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Summer/Fall 2025 Process Engineer Co-Op

The Process Engineer Co Op performs creation and manipulation of facilities and machine CAD files to create a master library of facilities, production lines, and production equipment accurate to specifications of the manufacturer of equipment and accurate to the layout of Sartori Company converting and process room floors. This position will set up relevant drawings and files, field measure, and verify the accuracy of the drawing for position, location, and accuracy to scale. Additional tasks include time and waste studies.  

The person in this role will have the opportunity to learn the various production lines processes at Sartori and propose an optimized grouping of product to consider packaging and palletizing.

 

Who we are:
Sartori, a fourth-generation family-owned company, has proudly produced award-winning, artisan cheese for customers worldwide since 1939! Rooted in Plymouth, Wisconsin, Sartori’s emphasis on a high-quality and handcrafted approach to cheesemaking is a timeless family tradition.

When you come to work at Sartori, you don’t just join a Company you join a Family – one great team, devoted to the people producing the best cheese in the world. You are our most valuable resource; therefore, we are committed to a goal of 100% internal promotion – simply because we are dedicated to the professional development of our Team. In 2020 alone, we had 110 internal promotions.

 

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: include the following.  Other duties may be assigned. 

Field measure size, position, and location of machines, lines, and process room layouts. 
Create floor plans for each process line, or manufacturing setting in cheese make, or processing plants along with a master floor plan for each facility assigned. 
Create, categorize, and file created drawings in a library complete with directory and table of contents. 
Search databases, catalogs, and manuals, or call on vendors and machine manufacturers and download relevant footprint drawings of complex machines. Create detailed blocks for simple machines, tables, and conveyors accurate to overall footprint of actual represented piece.  
Create database of blocks of all machines and process equipment for drop-ins to future drawings. 
Correct inaccuracies in any of the existing files and folders. 
Provide accurate and timely updates to the Maintenance Manager, seek advice and ask questions as needed. 
Perform process time studies to determine current performance and identify areas of potential improvements 
Measure waste to determine current scrap rates 
 

QUALIFICATIONS:  

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE:

High school diploma or equivalent (GED), required. Currently enrolled in post-secondary education.   
Experience in CAD software required. 
Data entry and minimal mechanical aptitude desired. 
 

OTHER KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:

Knowledge of basic mechanics. 
Knowledge basic tools and operation. 
Knowledge of GMPs 
Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written 
Basic math skills including addition, subtraction, multiplication and division of two, three and four digit numbers using units of weight measurement and counts, ratios, proportions, percentages, and geometry. 
Ability to read and interpret work related documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, procedural diagrams, and carry out work instructions. 
Ability to communicate information and ideas effectively and in a way that other Team Members will understand. 
Ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions or apply general rules to specific problems. 
Able to work independently with minimal supervision. 
 

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:  

While performing the duties of this job, the Team Member is regularly required to stand; walk; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk or hear. The Team Member must regularly lift and/or move objects weighing 25 to 75 pounds and must occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus. 

 

WORK ENVIRONMENT:  

While performing the duties of this job, the Team Member is frequently exposed to moving mechanical parts.  The Team Member is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions; high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; toxic or caustic chemicals; outside weather conditions; working in coolers at temperatures of 40-45 degrees; risk of electrical shock; and vibration.  The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to loud. 

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those a Team Member encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities.