Senior Process Engineer — Food Manufacturing & Optimization

Empirical-Food; South Sioux City (NE); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Empirical-Food is seeking a Process Engineer to lead manufacturing process development, optimization, and reliability across production lines. You will partner with Operations and QA to drive continuous improvement, cut waste, and ensure product safety and regulatory compliance.

The role emphasizes data-driven analysis, SOPs and process validation, with responsibilities spanning from capital projects to day-to-day process control, requiring strong project management, cross-functional

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering required (Chemical/ Food/ Industrial/ Mechanical).
• Experience in food/beverage manufacturing is highly desirable.
• Strong problem-solving, project management and cross-functional skills.

Responsibilities

• Analyze processes to improve efficiency, yield, throughput, and cost savings.
• Monitor OEE, downtime, waste, yield, and labor efficiency; implement corrective actions.
• Develop SOPs, process flow diagrams, and control parameters.
• Support capital projects, equipment installs, and validation activities.

Skills

Process understanding

Food safety regulations

Process mapping

Capacity analysis

Equipment validation

Excel & data analysis

ERP experience

Project management

Troubleshooting

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Tools

ERP systems

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Empirical-Food is seeking a Process Engineer to lead manufacturing process development, optimization, and reliability across production lines. You will partner with Operations and QA to drive continuous improvement, cut waste, and ensure product safety and regulatory compliance.

The role emphasizes data-driven analysis, SOPs and process validation, with responsibilities spanning from capital projects to day-to-day process control, requiring strong project management, cross-functional