Unilever is one of the world’s leading suppliers of Food, Home and Personal Care products with sales in over 190 countries and reaching 2 billion consumers a day. Unilever has more than 400 brands found in homes around the world, including Persil, Dove, Knorr, Domestos, Hellmann’s, Lipton, Wall’s, PG Tips, Ben & Jerry’s, Marmite, Magnum and Lynx. Faced with the challenge of climate change and the need for human development, we want to move towards a world where everyone can live well and within the natural limits of the planet. That’s why our purpose is ‘to make sustainable living commonplace’.

Our Supply Chain teams play a vital role in getting our goods to consumers; from sourcing raw materials to manufacturing and delivering the end product. You could be finding a new way to get 12,000 litres of ice cream across the desert without it melting; or designing a more efficient distribution network to enable us to store and deliver our products sustainably to our customers. Our Global Supply Chain includes approximately 100,000 employees who work with over 70,000 suppliers and 1.5 million farmers.

We manage a logistics network that transports across a distance of over 1.5 billion km a year. In the UK & Ireland, we are home to the production of PG Tips, Magnum, Pot Noodle, Persil and many more. Looking forward, we want to embrace the digital revolution in order to build a more agile, integrated and synchronized Supply Chain. Be part of the most successful purpose-led business in the world and see the true impact that you’re having in the work you do. There’s always a new challenge to tackle and our people have the opportunity to make a big impact every day on a local level, across Europe and the world.

JOB PURPOSE

Reporting to the PTM, the main purpose of the role is to a) act as the gatekeeper for standards in their production area and b) provide the PTM and the Engineering Technician data visibility & problem-solving support in the correction, prevention and elimination of losses.

The process engineer will be the owner of all data collection in their area and will be held accountable for the results of continuous improvement programmes such as Run to Standard. The process engineer is expected to maintain, optimise, and improve all aspects of performance using WCM tools – including driving improvements in OLE monitoring, AMs, PMs, EWOs, tags, centre-lining, SMED, Kaizen and others.

The key KPIs for which the process engineer will be held accountable is OLE, Volume Reliability % and Waste. 

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Operational gatekeeper for all standards in their area – safety, quality, machine, hygiene, process, changeovers.
• Responsible for preparing all data for the daily performance meeting and bringing a rigorous understanding of recent issues to the meeting as well as analysing trends for the weekly performance meetings in their area
• Responsible for supporting the PTM in building long-term, loss-driven improvement plans for their area
• Familiarisation with all operator-interface software such as DFOS, IDHammer, Coloss, PowerBI.
• Training and development of technical and engineering colleagues and manufacturing operators in WCM tools and techniques

• Develop One Point Lessons and Standard Operating Procedures to ensure best practice for machine operation and maintenance as well as supporting the PTM and Training Manager to coordinate and deliver the training to operators
• Working with ManEx to understand & roll out best practise from Global / Europe
• Implement safety standards in full across the line
• Proactive in safety approach, expected to complete Hazard Inspections, SBOs & DCAs in line with site targets and participate in safety and risk assessments as appropriate
• Adherence to Site and Legislative safety standards (Codes of practice)
• To help ensure site compliance with all Quality, Environmental Standards, Site Rules and Regulations, Code of Business Principles and Computer Usage including email and internet and Procedures

Responsible for driving efficiency through tackling:

• Breakdowns – EWOs, PMs
• Minor stops by maintaining original condition – AMs, Tags
• Minor stops & waste by optimising settings and adjustments – Centre-lining
• Changeovers – SMED
• Performance Mapping – OLE Monitoring
• Development and implementation of improvement ideas – Kaizen, Tags
• Waste – all of the above

ALL ABOUT YOU

Essential

• Strong analytical skills, including the ability to manipulate data in Excel
• Data-driven mindset & a Logical problem solver
• Strong people skills and a ‘servant leadership’ mindset towards operations staff
• Ability to coach others
• Continuous improvement mindset
• Ability to look longer term beyond the issues of the day, to spot trends and turn them into making long-term plans
• Excellent communication skills

Would also be of benefit:

• Knowledge of continuous manufacturing in a food manufacturing-based industry
• Knowledge of process and packaging machinery
• Prior understanding of manufacturing loss trees
• Technical skills – either mechanical or electrical
• Knowledge of safe working practices & current industry standards

WHAT WE OFFER

Diversity at Unilever is about inclusion, embracing differences, creating possibilities and growing together for better business performance. We embrace diversity in our workforce. This means giving full and fair consideration to all applicants and continuing development of all employees regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy and maternity.