and quality.
• Great communication skills working with all levels of staff, including hourly workforce and senior management.
• Willing to learn continuous improvement processes like Lean Sigma and Root Cause Analysis.
• Excellent computer competence (Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Excel).
• Strong customer focus mind-set.
• Solid leadership skills, independent thinking, strong organizational and planning abilities and excellent analytical and problem-solving skills are essential.
• Friendly, results oriented, high level of energy and collaborative.

Travel Requirements: Some but limited.It is the policy of The Western Sugar Cooperative not to discriminate against any employee or any applicant for employment because of age, race, religion, color, handicap, sex, physical condition, developmental disability, sexual orientation or national origin. This policy shall include, but not be limited to, the following: recruitment and employment, promotion, demotion, transfer, compensation, selection for training, layoff and termination.