Process Engineer

Overview:

We are representing a manufacturing company with a site located in the North LA area - this plant was recently involved in an acquisition and the VP of Operations wants to bring in a process engineer to improve both the efficiency as well as the productivity of this facility. The facility is functioning well, is a cleaner facility and has a reliable team, but the company is tolling out capacity and would like to bring some of that in-house. The challenge of this role will be a creative one - the equipment isn't very scalable so the trick will be in things like work processes and process layouts (among other things). There is quite a bit of low-hanging fruit in terms of optimization opportunities, so this person should be able to make their mark pretty quickly.

Requirements

Minimum Requirements:

• B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering or Chemical Engineering
• 1-3 years of post-college experience in manufacturing, ideally in a process that involves mixing, blending, packaging, and/or filling
• MUST be fluent in Spanish - 2/3rds of the workforce at this facility speak Spanish as their primary language
• Must be local to the Santa Clarita/Simi Valley/Glendale area - no relo assistance available
• Should have demonstrable optimization and process improvement experience