Process Engineering Tech I

We are a leading producer of food and industrial ingredients made from plant-based, renewable sources. We deliver value through deep technical, commercial, and operational excellence that is backed by our long-standing corn wet milling heritage. Wherever we are in the process, from field to customer, our priorities are focused on ensuring we produce the safest, highest quality products through practices that uphold both our responsibility and commitments to the challenge and drive for excellence, our people and our planet. We’re investing in our plants and people to unlock our potential in the industrial and food sectors. Guided by our values of Safety, Excellence, Integrity, and Growth, we’re focused on growing our business, our reputation, and the career of every teammate.

About the Role As a member of the Global Operation Support Team, the Process Improvement Engineer will be responsible for providing technical support across the Global Operations division and leading a portfolio of projects to support the Company and Department goals, focusing on cost reduction and operational improvement. The position will act as a change agent for process improvement implementations and improvement of capabilities of people and systems. This position will act an extension of Primient continuous improvement (CI) program and will foster a culture of continuous improvement and sustainment while facilitating projects across the organization.

The candidate will be a self-starter, a team player, and capable of productively interacting with a diverse group, ranging from technicians to plant managers to project partners. The candidate will lead projects and provide expertise to support and develop high quality, cost effective solutions. You’ll also join our structured development program: the Engineering Ladder. Process Technology Engineer

Provide process engineering support for manufacturing operations

Lead process improvements projects, including:

Provide economic analysis/assessment of current and future candidate process concepts and technologies

Communicate frequently with key stakeholders to meet project goals and deadlines

Train technicians and other members of project teams on equipment use, data collection, and data analysis

Collaborate with internal partners to ensure effective technical transfer from the pilot plant to production environments, including documentation of new/updated key process indicators (KPIs)

Analyze opportunities as well as guide and plan actions around process improvement ideas

Monthly project reviews, management and growth of project pipeline, including the ability to move projects through the development stages and ultimately to completion.

Willingness to travel as required (generally %),

S. in Chemical Engineering or related engineering field.

• 2-5 years of industrial experience, preferably within the food or other GMP environment.
• Practical hands-on expertise with equipment
• Experience in process development, experimental design, statistical analysis, process optimization, and scale-up
• Stem-to-stern project experience (i.e., process development, process scale-up, P&ID development, punch lists, commissioning, start-up, operations, etc.)
• Working knowledge of various manufacturing processes and unit operations including centrifugation, evaporation, filtration, ion exchange, chromatography/SSMB and enzyme reactors

The annual pay range estimated for this position is $82,053.60 - $102,567.00 and is bonus eligible.

Multiple Healthcare plan choices​

• Dental and vision insurance​
• Short- and Long-Term Disability​
• Paid holidays & vacation​
• Primient is committed to a workplace that is all in – ensuring everyone has the opportunity to develop and shape a career that matters in an open culture which embraces equity, diversity and belonging. Primient supports a culture of inclusion that respects individual strengths, views, and experiences. Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging

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