Process Engineer, Innovation Center

SPX FLOW, now ITT Flow Technologies; Silkeborg; On-site; DKK 550,000 - 700,000; Full time

Job summary

SPX FLOW, now ITT Flow Technologies, seeks a Process Engineer to join the Innovation Center in Silkeborg. You will support customer trials and translate R&D into practical food and beverage processes, working with mixers, separators and dairy equipment.

You will be part of a small team, contribute to new product development, and travel up to 20–30 days per year to customer sites around the world. Strong English communication is essential.

Qualifications

• Degree in engineering, dairy, food or chemical.
• 3–5 years of experience in the food industry, preferably dairy.
• Experience working with dairy processing equipment is advantageous.
• MS Office proficiency; AutoCAD an advantage.
• Good English communication, both written and spoken.

Responsibilities

• Be responsible for mixers and mechanical separators.
• Support New Product Development projects when relevant.
• Participate in equipment maintenance and cleaning (manual and CIP).
• Assist in managing the rental pilot fleet.
• Participate in in-house Factory Acceptance Tests and customer training on pilot plants.
• Travel to customer sites worldwide; up to 20–30 travel days per year.

Skills

Process technology knowledge

P&ID understanding

Team player

Problem definition & data collection

Willingness to learn

English communication

Education

Engineering degree in dairy/food/chemical

Tools

AutoCAD

MS Office

Job description

Do you want to work help bridge projects between R&D and the practical application towards the customers?

We are looking for a Process Engineer, who can participate in the customer trials in our Innovation Center and can help with the practical application of our R&D projects. Our customers are some of the leading companies within Food/Beverage/Nutrition and the Innovation Center helps them test processes or recipes.

As a Process Engineer in the Innovation Center, you will be part of a team of 4 technologists and 1 lab technician.

You will be based at our Nutrition & Health Solutions Innovation Center in Silkeborg-DK, specialized in a wide range of wet technologies within Food & Beverage business. You will be in contact with colleagues from all over the world, highly experienced in these technologies.

The Silkeborg IC is equipped with processing pilots that enable the team to conduct tests for external as well as internal customers.

The Innovation Center team is responsible for the efficient operation of the department.

The primary mission of the Innovation Center is to meet the needs of our customers wishing to test new technologies or develop new products.

You will be involved in performing the tests, from the early discussions with the customers to understand their needs, to drafting of the final test report.

The working days are flexible in terms of hours, you should expect long days from time to time.

Other Responsibilities

• be more specifically responsible for the mixers and mechanical separators
• be involved in New Product Development projects when support is relevant
• participate in equipment maintenance and overall facility including manual cleaning and automatic cleaning-in-place.
• participate in managing the rental pilot fleet
• take part in in-house Factory Acceptance Tests and customer training on pilot plants.
• travel to customer sites around the world to commission the rental pilots
• up to 20 – 30 travel days per year.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• knowledge and understanding for process technology within Food & Beverage products
• ability to understand a P&ID diagram
• be a good team player, with an ease in building strong relationships with your colleagues
• ability to define problems and collect data
• willingness to learn
• good communication skills in English, within both wording and writing

Education And Experience

• degree within engineering, dairy, food or chemical
• minimum 3 to 5 years of experience within the food industry, preferably dairy industry
• experience working with different dairy processing equipment would be an advantage
• user level within MS-Office
• user level within AutoCad would be an advantage

About The Company

The Company, which was acquired by ITT earlier this year, is about to embark on a journey where our different brands, APV, Gerstenberg Schröder, Anhydro and Seital will be more in focus. We are a company specializing in components, systems and processes mainly towards the food and beverage industry, and we pride ourselves with the quality that we provide for our customers.