Process Engineer: Manufacturing & Continuous Improvement

Sensient Technologies Corporation; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Sensient Colors is seeking a Chemical Process Engineer to enhance production processes locally and internationally from its St. Louis area site.

The role focuses on planning, monitoring and controlling production to ensure safety, efficiency and consistency while driving process improvements across existing operations. The successful candidate will lead projects, optimize workflows and implement new manufacturing processes and equipment, including ERP-related tasks, with travel up to 20% to

Qualifications

• Must have a Bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering or chemistry; Master/PhD preferred.
• 5–10 years of professional process engineering experience in relevant industries.
• Hands-on plant-level process control and optimization experience with ERP systems.
• Ability to lead projects from development through production implementation and plant-floor deployment.
• Travel 10%–20% as needed.

Responsibilities

• Plan, monitor, and control production processes from start to finish for safe, efficient operations.
• Lead process engineering projects and coach production team members toward continuous improvement.
• Optimize workflows, reduce production times and variability using data-driven methods.
• Identify risks and implement improvement strategies for existing and new products.
• Drive installation, qualification and launch of new manufacturing processes and equipment.
• Improve efficiency, capacity, quality, safety and reliability on the plant floor.

Skills

Process engineering

Project leadership

Data-driven improvements

Process control

ERP systems (JD Edwards)

Microsoft Office

Education

Bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering or chemistry

Master or PhD preferred

Tools

JD Edwards ERP

Microsoft Office

Job description

Sensient Colors is seeking a Chemical Process Engineer to enhance production processes locally and internationally from its St. Louis area site.

The role focuses on planning, monitoring and controlling production to ensure safety, efficiency and consistency while driving process improvements across existing operations. The successful candidate will lead projects, optimize workflows and implement new manufacturing processes and equipment, including ERP-related tasks, with travel up to 20% to