Manufacturing Process Engineer

Schreiber Foods; Grand Rapids (MI); On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation bonus

ESOP + 401(k) match

Job summary

Schreiber Foods in Grand Rapids, MI seeks a Process Engineer (or Senior Process Engineer based on experience) to optimize upstream dairy processes including blending, standardization, heat treatment, filtration, and sanitation. On-site role with relocation benefits and ESOP involvement.

Collaborate with Operations Excellence, Quality Assurance, Maintenance, and other teams to drive continuous improvement, process capability, and food safety across production.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required in Engineering; Chemical or Process Engineering preferred.
• 0-6 years of engineering experience.
• PE is a plus but not required.
• Experience in fluid related processing or equivalent in FDA/USDA-regulated foods preferred.
• Knowledge of aseptic processing, heat treatment, filtration, blending beneficial.
• FMEA, CIP, heat transfer, and dairy process knowledge valued.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate existing manufacturing processes and identify efficiency, cost, and risk improvements.
• Design and implement improvements to enhance yield, reduce waste, and increase throughput.
• Collaborate with Operations Excellence and Data Science/Analytics to leverage data for optimization.
• Coordinate with Maintenance and Reliability Engineering for uptime and predictive maintenance.
• Scale up new products from concept to production within existing processes.
• Lead or assist in new equipment installations from concept to commissioning.
• Perform process capability studies to predict trends and ensure product specs.
• Coordinate capital project scoping, budgeting, scheduling, and equipment qualification.
• Maintain documentation: process manuals, P&IDs, CCPs, SOPs, equipment specs.

Skills

Process engineering

Data analytics

Cross-functional collaboration

Travel up to 10%

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

AutoCAD

Job description

Job Category:

Engineering

Job Family:

Manufacturing Engineering

Job Description:

We are seeking a skilled Process Engineer to join our dynamic team. As a Process Engineer at Schreiber Foods, you will play a pivotal role in optimizing our production processes, ensuring the efficient and cost-effective manufacturing of our food products. You will focus on the upstream dairy process, working to optimize blending, standardization, heat treatment, filtration & sanitation. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, including Production Operations, Quality Assurance, Maintenance, Reliability Engineering, Controls/Capital Engineering, Operations Excellence, and Supply Chain, to drive continuous improvement, maintain product quality, and enhance overall production performance. Your role will encompass process optimization, improve process capability, process step-to-step enhancement, risk reduction, process & food safety, and close collaboration with various teams. We have the opportunity to hire for a Process Engineer or Senior Process Engineer based on experience.

This role is 100% on-site at our Grand Rapids, Michigan manufacturing facility.

Relocation Benefits: Receive a $10,000 relocation bonus PLUS a generous relocation package if relocating more than 50 miles for this position

What you'll do:

• Evaluate existing manufacturing processes and identify areas for improvement in efficiency, productivity, process capability, risk, and cost reduction.
• Design and implement improvements to enhance yield, reduce waste, increase throughputs, improve cycle times, reduce bottlenecks, and streamline operations while maintaining strict adherence to food.
• Collaborate with Operations Excellence and Data Science/Analytics teams to leverage data for process optimization.
• Partner with Maintenance and Reliability Engineering to ensure equipment uptime and reliability as well as integrate predictive maintenance strategies. Collaborate with Maintenance and Reliability Engineering for long-term solutions.
• Collaborate cross functionally to scale up new products from concept to production, ensuring seamless integration into existing manufacturing processes.
• Lead or assist in the development of new equipment installations or modifications, from concept to commissioning, with a focus on maximizing output, minimizing downtime, and reducing operational risk.
• Perform process capability studies to predict manufacturing process trends to meet customer specifications and create stability in day-to-day operations.
• Collaborate with Project Engineers on capital project development; scoping, budget estimates, schedule development, construction plans, downtime planning/risk mitigation, review scope and equipment qualification success criteria is met.
• Maintain accurate documentation, including process manuals, plant P&IDs, define CCP's, standard operating procedures, and equipment specifications, with an emphasis on standardizing the process and sharing best practices.
• Together with the leadership team, ensures compliance with Food Safety and Food Quality Plans, in addition to customer requirements. Interprets and communicates customer requirements to plant production and/or support groups. Establishes and Audits PCPs, CCPs and Standard Operating Procedures to define and monitor processes, to ensure customer requirements are met. Reviews incidents during which the procedures are not met, and determines appropriate corrective action for partners failing to follow standard procedures.

What you need to succeed:

• Bachelors degree in Engineering; Chemical or Process Engineering is preferred.
• 0-6 years of engineering experience.
• Professional Engineer (PE) is a plus but not required.
• Experience in Fluid related processing or equivalent. FDA, USDA, regulated food and beverage is preferred.
• Technical knowledge of aseptic processing & heat treatment, filtration & separation, and blending is preferred.
• Capable of executing medium size capital projects, re-design existing equipment, process flows and design improvements.
• A strong understanding of food safety regulations and quality management systems (e.g., HACCP, GMP, QMS, etc.)
• A strong understanding of process safety, safe design & hazard assessments (e.g., OSHA, HAZOP, LOPA, etc.)
• Perform FMEA, working knowledge of CIP, heat transfer, fluid mechanics in dairy industry is preferred.
• Solid understanding on developing P&ID diagrams (AutoCAD) and PID loop tuning related to current and new process designs.
• Ability to travel up to 10%.

Eligible partners will receive:

• Get not one, but TWO retirement benefits. When you join our employee-owned company, you'll be part of our Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) from day one. In addition to an 8% 401(k) match into the ESOP, Schreiber will contribute an extra amount - about 8% of your earnings - toward your retirement every year. That's a company contribution