Lactalis American Group - Nampa, ID
posted 16 days ago
About the position
Lactalis North America is currently seeking candidates to join our Engineering team in Nampa, ID. Lactalis Group, the world leader in dairy, is a family-owned business with more than 85,000 pragmatic and ambitious professionals worldwide, committed to providing healthy and delicious dairy products that bring people together every day. At Lactalis, our core values of AMBITION, ENGAGEMENT, and SIMPLICITY are at the heart of everything we do. If you're looking for a unique experience with a company that offers strong brands, professional expertise, and a dynamic work environment that champions entrepreneurial spirit, hands-on responsibility and real opportunity for career development, we want to hear from you!
Responsibilities
- Analyze/monitor actual process and propose solutions for production growth and/or projects that optimize existing production, packaging lines, utilities & buildings.
- Responsible for evaluating, planning, justifying, coordinating, and following up on projects.
- Develop project costing for budget review and approval, Prepare P&ID, layout, production time schedule, technical description, function description, value calculations, and selecting appropriate bids, equipment, vendors, and sub-contractors.
- Ensure activities and projects are started and completed within the set timetable.
- Maintain accurate and up to date project files and drawings.
- Identifying and correcting safety, ergonomic, and operational problems through proper design of equipment.
- Promote inter-plant communication and provide technical support on an as-needed basis.
- Develop and distribute a monthly progress and project status report, following up with facility team leaders on continuous cost reduction/process improvement ideas.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree with a focus on mechanical or electronics or equivalent experience.
- 3-5 years of experience as a project engineer.
- Prior food industry experience, Dairy (cheese) processing experience required.
- Familiar with the following trades: Mechanical, Electrical, Automation, Utilities, and Construction.
- Computer Skills: including but not limited to Microsoft Office and AutoCAD.
