Principal Engineer – R&D

Responsibilities

• Drive the knowledge development and dissemination in a specific technical field of expertise strategically important for the company.
• Support other Ready to Drink (RTD) technology based projects for NHSc and be a key contact to address process engineering aspects of RTD product development.
• Drive innovation of new processes and system technology to enable differentiating aseptically produced and filled products.
• Support the aseptic late differentiation technology development.
• Drive the development of processes and manage the planning and execution in accordance with the project brief.
• Coach junior members of the project team to improve efficiency and strengthen competencies.
• Effectively communicate project status and results through written technical documentation and oral presentations.
• Provide technical assistance remotely or on site.
• Make recommendations for process improvements to the relevant stakeholders.
• Participate in teams to carry out technical due diligence evaluations of suppliers and technical line validations of Nestle or co-manufacturing factories worldwide.
• Actively support knowledge and competence transfer to the factories together with TCU team.

• Job requires Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or a closely related field plus 10 years of experience in the job offered or in an engineering role at a Research and Development (R&D) or factory in the Food Manufacturing industry.
• 8 years of experience in AutoCAD;
• 8 years of experience in Capital Project Management;
• 8 years of experience preparing process equipment specifications for procurement;
• 8 years of experience working with liquids processing unit operations and equipment;
• 8 years of experience incorporating safety standards into food manufacturing process designs and food manufacturing equipment designs;
• 6 years of experience processing line commissioning;
• 6 years of experience working with Aseptic Process Technology;
• 6 years of experience working with process engineering design;
• 6 years of experience working in the design of Thermal Processing of Low Acid Canned Foods;
• 4 years of experience in technology, regulatory, quality, and safety requirements for Foods for Special Medical Purpose (“FSMP”) products.