Hybrid Process & Controls Engineer

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About the role

  • Process & Controls Engineer supporting production optimization and quality improvement for Proliant Dairy. Collaborating across teams to enhance manufacturing efficiency and regulatory compliance.

Responsibilities

  • Support the design, optimization, and continuous improvement of production processes.
  • Work cross functionally with operations, quality, maintenance, and corporate teams.
  • Analyze, develop, and optimize unit operations such as evaporation, drying, filtration, membrane processing, and thermal treatment.
  • Conduct time, yield, and mass‑balance studies to identify inefficiencies.
  • Lead continuous improvement initiatives using Lean, Six Sigma, or similar methodologies.
  • Collaborate with R&D to scale new products—from bench to pilot to full commercial scale.
  • Utilize statistical tools to track process KPIs and make recommendations.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Food Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related discipline.
  • Minimum 2 years of experience in the food or beverage manufacturing environment, ideally dairy.
  • Strong understanding of unit operations: thermal processing, evaporation, drying, filtration, separation, pumping, CIP and sanitation.
  • Working knowledge of FDA/USDA regulations and food safety systems.
  • Proficiency in data analysis tools (Excel, Power BI, Minitab, or similar).
  • Familiarity with Allen-Bradley's ControlLogix 5000 programming software and/or Ignition.
  • Experience with Dairy processes, including evaporation, drying and membrane filtration (UF/RO/NF), or spray drying.
  • Lean/Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt certification.
  • Experience working in high-volume Dairy processing environments.
  • Familiarity with AutoCAD, or other process modeling tools.
  • Strong project management experience.

Benefits

  • Regular travel to company manufacturing sites (approximately 60%)

Job title

Process & Controls Engineer

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Experience level

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Salary

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Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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