Winery Process Engineer: Lead Next-Gen Production

Mark-Anthony-Group-; West Kelowna; On-site; CAD 106,000 - 126,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

RRSP match

Extended health and dental benefits

Paid time off

Training and development

Job summary

Iconic Wineries of British Columbia seeks a Winery Process Engineer to shape future winemaking operations, from design to hands-on implementation of a state-of-the-art facility.

You will optimize production, apply Lean/Six Sigma, and build dashboards with Power BI/SCADA while ensuring quality, safety, and regulatory compliance. This role emphasizes cross-functional collaboration and end-to-end process excellence.

Qualifications

• Degree in Chemical, Process, Mechanical, Food, or Fermentation Science or related discipline.
• Strong foundation in process optimization and manufacturing systems.
• 3–7+ years in winery, beverage, food processing, or CPG manufacturing; fermentation experience preferred.
• Proficiency with process engineering: fluid dynamics, heat transfer, fermentation, filtration, and bottling.
• Experience driving Lean/Six Sigma improvements and continuous improvement.
• Experience with production data analysis and KPI dashboards (Excel, Power BI, SCADA).
• Strong project management and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Hands-on, entrepreneurial mindset focused on designing innovative production systems.
• Commitment to safety, quality, regulatory compliance, and OPEx in manufacturing.

Responsibilities

• Analyze, benchmark, and optimize end-to-end production workflows from grape intake through bottling to improve throughput, yield, quality, and efficiency.
• Apply Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma to identify improvements, reduce waste, and streamline processes.
• Evaluate bottlenecks and implement solutions to enhance capacity, consistency, and resource utilization.
• Provide technical analysis to improve harvest, cellar operations, and production planning; develop SOPs.
• Develop standardized operating procedures to improve consistency and reliability.
• Develop production dashboards and KPI reporting tools using Power BI, Excel, and SCADA; track key metrics.

Skills

Process optimization

Manufacturing systems

Lean Manufacturing

Six Sigma

Data analysis

Project management

Cross-functional collaboration

Safety & quality

Entrepreneurial mindset

Education

Degree in Chemical, Process, Mechanical, Food, or Fermentation Science

Tools

Excel

Power BI

SCADA

Job description

Iconic Wineries of British Columbia seeks a Winery Process Engineer to shape future winemaking operations, from design to hands-on implementation of a state-of-the-art facility.

You will optimize production, apply Lean/Six Sigma, and build dashboards with Power BI/SCADA while ensuring quality, safety, and regulatory compliance. This role emphasizes cross-functional collaboration and end-to-end process excellence.