Manufacturing Process Engineer

Process Engineer

We are seeking a skilled Process Engineer to join our dynamic team. As a Process Engineer at Schreiber Foods, you will play a pivotal role in optimizing our production processes, ensuring the efficient and cost-effective manufacturing of our food products. You will focus on the upstream dairy process, working to optimize blending, standardization, heat treatment, filtration & sanitation. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, including Production Operations, Quality Assurance, Maintenance, Reliability Engineering, Controls/Capital Engineering, Operations Excellence, and Supply Chain, to drive continuous improvement, maintain product quality, and enhance overall production performance. Your role will encompass process optimization, improve process capability, process step-to-step enhancement, risk reduction, process & food safety, and close collaboration with various teams. We have the opportunity to hire for a Process Engineer or Senior Process Engineer based on experience.

This role is 100% on-site at our Grand Rapids, Michigan manufacturing facility.

Relocation Benefits: Receive a $10,000 relocation bonus PLUS a generous relocation package if relocating more than 50 miles for this position

What you'll do:

• Evaluate existing manufacturing processes and identify areas for improvement in efficiency, productivity, process capability, risk, and cost reduction.
• Design and implement improvements to enhance yield, reduce waste, increase throughputs, improve cycle times, reduce bottlenecks, and streamline operations while maintaining strict adherence to food.
• Collaborate with Operations Excellence and Data Science/Analytics teams to leverage data for process optimization.
• Partner with Maintenance and Reliability Engineering to ensure equipment uptime and reliability as well as integrate predictive maintenance strategies. Collaborate with Maintenance and Reliability Engineering for long-term solutions.
• Collaborate cross functionally to scale up new products from concept to production, ensuring seamless integration into existing manufacturing processes.
• Lead or assist in the development of new equipment installations or modifications, from concept to commissioning, with a focus on maximizing output, minimizing downtime, and reducing operational risk.
• Perform process capability studies to predict manufacturing process trends to meet customer specifications and create stability in day-to-day operations.
• Collaborate with Project Engineers on capital project development; scoping, budget estimates, schedule development, construction plans, downtime planning/risk mitigation, review scope and equipment qualification success criteria is met.
• Maintain accurate documentation, including process manuals, plant P&IDs, define CCP's, standard operating procedures, and equipment specifications, with an emphasis on standardizing the process and sharing best practices.
• Together with the leadership team, ensures compliance with Food Safety and Food Quality Plans, in addition to customer requirements. Interprets and communicates customer requirements to plant production and/or support groups. Establishes and Audits PCPs, CCPs and Standard Operating Procedures to define and monitor processes, to ensure customer requirements are met. Reviews incidents during which the procedures are not met, and determines appropriate corrective action for partners failing to follow standard procedures.

What you need to succeed:

• Bachelors degree in Engineering; Chemical or Process Engineering is preferred.
• 0-6 years of engineering experience.
• Professional Engineer (PE) is a plus but not required.
• Experience in Fluid related processing or equivalent. FDA, USDA, regulated food and beverage is preferred.
• Technical knowledge of aseptic processing & heat treatment, filtration & separation, and blending is preferred.
• Capable of executing medium size capital projects, re-design existing equipment, process flows and design improvements.
• A strong understanding of food safety regulations and quality management systems (e.g., HACCP, GMP, QMS, etc.)
• A strong understanding of process safety, safe design & hazard assessments (e.g., OSHA, HAZOP, LOPA, etc.)
• Perform FMEA, working knowledge of CIP, heat transfer, fluid mechanics in dairy industry is preferred.
• Solid understanding on developing P&ID diagrams (AutoCAD) and PID loop tuning related to current and new process designs.
• Ability to travel up to 10%.