Senior Cheese Process Optimization Engineer

FrieslandCampina; Wageningen; On-site; EUR 50,000 - 68,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary between €4,478 and €6,077 gross

32–38 hours per week

5% year-end allowance

10% company bonus

company car

8% holiday allowance

pension scheme

200 hours annual leave

laptop and phone

home office equipment

Wellbeing and inclusion initiatives

milk and cheese during lunch

fresh fruit and barista coffee

Job summary

FrieslandCampina's Cheese Technology Specialist role sits in the Global Supply Chain Technology team, focusing on optimizing cheese production processes across sites. You'll develop, optimize, and safeguard technologies to improve milk yield, efficiency and product quality.

You will collaborate with R&D, Operations, QA, Engineering and Marketing to translate innovations into practice, lead root cause analyses, and ensure compliance with food safety and labeling standards.

Qualifications

• Academic degree in (Food) Process Technology or Chemical Engineering.
• Min 5 years in food, chemical, or process industry.
• Solid dairy production knowledge and cheese technology.

Responsibilities

• Identify opportunities to improve milk yield, efficiency, and product quality.
• Lead process licensing within Capex projects.
• Translate innovations into production environments.
• Lead root cause analyses of complex issues in factories.
• Ensure compliance with food safety, quality, and labeling requirements.
• Provide training and support to employees on systems and tools.

Skills

Data analytics

Process optimization

Project management

Stakeholder management

Collaborative

Analytical thinking

Education

Degree in (Food) Process Technology or Chemical Engineering

Tools

Aveve

Databricks

Power BI

Job description

FrieslandCampina's Cheese Technology Specialist role sits in the Global Supply Chain Technology team, focusing on optimizing cheese production processes across sites. You'll develop, optimize, and safeguard technologies to improve milk yield, efficiency and product quality.

You will collaborate with R&D, Operations, QA, Engineering and Marketing to translate innovations into practice, lead root cause analyses, and ensure compliance with food safety and labeling standards.