Principal Engineer – Packaging Equipment

🕒 July 29

⛰️ Colorado, Illinois, +1 more states – Remote

⛰️ Colorado – Remote 🌽 Illinois – Remote 🌾 Nebraska – Remote

💵 $109k - $159k / year

⏰ Full Time

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Conagra Brands

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10,000+ employees

Founded 1919

📣 Marketing

📦 Logistics

🍽️ Food & Beverage

Marketing • Logistics • Food & Beverage

Conagra Brands is a leading food company passionate about creating impactful and inclusive culture within the food industry. Known for producing a wide variety of consumer food products such as popcorn, brownies, vegetables, and single-serve meals, Conagra is committed to diversity, inclusion, and supporting its team in personal development. With a significant presence across the United States, Canada, and Mexico, the company emphasizes ethical practices, consumer focus, broad-mindedness, and agility in its operations. Conagra Brands prides itself on being one of the best places to work and is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer.

📋 Description

• Provide technical leadership to identify and develop strategies and projects delivering the highest-value business benefits • Work with cross-functional teams to review requirements and develop optimized technical solutions • Identify, develop, roll out, and govern key strategies and programs across the manufacturing platform • Develop labor-reducing and cost-saving automation projects using subject matter expertise, third-party engineering partners, and original equipment manufacturers • Monitor industry regulations and codes related to packaging equipment system design and operations • Provide technical and economic feasibility analysis for business initiatives • Develop complete Front End Loading packages, including technology assessments, recommended solutions, layouts, infrastructure requirements, acceptance criteria, performance criteria, alternatives, prerequisites, risks, and opportunities • Partner with engineering teams to establish project cost, schedule, risk, and startup requirements • Write detailed functional control descriptions for unit operations and processing systems • Review Front End Loading packages or equivalent deliverables for accuracy, completeness, and operational effectiveness • Develop rough order of magnitude estimates for early business-case direction • Troubleshoot and drive continuous improvement of existing packaging operations • Lead machine design improvements and equipment modifications • Conduct production plant site surveys and assessments and support sites as needed

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Robotics Engineering, or Packaging Engineering • 7 + years of experience in food manufacturing with packaging system design • Experience leading teams and solving complex technical challenges • Subject matter expertise in one or more areas of food production line packaging equipment • Experience with machine design and working in a United States Department of Agriculture or Food and Drug Administration regulated manufacturing environment • Demonstrated success developing and implementing automation and robotic solutions • Experience in project engineering and project execution • Knowledge of continuous improvement applications within engineering design • Experience translating project requirements into technical solutions through sound engineering principles • Strong experience in packaging equipment engineering and practical application • Willingness to travel up to 50 percent to support plant operations • Position requires residence in Omaha, Nebraska; Chicago, Illinois; select field locations; or remote locations east of Denver, Colorado and within reasonable proximity (50 miles) to a major airport

🏖️ Benefits

• Comprehensive healthcare plans • Wellness incentive program • Mental wellbeing support • Fitness reimbursement • Bonus incentive opportunity • Matching 401(k) • Stock purchase plan • Career development opportunities • Employee resource groups • On-demand learning • Tuition reimbursement • Paid-time off • Parental leave • Flexible work-schedules (subject to your location and role) • Volunteer opportunities