Pasta Production Process Engineer

Richardson International Limited; Winchester (VA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Medical

Dental

Vision

401(k)

Paid time off

Paid holidays

Training & career development

Job summary

Richardson International Limited, a leading pasta producer at the Winchester, VA facility, seeks a Process Engineer to join our operations team. You will partner with Operations, Maintenance, and Quality to improve yield, throughput, product quality, and cost performance across all stages of pasta manufacturing.

You will lead data-driven process improvements, support capital projects, and strengthen continuous improvement initiatives to enhance safety, food safety, and plant reliability.

Qualifications

• Five or more years of process engineering experience in a manufacturing setting.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field.
• Experience leading data-driven process improvements and root cause analysis.
• Strong analytical skills and proficiency with Excel and production data analysis.

Responsibilities

• Analyze production data and processes to improve yield, throughput, quality, energy use, and labor efficiency.
• Lead root cause analysis and corrective actions for downtime, waste, or quality deviations.
• Optimize equipment layouts, workflows, and operating parameters to improve plant performance.
• Partner with Maintenance on preventive and predictive maintenance to boost asset reliability.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives aligned with plant KPIs (safety, food safety, quality, productivity, cost).

Skills

Analytical skills

Excel

Data analysis

Root cause analysis

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

Tools

AutoCAD

Job description

Richardson International Limited, a leading pasta producer at the Winchester, VA facility, seeks a Process Engineer to join our operations team. You will partner with Operations, Maintenance, and Quality to improve yield, throughput, product quality, and cost performance across all stages of pasta manufacturing.

You will lead data-driven process improvements, support capital projects, and strengthen continuous improvement initiatives to enhance safety, food safety, and plant reliability.