Senior Process Engineer

Senior Process Engineer – Schreiber Foods

This role focuses on optimizing the upstream dairy process, improving blending, standardization, heat treatment, filtration, and sanitation to enhance production performance.

• Act as a subject matter expert in fluid‑related process engineering and provide day‑to‑day process engineering support.
• Evaluate existing manufacturing processes and identify opportunities for improved efficiency, productivity, capability, risk, and cost reduction.
• Develop and drive engineering strategies around processing line capability, capacity, and optimization that align with organizational priorities.
• Design and implement improvements to increase yield, reduce waste, improve throughput, reduce cycle times, eliminate bottlenecks, and streamline operations while maintaining food safety.
• Collaborate with Operations Excellence and Data Science/Analytics teams to leverage data for process optimization.
• Lead or assist in new equipment installations or modifications, from concept to commissioning, focusing on maximizing output, minimizing downtime, and reducing operational risk.
• Perform process capability studies to predict manufacturing trends and support stability in day‑to‑day operations.
• Collaborate with Project Engineers on capital projects, including scoping, budgeting, schedule, construction planning, downtime planning, and risk mitigation.
• Maintain accurate documentation such as process manuals, plant P&IDs, CCP definitions, SOPs, and equipment specifications, emphasizing standardization and best‑practice sharing.
• Ensure compliance with Food Safety and Food Quality Plans and customer requirements.
• Interpret and communicate customer requirements to production and support groups.
• Establish and audit PCPs, CCPs, and SOPs to maintain customer requirement compliance and determine corrective actions for incidents.
• Travel up to 10% of the time.

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Chemical or Process Engineering preferred).
• Master’s degree a plus but not required.
• 8+ years of engineering experience.
• Professional Engineer (PE) a plus but not required.
• Experience in fluid‑related processing or equivalent.
• Experience with FDA, USDA, or other regulated food and beverage environments.
• Technical knowledge of aseptic processing, heat treatment, filtration and separation, and blending.
• Ability to execute medium‑size capital projects, redesign existing equipment, process flows, and design improvements.
• Strong understanding of food safety regulations and quality management systems (HACCP, GMP, QMS, etc.).
• Strong understanding of process safety, safe design and hazard assessments (OSHA, HAZOP, LOPA, etc.).
• Experience performing FMEA, CIP, heat transfer, and fluid mechanics in the dairy industry.
• Solid understanding of developing P& (AutoCAD) and PID loop tuning for current and new process designs.

• Relocation bonus of $10,000 plus a generous relocation package for relocations over 50 miles.
• Two retirement benefits:
  Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) with an 8% 401(k) match and an additional 8% company contribution toward retirement savings.
• Incentive bonus pay twice a year when company goals are met.
• Childcare assistance up to $5,000 annually and monthly contributions for independent babysitters.
• Wellness Incentive and Lifestyle Spending Account (LSA) covering fitness, mental health, and other lifestyle expenses.
• Tuition reimbursement for educational development related to your role and career goals.
• Health, dental, vision, prescription drug benefits, including onsite nurse and mental health counseling, effective from day one.

An Equal Opportunity Employer, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.