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Process Engineering Manager

New Zealand - Waikato💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-25

Core

Lead a team of Process Engineers and Technologists to support manufacturing operations, drive continuous improvement, and ensure product quality and safety in nutritional powder and dairy production.

Role type

Senior IC Process Engineering Manager

Builds

Nutritional powder and dairy products for global markets

Domain

Healthcare / Nutrition / Food Manufacturing

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work -> physical/clinical work (manufacturing operations)

Required skills

Process engineering, project leadership, continuous improvement, problem solving, analytical capability, stakeholder influence, team management, regulatory compliance knowledge

Preferred skills

Master's degree in applicable field, strategy and systems thinking

Technologies

Spray drying, blending, canning operations

Responsibilities

Lead and support a team of Process Engineers and Technologists, provide technical troubleshooting for process issues, support plant trials for new products and material changes, drive equipment upgrades and efficiency improvements, ensure food safety and regulatory compliance, coordinate employee training and development.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with team leadership

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