Downstream Project Engineer - Bioprocess Facilities

Plantible Foods; Vista (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401k program

Paid holidays

Discretionary Unlimited PTO

Career development

Job summary

Plantible Foods seeks a seasoned Downstream Project Engineer to own the engineering and field execution of systems from biomass receipt through final product, coordinating with process experts and external partners.

You will ensure interfaces have owners, drive technical decisions, and help translate lessons into repeatable design packages for future facilities. This role requires significant onsite time during construction and startup.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Chemical, Mechanical, Process, Bioengineering, Food Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
• Typically 5-10+ years supporting industrial capital projects in food, ingredients, biotechnology, biochemical, pharmaceutical, fermentation, or other hygienic process-manufacturing environments.
• Bilingual fluency in English and Spanish, with a strong priority on verbal communication skills.
• Direct experience with several of the downstream unit operations listed above and a working understanding of how they interact as one process.
• Experience delivering process equipment through specification, vendor selection, design integration, installation, commissioning, and startup.
• Strong understanding of sanitary process systems, hygienic design, CIP, process utilities, instrumentation, controls, and commissioning.
• Ability to read and challenge PFDs, P&IDs, equipment specifications, layouts, utility balances, construction drawings, controls documentation, and vendor submittals.
• Willingness to spend significant time onsite during construction, commissioning, and startup.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate RFIs, submittals, design clarifications, field changes, and vendor questions.
• Maintain a strong onsite presence during construction, commissioning, and startup.
• Verify that assigned systems achieve required capacity, performance, quality, and reliability.
• Own downstream systems including biomass receipt, separation, filtration, and CIP.

Skills

Bilingual English/Spanish

Process engineering knowledge

Sanitary design understanding

Hygienic process operations

Education

Bachelor's degree in Chemical/Mechanical/Process/Bioengineering/Food Engineering

Job description

Plantible Foods seeks a seasoned Downstream Project Engineer to own the engineering and field execution of systems from biomass receipt through final product, coordinating with process experts and external partners.

You will ensure interfaces have owners, drive technical decisions, and help translate lessons into repeatable design packages for future facilities. This role requires significant onsite time during construction and startup.