Senior Process Engineer

Job DescriptionJob DescriptionSenior Process EngineerFood & Beverage / Sanitary Process Engineering | Madison / Amherst, Wisconsin areaThe OpportunityWe're partnering with a growing food and beverage process engineering firm in Wisconsin to find a Senior Process Engineer who wants real ownership, not a supporting role. This is a newly created position designed to take true end-to-end process design work off the Engineering Manager's plate as the company scales.You'll own projects from concept through commissioning: mass balances, process flow diagrams, full P&ID design, equipment sizing and specification. This isn't editing someone else's drawings or filling in the gaps behind a senior engineer. You're the one designing the mix-proof valve clusters, specifying the CIP systems, and sitting across the table from the client to figure out exactly what their plant needs.What You'll OwnFull P&ID, PFD, and mass balance ownership on food and beverage capital projects, concentrated in dairy but spanning cheese, beverage, protein, and other sanitary processing verticalsHands-on design of mix-proof valve clusters and fully automated sanitary systemsEquipment sizing, specification, and RFQ developmentDirect client relationships, from scoping conversations through startup and commissioningUtility and equipment matrices, SOPs/SSOPs, and functional/process descriptionsWhat Success Looks LikeIn your first 90 days: you're onboarded to the company's sanitary design standards and equipment supplier landscape, shadowing active projects, and demonstrating you can independently design a mix-proof valve cluster and a basic P&ID.By 180 days: you're owning P&ID and process design on at least one active project with minimal oversight, communicating with clients directly, and contributing to equipment/utility matrix and RFQ development.By year one: you're fully owning projects concept-through-commissioning, meaningfully reducing the Engineering Manager's day-to-day design load, and driving process-improvement work.What We're Looking ForMust-Haves:Bachelor's degree in Engineering8-10+ years of process engineering experience (flexible for candidates with 5-7 years coming directly out of dairy plant operations)Hands-on dairy or equivalent high-sanitary process design experience, including independent mix-proof valve cluster designTrue, demonstrated ownership of P&IDs, PFDs, mass balances, and equipment/utility matricesStrong customer-facing communication skillsAbility to travel domestically approximately 30%Nice-to-Haves:Supervisory or mentoring experienceAutoCAD (isometric drawings); SolidWorks, Revit, or Lucid experience a plusExperience writing SOPs/SSOPs and functional/process descriptionsInternational project experience or passport eligibilityPackaging systems experienceConsulting or systems-integration background (preferred over plant-operations-only experience)Who Thrives HereThis role is built for someone who takes ownership without being asked twice, communicates clearly and directly, and genuinely enjoys the variety of solving a different process puzzle for every client. You'll fit right in if you're collaborative, low-ego, and more interested in getting the design right than being the smartest person in the room.This isn't the right fit if you're used to handing off P&ID work to someone else, prefer to stay behind the scenes rather than work directly with clients, or are looking for a narrowly defined, single-industry role.The Seat in SummaryTrue end-to-end design ownership, not downstream editingA growing, founder-transitioning company building out its engineering benchVariety across dairy, cheese, beverage, protein, and other sanitary processing projectsA collaborative, tight-knit team cultureA real path toward technical leadership, mentoring, or business development as the company scalesThis position is being managed by Titus Talent Strategies on behalf of our client. Interested candidates should apply directly through this posting.