Process Systems Engineer - Business Knowledge Services

Process System Engineer

Utica, NY

Collaborate with manufacturing to support consistent delivery, enhanced efficiency, reduced cost, improved sustainability, and maximized profitability. Evaluate material handling, batching and process while maintaining proper documentation. Actively engage cross-functionally in the development, process design, scale up, and commercialization of new and renovated products for making data driven decision for the business.

Responsibilities

• Execute projects focused on efficiency, sustainability, profit and continuous improvement
• Help write project proposals and generate reports
• Help present design and research for internal customers
• Technical resource for the manufacturing and support functions
• Support process on large capital projects
• Collaborate with product development on feasibility and trialing of new ingredients and products
• Develop process to meet production, measures process capabilities with the plants
• Maintain material handling, batching, and process and new technology and equipment to improve the process/efficiency of the business
• Document batch, process, and equipment changes in product life cycle management
• Understand process change through process capability measurement
• Contribute to Management of Change representing process change
• Travel required as needed for business

Requirements

• 2-5 years of experience
• Bachelor of Science/Engineering degree or relevant scientific field of study required
• Certifications such as six sigma preferred
• Project management; leading teams/project teams experience a plus
• Technical knowledge of engineering, data analysis and food science
• Fundamental knowledge of consumer-packaged product processes and line equipment
• Capability and capacity to manage several projects
• Knowledge associated with design of experiments, statistical analysis, and statistical process control as part of data driven decision
• Able to work independently and manage deadlines, while flexible to changing business needs
• Demonstrates problem solving skills while looking for alternate solutions.
• 2+ years of food industry experience