Sr Process Engineer

About the Company

We are Reckitt. Home to the world's best loved and trusted hygiene, health, and nutrition brands. Our purpose defines why we exist: to protect, heal and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner, healthier world. We are a global team united by this purpose. Join us in our fight to make access to the highest quality hygiene, wellness, and nourishment a right and not a privilege.

Our supply chain is the backbone of our business. It is how we get our trusted products to people all over the world, safely and efficiently. Our talented and passionate teams make this happen. If you’re looking for a career in supply chain, there’s no better place to be than Reckitt. There are opportunities in planning, procurement, manufacturing, and logistics. You could join our Global Supply Planning team to develop and implement our global supply strategy or work with our Procurement Centre of Excellence team to negotiate and manage supplier relationships.

Our Manufacturing Excellence team helps improve the efficiency, quality, and safety of our manufacturing operations, while our Logistics Excellence team develops new and innovative ways to distribute our products to customers.

Reckitt is seeking a hands‑on Process Engineer to bring innovation and skill to our Zeeland, MI manufacturing site. In this role, you will contribute to the team’s journey through the development of new products and improvement of processes for some of the most trusted infant formula brands. Your expertise will be the driving force behind flawless production and the seamless launch of new items that will impact lives globally.

Be a part of a vibrant technical services team, driving change and delivering excellence. We’re looking for someone as passionate about product excellence as we are.

• Support development and implementation of new innovation and existing product processes at the manufacturing sites. Oversee contract manufacturers’ operations as needed.
• Partner with Operations, R&D, and Quality groups to ensure products are manufactured right the first time, from initial qualification through ongoing optimization.
• Provide critical support to the manufacturing site by leveraging knowledge of unit operations and engineering principles to troubleshoot processing and equipment issues.
• Continuously assess and implement measures to enhance technical capabilities, productivity, and manufacturing excellence.
• Apply understanding of food and personal safety, sustainability, and regulatory requirements to process design, new and existing product development.
• Effectively communicate technical topics to key stakeholders, management, and team members to influence decisions.

• Candidate must have a B.S. degree (Chemical Engineering, Food Science, Food Technology or related field) and at least 5 years of hands‑on experience in food processing, or a B.A. with a minimum of 7 years in food processing engineering.
• Experience in CIP, liquid milk processing, spray drying, blending, powder transport, and packaging is desired.
• Knowledge of nutritional products, food chemistry, analytical sampling, testing, and product formulation is strongly desired.
• Understanding of regulatory and GMP requirements for manufacturing infant formulas is desired.
• Some travel, including internationally, may be required.
• This role is not currently sponsoring visas or considering international movement.

Supply Chain Management, Business Partnership, Collaboration, Partnership Building, Relationship Management, Business Acumen, Productivity Management, Improvement of Business Processes, Advanced Analytics, Data Analytics, Manufacturing Excellence.

We support our people at every step of their career journey, investing in wellbeing through parental benefits, an Employee Assistance Program for mental health, life insurance, and more. Other benefits are in line with the local market. Through our global share plans, we offer the opportunity to save and share in Reckitt’s future successes. For eligible roles, short‑term incentives recognize, appreciate, and reward outstanding…