Job description

Looking to join a three-time US Best Managed Company award winner? Kent Pet Group (KPG), a member of the Kent Corporation family of companies, has a fantastic opportunity to join their team as a Process Engineer to help with building in house expertise and standardize our operations!

At Kent Pet Group we believe that pets make us better people, and that is why we only make products that are kind to them and our planet. This team member based in the heart of Iowa will be instrumental in accelerating our growth, and ensuring that we can met our customer demands.

If you are looking to help lead a sustainable, innovative, and invested family-owned company, the opportunity may only be a few clicks away! Check us out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6g2-kN2igxE&feature=youtu.be

POSITION SUMMARY:
The KPG Process Engineer strives to streamline our daily operations and ensures our manufacturing facility operates efficiently and on budget. They are comfortable communicating with people across teams and departments, is able to solve problems and improvise as needed, and knows how to effectively estimate and manage time spent on a variety of tasks.

PRIMARY DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Increase production, assets capacity and flexibility while minimizing unnecessary costs and maintaining current quality standards
• Work directly with operations team in troubleshooting and resolving process issues
• Responsible for production output, product quality and on-time shipping
• Monitors operations and leads corrective actions to drive operational excellence
• Develop systems and processes that track and optimize productivity and standards, metrics and performance targets to ensure effective return on assets
• Identify opportunities to prevent waste and inefficiency in production
• Develop and design robust manufacturing concepts to simplify and improve processes and ensure best practice
• Create and maintain required manufacturing process documentation, including process flow charts, capacity and utilization studies, time and motion studies, standard work, cycle time analysis and line balancing
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gain insight and direction
• Stay up to date with latest production management best practices and concepts
• Ensures compliance with health and safety laws, regulations, and guidelines, including EPA and OSHA requirements

EDUCATION:

• BS degree (Preferably in Engineering or related field)

EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATIONS:

• Internship or co-op experience in an operations or manufacturing environment strongly desired
• Computer literacy
• Understand, create, and update process flows; including documentation and standard operating procedures
• Interest and general understanding of lean manufacturing principles
• Proficiency with analytical tools, workflow time study, and process balancing

TRAVEL:

• Up to 10% travel for meetings or training may be required.

OTHER:

• Must be able to lift 32-pound bags of litter on an infrequent basis

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee discount
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Work setting:

• In-person

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Muscatine, IA: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Application Question(s):

• Do you have internship or co-op experience in an operations or manufacturing environment?
• Do you now or in the future require company sponsorship to legally work in the United States?

Education:

• Bachelor's (Preferred)

Work Location: One location

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