Are you ready to make an impact in the heart of the dairy industry? We're seeking a talented Process System Engineer at a renowned and respected giant in dairy. You’ll actively engage cross-functionally in the development, process design, scale-up, and commercialization of new and renovated products for making data-driven decisions for the business. This is an opportunity to shape the future of dairy production and be part of a company committed to excellence and growth!

Location: Hybrid role near Syracuse, NY

Job Responsibilities:

Execute projects focused on efficiency, sustainability, profit, and continuous improvement. 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. Assist with writing project proposals and generating reports. Help with presenting design and research to internal customers. Technical resource for the manufacturing and support functions. Collaborate with product development on feasibility and trialing of new ingredients and products. Develop processes to meet production, measure process capabilities with the plant. Maintain material handling, batching, process, 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. Support process on large capital projects. Address chronic issues associated with product and process, i.e. Triage.

Required Skills/Qualifications:

Entry-level PhD/Masters/Bachelor of Science/Engineering degree or relevant scientific field of study. 2+ years of food industry experience (dairy preferred). Certifications such as Six Sigma are highly beneficial. Helpful if experienced in project management; leading teams/project teams. Technical knowledge of engineering, data analysis, and food science. Fundamental knowledge of consumer-packaged product processes and line equipment. Use and present knowledge associated with the design of experiments, statistical analysis, and statistical process control. Strong self-accountability to meet deadlines and drive results; is accountable for own work; meets timelines and expectations; works independently and is accountable to deadlines while flexible to changing business needs. Demonstrates problem-solving skills while looking for alternate solutions. Travel required as needed for business.