Senior Process Engineer – Dairy & F&B Projects (Travel)

TRS Staffing Solutions; Waikato; On-site; NZD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

TRS Staffing Solutions is seeking an experienced Process Engineer to lead projects in New Zealand’s dairy and food & beverage sectors from concept through to commissioning. Based in Hamilton, you’ll join a small, close-knit team that tackles challenging process improvements and plant modifications across multiple projects.

You’ll own project delivery, mobilising contractors, defining targets and troubleshooting as projects progress, with travel on-site and occasional remote commissioning

Qualifications

• Degree-qualified engineer with a chemical or process engineering background.
• Proven experience taking process projects from concept through to commissioning.
• Background in dairy, food and beverage, or a closely transferable process industry.
• Strong independent project management skills—comfortable running projects with minimal oversight.
• Experience with process fundamentals such as chemical dosing, chemical recovery and heat recovery.
• Comfortable working in a small company environment with variable workload across multiple projects.

Responsibilities

• Take process concepts through detailed engineering, design development and costing
• Manage full project lifecycle from scoping through to commissioning
• Mobilise and direct contractors, setting clear deliverables and timeframes
• Troubleshoot technical and delivery issues as projects progress
• Support tender and pricing work, fleshing out engineering scope and cost estimates
• Provide technical mentoring and support to less experienced engineers on the team

Skills

Process engineering

Project management

Troubleshooting

Education

Chemical or Process Engineering degree

Job description

TRS Staffing Solutions is seeking an experienced Process Engineer to lead projects in New Zealand’s dairy and food & beverage sectors from concept through to commissioning. Based in Hamilton, you’ll join a small, close-knit team that tackles challenging process improvements and plant modifications across multiple projects.

You’ll own project delivery, mobilising contractors, defining targets and troubleshooting as projects progress, with travel on-site and occasional remote commissioning