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Sr. Mechanical Engineer
Job ID:  3515 Location:  US-IL-Chicago
Posted Date:  03-10-08 Category:  Engineering/Mechanical Engineering
Company:  Wm. WRIGLEY Jr. Company

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Overview:
This senior level engineering position is accountable for engineering research, development, design and execution of equipment, processes, and systems for confectionary manufacturing, materials handling, and Wrigley unique machinery/systems.

Responsibilities:
1. Interfaces with Supply Chain Engineering and Supply Chain Management in the development and evaluation of new and improved processes leading to lower cost and Gold Standard quality products.

2. Manages and coordinates with all Innovation confections groups to conduct speciality runs and trial sample runs for the development of specifications and process parameters.

3. Interfaces with Global Procurement in identification and specifications of commercially available equipment to be tested and evaluated at the ETC facility and outside the company.

4. Keep abreast of advanced confectionary equipment available in the industry.

5. Interfaces with the ETC facility management team on projects within the 100,000 square foot testing and development facility.

6. Develop engineering and process specifications to execute the engineering innovation-related projects, including execution and management of the budget.

7. Preparation and management of project schedule in terms of launching new products and engineering project execution.

8. Perform necessary engineering calculations to insure equipment or process design requirements are achieved.

9. Prepare required bid documents and cost estimates for required process and equipment installations.

10. Resolves standard and non-standard problems on a day-to-day basis and addresses long term issues with innovative solutions.

11. Together with developers, engineers, and engineering management, coordinates in sharing technology and finding solutions to help resolve problems that affect research, development and production globally.

12. Lead engineering team on the installation, start-up and validation of first-time prototype equipment or process in Supply Chain factories globally.



Requirements:
1. Technical Bachelor's degree required - Mechanical Engineering

2. Minimum 7 years of professional experience in process/product development and mechanical design, equipment design, testing and evaluation, and manufacturing of custom equipment components.

3. Expertise in project management including product, process and facility efforts.

4. Strong experience in food manufacturing - confections a plus

5. Knowledge of 3D CAD application and use for mechanical design and engineering analysis.

6. Strong leadership skill set.

7. Strong people and organizational development skills.

8. Skilled in complex problem solving.

9. Exemplary Wrigley Core Values and Leadership Behaviors.

10. Excellent written and oral communication skills.

11. Self motivating and self starting, capable of making independent decisions, developing a plan, getting alignment through all levels, and executing the plan.

12. Strong people skills that develop and nurture a participative environment building a high performance team.

 



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