Lead R&D Process Engineer: Pilot Plant & Scale-Up

Henkel Corporation; Trumbull (CT); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Henkel Corporation is seeking a process-focused role to drive pilot plant operations and scale-up activities for Laundry & Home Care and Hair products. This position emphasizes collaboration with plant technical teams and cross-functional leaders to ensure reliable process design and successful product launches.

The ideal candidate translates pilot learning into production-ready equipment and conducts on-site validation and technology transfer to sustain performance, while delivering data-based

Responsibilities

• Lead best-in-class pilot plant operations and produce diverse product forms for technical and consumer testing.
• Translate pilot learning into production equipment requirements, partnering with plant technical teams to support investment planning, project timelines, and robust process design.
• Support innovation and new product launches by partnering with cross-functional leaders to confirm technical capability and readiness.
• Lead production scale-up, on-site process validation, and technology transfer to sustain process performance.
• Communicate clear, data-based recommendations to management to support timely decisions.
• Identify continuous improvement and optimization opportunities, develop models to explain and predict process performance, and interpret data to guide actions.

Job description

Henkel Corporation is seeking a process-focused role to drive pilot plant operations and scale-up activities for Laundry & Home Care and Hair products. This position emphasizes collaboration with plant technical teams and cross-functional leaders to ensure reliable process design and successful product launches.

The ideal candidate translates pilot learning into production-ready equipment and conducts on-site validation and technology transfer to sustain performance, while delivering data-based