Process Engineer

Location:

Opelousas, LA, US, 70570

The Process Engineer is responsible for providing technical support to production , QA department, R&D, and maintenance departments. The primary focus of this role is to evaluate existing batching processes and process parameters to improve sustainability and develop best practices within the production process.

• Improve/ optimum batching process in order to maintain high quality and productivity for mayonnaise, dressings, sauces, and margarine/spreads products. Provide data integrity, processing instructions, and ESE auto batching process via collaboration with R&D and mixers.
• Improve/ optimum process parameters in order to maintain high quality and productivity for margarine/ spreads products. Support margarine process team by providing applicable process parameters. Review parameters data provided by operators to determine compliance or need to revise to optimum process parameters.
• Support process variations as they relate to formula adjustments to satisfy customer requirements. Work closely with R&D, lab supervisor, and production forman/mixers to evaluate and solve formulas issues.
• Support product/process change activities through management of change. Maintenance manufacturing formulas, process instructions, process parameters, and analytical data.
• Maintain multi-level batch sheets for approximately 600 unique formulas.
• Support production and inventory control team in ingredients with high variance related to formulas adjustments. Investigate variance by collecting and analyzing data. Conduct root cause analysis (RCA) to to resolve the problems.
• Support special projects for engineering/maintenance, production, and QA departments.
• Responsible for following all Food Safety policies, procedures and regulatory criterion including the current SQF code, Good Manufacturing Practices, and the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) and associated Preventive Controls.

• Bachelors degree in Chemical or Mechanical Engineering with demonstrated ability in mathematics and science or equivalent experience.
• Minimum one year experience in a related filed.

• Requires thorough knowledge of mayonnaise, dressings, sauces, margarine/spreads process, and oils.
• Strong leadership skills.
• Ability to write operating procedures and manage process improvement projects.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, AS400 is required.
• Knowledge of Power Point and Auto Cad is recommended

Why Join Us:
Ventura Foods innovates and manufactures food solutions for food service and retail businesses. We make exclusive products for the world's most iconic restaurants and retailers, we provide ready-to-goproduct solutions for professional kitchens, and we make consumer brands everyone knows and loves. When you work for Ventura Foods, you get a strong foundation of training, a manager who cares about you and celebrates your success, a safe environment, and challenging work.

As part of our team, your future is limited only by how much you’re willing to push yourself to get there. We invest in your growth because you invest in ours.

Ventura Foods offers career growth opportunities as well as competitive compensation and benefits:

• Medical, Prescription, Dental, & Vision – coverage beginning on your 1st day for eligible employees
• Profit Sharing and 401(k) matching (after eligible criteria is met)
• Paid Vacation, Sick Time, and Holidays
• Employee Appreciation Events and Employee Assistance Programs
• Salary Base Range of $77,720.00 -$99,967.35*

* The “base salary range” provided above is a good faith estimate of what we expect to pay for this position in the specified markets. Ventura Foods reserves the right to…