Manufacturing Process and Packaging Engineer - Joplin, MO
General Mills · Joplin, MO · Engineering
About this role
General Mills is hiring a mid-level Manufacturing Engineer in the operations function based in Joplin, MO. The posting calls out experience with Data Analytics, Disaster Recovery. Compensation is listed at $93,700–$140,700 per year.
- Role
- Manufacturing Engineer
- Function
- operations
- Level
- mid
- Track
- Individual contributor
- Location
- Joplin, MO
- Department
- Engineering
- Posted
- May 14, 2026
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Job description
from General Mills careersPOSITION OVERVIEW
The Manufacturing Process and Packaging Engineer (internally called a Sr. Systems Engineer) role provides technical leadership and serves as a system and product specialist. They are responsible to build the team’s packaging and processing technical skills through a hands-on approach. They are accountable for the operational foundational systems across systems they own and to the plant to secure basic conditions and drive out losses with the platform team. The Manufacturing Process and Packaging Engineer plays a critical role to continuously improve by optimizing system performance and product quality while driving strategic productivity and capacity solutions for the platform and ultimately the business.
This level showcases a Manufacturing Process and Packaging Engineer's knowledge and foundation to build the capability of others. This role centers on consistent manufacturing performance, problem-solving, and improvement. It involves significant floor time to understand manufacturing processes, coupled with development within the System Engineering JTA. The primary focus is improvement and loss elimination activities aligned with system glidepath and future state goals. This includes supporting team skill development inclusive of content development and talent assessments, and advocating for system investments, articulating their financial impact to plant leadership for annual planning. As knowledge expands, credibility as a strategic partner with Engineering, Ops and ITQ will increase. This will allow more intentional focus on other systems and to engage in business plans.