Senior Engineer - R&D Process Development
Core
Lead complex process development, optimization, and manufacturing-support projects for starch, sugar, sweetener, and polyol businesses, bridging lab/pilot scale to commercial manufacturing.
Role type
Senior IC process engineer (food ingredients)
Builds
Practical, sustainable solutions for safety, quality, yield, capacity, cost, and efficiency in starch, sugar, sweetener, and polyol production
Domain
Food ingredients / Chemical engineering
Required skills
Process scale-up, experimental design, root-cause analysis, starch conversion, sugar processing, polyol production, separations (chromatography, ion exchange, evaporation, crystallization), HSE compliance, technical project leadership
Preferred skills
Master's or PhD in relevant discipline, experience in milling, enzymatic reactions, hydrogenation, purification technologies, drying technologies
Technologies
Pilot-plant equipment, industrial plant systems, analytical methods, statistical data interpretation tools
Responsibilities
Lead R&D and manufacturing-support projects from definition to plant implementation; Design and execute lab, pilot-plant, and plant trials; Diagnose manufacturing issues and recommend solutions; Optimize process operations for quality, yield, and cost; Partner with manufacturing teams to implement improvements; Mentor junior engineers and scientists
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with mentorship duties
