Manufacturing Engineer (Can Making Front End)

CROWN Cork & Seal USA, Inc., a wholly owned company of Crown Holdings, Inc. is a global leader in the design, manufacture and sale of packaging products for consumer goods. At Crown, we are passionate about helping our customers build their brands and connect with consumers around the world.  We do this by delivering innovative packaging that offers significant value for brand owners, retailers and consumers alike. With operations in 47 countries employing over 33,000 people and net sales of over $11 billion, we are uniquely positioned to bring best practices in quality and manufacturing to our customers to drive their businesses locally and globally.  Sustaining a leadership position requires us to build a team of highly talented, dedicated and driven individuals.

Division:

Crown’s Food Division is the number one manufacturer of food cans in the world. Our complete array of food packaging serves a variety of markets, including fruit, vegetables, dairy, fish, meat, ready meals, pet food, infant milk powder and other dry food products. We offer a wide selection of food cans from round to bowl as well as shaped cans. We truly focus on excellence. Here is your chance to join the Crown Food Business Unit.

Location:

This is a remote traveling position however candidate will work primarily in our Owatonna, MN facility.

Position Overview:

Crown Food North America is searching for a Manufacturing Engineer (Front End) to join our team to support operations for the Food Division. This Manufacturing Engineer role would provide guidance as a Front End subject matter expert to our Food 2 piece Manufacturing facilities. The equipment would include cuppers, body makers, and trimmers as well as other production machinery. In addition, this position is responsible for designing, implementing, development, and improvement of manufacturing processes by analyzing product and manufacturing methods. In addition, this position requires maintaining quality and safety standards, document control, and supporting the engineering needs of the manufacturing facilities.

Duties And Responsibilities:

Specific responsibilities include the following:

• Develop manufacturing processes by studying product requirements, researching, designing, modifying, and testing manufacturing methods and equipment.
  Evaluate manufacturing processes by designing and conducting research, applying knowledge of product design, fabrication, assembly, tooling, and materials.
• Identifying areas of spoilage and make suggestions for corrective action to resolve the issues
• Provide training and guidance to employees on equipment operation and troubleshooting
• Reinforce all safety procedures

JOB REQUIREMENTS:

Requirements for these positions include but are not limited to the following:

Minimum Requirements

• • Seven (7) + years’ experience in the Front End of a high-speed Beverage or Food metal packaging facility
  • Must believe in the team approach to solving problems and must have proven success in coaching & leading teams to resolve specific problems.
  • Demonstrated employee relations skills and the ability to motivate people
  • Experience developing, building and maintaining strong business partnerships
  • Strong relationship management, interpersonal, listening and communication skills
  • Excellent time management and organizational skills with the ability to multi-task in a fast-paced manufacturing operation.
  • Effective communicator in both written and verbal correspondence as well as an effective presenter.
  • Role will be based primarily in our Owatonna, MN Food Plant however travel up to 60% may be required

Preferred Requirements

• • Working knowledge of principles and applications associated with manufacturing operations including SPC, Six Sigma, 5S, SMED and Lean Manufacturing.
  • Six Sigma certification in Green Belt or beyond

Physical Requirements

• While performing the duties of this job, the associate is regularly required to sit, stand, walk, use hands, reach with hands and arms, and may be required to balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl  
• The associate may lift and/or move up to 50 pounds
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision and ability to adjust focus

 Working Conditions

• Will be required to perform job duties outside of the typical office setting in a plant environment as well as in an office.
• While performing the duties of this job, the associate may be exposed to moving mechanical parts and vehicular traffic. 
• The associate may be exposed to a wide range of temperatures.
• The noise level is frequently loud.