Senior Membrane Systems Engineer – SME, Remote

Agropur, inc.; Little Chute (WI); On-site; USD 124,000 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary range

Remote work

Travel 50%

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

401(k) with company contributions

Paid Time Off

Paid holidays and floating holidays

Parental leave

Advancement opportunities

Job summary

Agropur is seeking a Staff Engineer - SME Membrane Systems to join our membrane technology team. This role leads engineering for membrane separation technologies, supporting dairy processing, and shaping enterprise standards and best practices across our manufacturing network.

The ideal candidate has 10+ years of membrane system experience, strong dairy processing knowledge, and proven ability to drive high‑quality technical decisions in ambiguous situations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's in Engineering (ChE preferred).
• 10+ years experience in membrane system process engineering and/or capital project development/execution.
• Experience developing technical standards and specifications.
• Demonstrated expertise in membrane system design, operation, troubleshooting and optimization.
• Strong understanding of dairy processing.
• Strong organizational and communication skills; ability to influence technical decisions across multiple facilities and stakeholder groups.
• Experience facilitating technical reviews and driving follow-up actions.
• Experience supporting capital projects.
• Experience implementing standards and effective change management to ensure adoption.
• Experience with whey processing, protein concentration, and dairy ingredient manufacturing.
• Experience working with leading membrane system suppliers and OEMs.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the enterprise subject matter expert for membrane separation technologies.
• Technical leadership for RO, UF, NF, MF applications.
• Lead technical reviews of major capital projects involving membrane systems.
• Serve as final technical authority for membrane-related engineering decisions.
• Support strategic decisions regarding membrane system design, technology selection, and system optimization.
• Make high-quality technical decisions in ambiguous or high-risk situations.
• Participate in concept development, feasibility studies, and engineering design reviews; review process designs and vendor proposals for membrane systems.
• Support Operational Excellence initiatives by supporting complex membrane performance, reliability and capacity issues; and identifying optimization opportunities.
• Build and maintain enterprise membrane system design and operating standards; ensure standards compliance in partnership with Engineering Governance, and drive adoption of standards across the network.
• Monitor and evaluate emerging membrane technologies; assess emerging technologies for their potential to unlock new product platforms, create competitive advantage, or improve quality, cost, or functionality.

Skills

Membrane systems

Technical leadership

Engineering communication

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Engineering (ChE preferred)

Tools

Membrane equipment vendors

Job description

Agropur is seeking a Staff Engineer - SME Membrane Systems to join our membrane technology team. This role leads engineering for membrane separation technologies, supporting dairy processing, and shaping enterprise standards and best practices across our manufacturing network.

The ideal candidate has 10+ years of membrane system experience, strong dairy processing knowledge, and proven ability to drive high‑quality technical decisions in ambiguous situations.