Senior Improvement Engineer

Roquette is a family‑owned global leader in plant‑based ingredients and a leading provider of pharmaceutical excipients. Want to help us make a difference? Using plant‑based resources, we collaborate with our customers and partners to imagine and offer ingredients to better feed people and treat patients.

Senior Improvement Engineer – Methocel Manufacturing Technology Team (Midland, MI) – Salary range: $110,000‑$150,000, potential performance‑based incentive.

• Highly collaborative team environment with ample room for exponential career growth.
• Competitive pay, annual performance bonus, comprehensive benefits, 6.2% company retirement contribution, and professional development opportunities.
• Generous paid time off and 12 annual paid company holidays.
• 12 weeks 100% paid maternity leave, and up to 4 weeks 100% paid parental leave (including adoption/surrogacy/foster care leave) for non‑birthing parents.
• Student loan repayment assistance and tuition reimbursement program for select roles.
• Annual wellness benefit and wellness centered programs focused on your health needs.

• Develop and drive improvement initiatives and metrics at the site and across the network as appropriate.
• Act as a key contact point for process technology problems at the site.
• Execute process safety Dust & Process Hazard Analyses and lead implementation of required follow‑up.
• Identify, develop and execute medium to longer‑term, non‑Cap Ex projects for productivity (cost & capacity), yield, quality, and sustainability improvement.
• Execute early Front‑End Loading (FEL) activity on appropriate Cap Ex projects (Grow & Improve, quality improvement, etc.) to include business case and scope development.
• Support detailed design, lead commissioning and start‑up activities, RTO as appropriate.
• Develop and own site mass balances and models to understand yield improvement and debottlenecking opportunities.
• Lead root cause analysis and corrective actions to address longer‑term production issues.
• Work with MC Technology Guardian to support process technology development.
• Work with the process R&D group to complete raw material & technology trials, new product scale‑up and execute DOE’s.
• Regular liaison with IE’s and production engineers at sister sites to leverage knowledge and experience on issue resolution and improvement activity.
• Mine and model process data to identify trends and changes, causes of variation, and opportunities for improvement.

Education:

Preferred Bachelor of Science in Chemical or Mechanical Engineering or equivalent degree.

Experience:

Minimum of 5 years’ experience in manufacturing and engineering, preferably in Operations or Technology role.

This role spends approximately 50% of the time in an office environment and 50% of the time in the plant environment. The employee is required to speak or hear, stand, walk, climb stairs, use hands and fingers, reach with hands and arms, work in hot, cold and loud environments.

Full‑time position Monday‑Friday with flexible hours to meet facility demands. Considered for 5 days on site, with option to grow into 1‑3 days remote.

Travel will be minimal for this role but may be required for training or to visit other manufacturing facilities. Travel outside of the region/country will be minimal but may be needed for customer visits or visiting other facilities in the network—generally no more than 1‑2 times per year.

Roquette is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military/veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
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