Food Process Engineer - Scale-Up & Plant Trials

Insight Global; Emeryville (CA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Insight Global is seeking a Process Engineer to support a leading food manufacturer’s nutrition and snack bar portfolio. The role partners with R&D and manufacturing to scale new products into production and execute plant trials.

You will troubleshoot processes, analyze data, and identify manufacturing risks while collaborating across cross-functional teams and traveling to sites as needed.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of engineering experience in process engineering.
• Food processing or food manufacturing experience.
• Experience supporting R&D/product development and commercial scale-up.
• Experience with plant trials and process troubleshooting.
• Able to work cross-functionally in a manufacturing environment.
• Willingness to travel and work flexible hours around trials.

Responsibilities

• Support new product and process scale-ups from R&D through commercial manufacturing.
• Plan and execute plant trials with R&D and manufacturing teams.
• Analyze process data and troubleshoot production issues.
• Support formula, ingredient, and process-change trials.
• Assist with new equipment, production lines, site expansions, and process improvements.
• Travel to manufacturing sites as needed to support trials.

Skills

Process Engineering

Food Manufacturing

R&D Collaboration

Plant Trials

Willing to Travel

Job description

Insight Global is seeking a Process Engineer to support a leading food manufacturer’s nutrition and snack bar portfolio. The role partners with R&D and manufacturing to scale new products into production and execute plant trials.

You will troubleshoot processes, analyze data, and identify manufacturing risks while collaborating across cross-functional teams and traveling to sites as needed.