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Process Lead

New Zealand💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-24 → 2026-09-28

Core

Operate and optimize the Wet Processing Milk Treatment process (milk reception, separation, pasteurisation, standardisation) to ensure product quality, safety, and operational reliability.

Role type

Senior IC process operations lead (dairy manufacturing)

Builds

Nutritional milk products

Domain

Food & Beverage / Dairy Processing

Required skills

process operations, root cause analysis, fault-finding, troubleshooting, data interpretation, coaching, continuous improvement, safety management, equipment monitoring

Preferred skills

dairy environment experience, engineering or food technology background, analytical decision-making, team leadership

Technologies

milk treatment equipment, pasteurisation systems, separation units, standardisation machinery

Responsibilities

Monitor critical milk treatment equipment within defined operating parameters; Lead technical problem-solving and follow-up across the plant; Control and optimise process conditions to ensure product is manufactured in specification; Monitor process performance and identify opportunities to improve reliability and efficiency; Coach and develop operational leaders and operators in process knowledge and troubleshooting; Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives across safety, quality, and process performance.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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