Specialist Manufacturing
Requisition ID: 186623
Career Group: Corporate Office Careers
Job Category: Central Production
Travel Requirements: 10 - 20%
Job Type: Full-Time
Country: Canada (CA)
Province: Alberta; British Columbia
City: Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver, Victoria
Location: Calgary Office, Vancouver Office, Victoria Office, Edmonton Office
Embark on a rewarding career with Sobeys Inc., celebrated among Canada’s Top 100 employers, where your talents contribute to our commitment to excellence and community impact.
Our family of 128,000 employees and franchise affiliates share a collective passion for delivering exceptional shopping experiences and amazing food to all our customers. Our mission is to nurture the things that make life better – great experiences, families, communities, and our employees. We are a family nurturing families.
A proudly Canadian company, we started in a small town in Nova Scotia but we are now in communities of all sizes across this great country. With over 1,600 stores in all 10 provinces, you may know us as Sobeys, Safeway, IGA, Foodland, FreshCo, Thrifty Foods, Lawtons Drug Stores or another of our great banners but we are all one extended family.
Ready to Make an impact?
Sobeys is full of exciting opportunities, and we are always looking for bright new talent to join our team!
Here’s where you’ll be focusing:
Support Manufacturing Initiatives across Central Kitchens
- Responsible for developing, configuring and optimizing industrial processes from inception through to start up and certification.
- Deliver against Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and ensure a quality service approach to all employees, customers and suppliers.
Direct Initiatives
- Responsible for the process design, operation and implementation of new and existing plant equipment. Involved in researching and making recommendations on equipment for process improvement.
- Improve industrial processes in order to maintain efficiency, reduce cost, improve sustainability and maximize profitability.
- Develop, configure and optimize industrial processes from inception through to start up and certification.
- Develop best practices, routines and innovative solutions to improve production rates and quality of output.
- Assess, report on, promote and carry out process improvements initiatives. This includes analyzing data, conducting risk assessments and monitoring processes to collect data and make recommendations.
- Support the implementation and ramp up of all new products, including production ramp up, and Standard Operating Procedures with the Commissary teams, representing the production and food experience teams.
- Identify industry best practices and how they could be incorporated into Sobeys central kitchen business model.
- Support the Central Kitchens in achieving their financial targets, continuously look to improve efficiency, reduce labour costs and improve capacity.
- Key support in launching new products in Central Kitchens. Aligning equipment, process, labour and product to achieve the best possible product outcome on spec and on budget.
- Manage project specific budgets, costs, and deliverables.
- Liaise with service providers, technicians and equipment manufacturers for support on commissioning, repairs and upgrades.
Food Safety requirements
- Responsible to support implementation and ongoing compliance to all food safety programs, quality programs, plant sanitation and regulatory requirements for the facility
- Support in maintaining site certification to a GFSI or other approved food safety standards.
What you have to offer:
- Requires completion of a Bachelor of Science degree (Engineering preferred) along with 2-3 years relevant work experience or a combination of education and work experience.
- Proven work experience in process engineering / manufacturing
- Excellent technical skills and knowledge of process related standards. Lean Manufacturing an asset.
- Working knowledge of process engineering software packages along with experience using CAD or AutoCad.
- Knowledge of maintenance processes, equipment and materials.
- Excellent computer skills.
- Excellent time management and priority setting skills.
- Strong focus on the customer and store service levels
- Engage listen and support the people involved with the processes.
- Encourage collaborative work, with genuine inclusion and positivity.
- Bring a winning attitude.
- Deliver on commitments by finding innovative solutions.
Note: The interview process will only begin as of January 2025 to account for the Holiday period.
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At Sobeys we require our teammates to have the ability to adhere to a hybrid work model that requires your presence at one of our office locations at least three days per week. This requirement is integral to our commitment to team collaboration and the overall success of our office culture.
We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package, which varies by role and designed to help our teammates to live better – physically, financially and emotionally.
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We will consider factors such as your working location, work experience and skills as well as internal equity, and market conditions to ensure the selected candidate is paid fairly and competitively. We look forward to discussing the specific compensation details relevant to this role with candidates who are selected to move forward in the recruitment process.
Our Total Rewards programs, for full-time teammates, goes well beyond your paycheque:
- Competitive Benefits Package, tailored to meet your needs, including health and dental coverage, life, short- and long-term disability insurance.
- Access to Virtual Health Care Platform and Employee and Family Assistance Program.
- A Retirement and Savings Plan that provides you with the opportunity to build and add value to your savings.
- A 10% in-store discount at our participating banners and access to a wide range of other discount programs, making your purchases more affordable.
- Learning and Development Resources to fuel your professional growth.
- Parental leave top-up
- Paid Vacation and Days-off
We are committed to accommodating applicants with disabilities throughout the hiring process and will work with applicants requesting accommodation at any stage of this process.