Energy & Water Manager - Dairy - Land O'Lakes Inc.

TheDairy Energy & Water Manager willintegrate into and support the Land O'Lakes Production System and promote a culture of sustainability and operational excellence within Manufacturing while delivering against public facing sustainability targets for manufacturing.

The primary objective of the role is to lead and drive attainment of Dairy energy & water goals through, identification, scoping, budgeting, and implementation of energy & water projects. Working closely with engineering and operations teams, this position will be instrumental in establishing and deploying recommended methods and standard operating practices to optimize energy & water processes to meet sustainability reduction targets.

Incumbent will also be responsible for working closely with the Engineering Manager and operations teams to develop projects and process design, capital and expense estimates, contractor selection, equipment specifications and purchases, and implementation plans for the projects.

and operational excellence within Manufacturing while delivering Ignite and Cost to Serve targets.

Leading plants through their sustainability initiatives and supporting the development of manufacturing sustainability talent, the Energy & Water Manager will coach individuals and teams on change, and ensure the right technical experts are involved in problem solving. This role will rely on strong leadership, communication, analytical and technical skills to drive performance around key facility deliverables.

The target location for this role is Land O'Lakes Corporate Headquarters in Arden Hills, MN, however this position can be remote (virtual) and located anywhere in the USA.

Scope of this position:

• Prepare process designs, equipment specifications and capital estimates for process upgrades and modifications to existing systems.
  
• Work closely with the Corporate Engineering Manager and Dairy Operations on the capital approval and implementation steps.
  
• Validate expected improvements are obtained from capital investments.
  
• Prepare equipment standards for processing equipment.
  
• Provide project management working with contractors, equipment vendors and plant personnel to insure on budget and on schedule project implementations.
  
• Conduct process evaluations in the forms of process system audits and in-plant testing.
  
• Evaluate process variables and provide recommendations for processing and energy efficiency improvements. Implementation of process improvements and validations of improvements.
  
• Provide equipment recommendations and methods to optimize processing
  

Required Education and Skills:

• Bachelor's Degree with concentration in Mechanical, Agricultural, Food, Dairy Process Engineering or related degree and 6+ years related work experience.
  
• Technical processing expertise for Dairy Operations highly preferred
  
• Experience in an engineering assignment is highly desired
  
• Solid working knowledge of mechanical or agricultural engineering and processing plants and equipment
  
• Individual is highly organized, proficient and knowledgeable in most current food processing systems
  

Competencies-Skills (Required):

• Highly effective communications is required and ability to modification communications approach to reach operators, supervisors, Plant Managers, and enterprise leadership. Strong interpersonal skills are required to sell and implement improvement projects.
  
• Ability to work closely with operators on the plant and processing floor to understand equipment variables and equipment operations.
  
• Ability to understand root cause of problems and develop solutions is critical to success. Fact based reasoning and recommendations are essential to optimizing process variables and systems. Visualize process and building revisions and improvements.
  
• Ability to work closely with operators on the plant and processing floor to understand equipment variables and equipment operations.
  
• This position will involve 50%travel and will involve exposure to all shifts to allow training and operations improvements to be refined and fully implemented. Significant time required in feed manufacturing facilities which have typical levels of dust and noise.
  

Salary Range: $103,000 - 128,000 depending on experience

About Land O'Lakes, Inc.

Join us and be part of a Fortune 250, farmer- and member-owned cooperative that is reimagining the business of food. We have been named a Top Workplace by Indeed and LinkedIn, and to the TIME 100 Most Influential Companies list.

We provide a broad portfolio of benefits to keep you and your family at your best. Land O'Lakes is Where Your Future Takes Root.

Land O'Lakes, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE) M/F/Vets/Disabled. The company maintains a drug-free workforce, including post-employment substance abuse testing pursuant to a Drug and Alcohol Policy.

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