Jonathan R Fernandez Colon
About Jonathan R Fernandez Colon
Jonathan R Fernandez Colon is the Project Engineering Lead - Packaging at General Mills in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with a background in various engineering roles at companies like Yoplait, Walt Disney, and GE.
Professional Title
Jonathan R Fernandez Colon is currently Project Engineering Lead for packaging at General Mills.
Current Role at General Mills
As a Project Engineering Lead at General Mills located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Jonathan R Fernandez Colon is responsible for cost budgeting and scheduling of packaging equipment projects. His role also involves ensuring that all packaging equipment and systems meet safety requirements and provide safe working conditions during the construction, installation, and start-up phases. Additionally, he manages engineering start-up focusing on dry and wet packaging to achieve system performance requirements and support production start-up. Communication and documentation are crucial parts of his job to ensure team members can perform their tasks effectively.
Experience at Yoplait
Jonathan worked at Yoplait in various capacities from 2016 to 2018. He started as a Manufacturing Engineering Associate - System Engineering, a role he held for 11 months. He then transitioned to an Operations Team Leader for five months before being promoted to Manufacturing Engineering Associate - Project Engineering. In this role, he worked for six months in Murfreesboro, TN.
Internships and Early Career Roles
Jonathan has a broad range of internship experiences. He worked with TEDxUPRM as a Video & Production Manager for a year from 2015 to 2016. Prior to that, he interned at General Mills in 2015 in Murfreesboro, TN. He was also a Project Management Intern at Walt Disney Imagineering in Orlando, Florida for three months in 2014 and a Ride Mechanical Intern at Walt Disney World for four months the same year. Before these roles, he was an Engineering Intern at GE in 2013 and a Project Engineering Intern at Colgate Palmolive, also in 2013. Additionally, he gained experience as a Food & Beverage intern at The Walt Disney Company Magic Kingdom from 2011 to 2012.
Educational Background
Jonathan R Fernandez Colon earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Puerto Rico, where he studied from 2009 to 2016. He also attended Colegio Nuestra Señora del Rosario from 2003 to 2009.