Senior Process Engineer - Spray Drying & Flavors

Glanbia; Cincinnati (OH); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Staff discounts

Family leave

Health & dental plan

401K

Job summary

Glanbia is seeking a hands-on engineering lead for flavors spray drying and manufacturing in Sharonville, OH. You will chair commissioning readiness, equipment qualification, product validation, startup, and scale-up activities to support a capacity expansion.

You will troubleshoot, drive process improvements, and help standardize best practices across flavors sites. Qualified candidates hold a Bachelor's in engineering and 5+ years in flavors or related process industries, with hands-on

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Chemical, Food, Mechanical, Process, Industrial Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• 5+ years of engineering or manufacturing experience in flavors, food, beverage, ingredients, nutraceuticals, pharmaceuticals, or another process industry.
• Hands-on experience supporting manufacturing operations, process optimization, troubleshooting, commercialization, scale-up, or startup activities.
• Experience with process data analysis, root cause analysis, validation and qualification, project management, and SOP or batch record development.
• Strong communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to influence cross-functional teams without direct authority.

Responsibilities

• Lead commissioning readiness, equipment qualification, product validation, and startup for Sharonville spray dryer expansion.
• Serve as a technical resource for spray drying, blending, liquid processing, powder handling, granulation, and related flavors manufacturing processes.
• Troubleshoot quality, yield, throughput, reliability, and operational issues using process data and root cause analysis.
• Lead process scale-up, manufacturing trials, technology transfer, validation protocols, and new product commercialization activities.
• Develop and improve SOPs, batch records, process instructions, validation methods, and engineering standards.

Skills

Spray drying

Process scale-up

Root cause analysis

Process validation

SOP development

Project management

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Tools

PLC exposure

Data analysis tools

Job description

Join this dynamic team focused on delivering better nutrition for every step of life’s journey

The Opportunity

This hands-on engineering role is the technical lead for flavors spray drying and manufacturing processes. You will support a capacity expansion in Sharonville by leading commissioning readiness, equipment qualification, product validation, startup, and process improvement. You will also troubleshoot manufacturing challenges, support new product commercialization, and help standardize best practices across flavors sites.

Essential Functions

• Support commissioning, operational readiness, equipment qualification, product validation, and startup for the Sharonville spray dryer expansion.
• Serve as a technical resource for spray drying, blending, liquid processing, powder handling, granulation, and related flavors manufacturing processes.
• Troubleshoot quality, yield, throughput, reliability, and operational issues using process data and root cause analysis.
• Lead process scale-up, manufacturing trials, technology transfer, validation protocols, and new product commercialization activities.
• Identify and implement improvements in productivity, waste, capacity, cost, and overall equipment effectiveness.
• Develop and improve SOPs, batch records, process instructions, validation methods, and engineering standards.
• Provide process requirements and operational acceptance criteria for equipment installations, upgrades, and capacity projects.
• Partner with Operations, Quality, R&D, Engineering, Maintenance, Supply Chain, Regulatory, and Commercial teams.
• Train manufacturing teams on new or improved processes and support safe, compliant operations.
• Provide technical support across flavors sites and travel domestically or internationally as needed.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Chemical, Food, Mechanical, Process, Industrial Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• 5+ years of engineering or manufacturing experience in flavors, food, beverage, ingredients, nutraceuticals, pharmaceuticals, or another process industry.
• Hands-on experience supporting manufacturing operations, process optimization, troubleshooting, commercialization, scale-up, or startup activities.
• Experience with process data analysis, root cause analysis, validation and qualification, project management, and SOP or batch record development.
• Strong communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to influence cross-functional teams without direct authority.
• Ability to prioritize multiple projects and work effectively between plant-floor execution and technical discussions.

Preferred Experience

• Spray drying experience and/or vertical startup experience for new processes or equipment.
• Flavor manufacturing or food ingredient processing experience, including blending, liquid processing, powder handling, or formulation scale-up.
• Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, DMAIC, statistical process analysis, process controls, automation, or PLC exposure.
• Experience standardizing manufacturing processes across multiple sites

Where and how you will work

The opportunity will be based in Sharonville, OH.

What we would like to offer you!

The opportunity to develop your career on a global stage, continuous learning through an on-demand learning platform, and a competitive compensation package including staff discounts, generous family leave policy, health & dental plan, competitive salary, 401K.

About Glanbia

Glanbia is a better nutrition company with three divisions: Performance Nutrition, Health & Nutrition and Dairy Nutrition. Collectively and with our partners we offer an incredible breadth of expertise in nutrition. We employ a team of 5800 people, work with global food and beverage companies, and sell our award-winning and market-leading brands and ingredients in more than 100 countries worldwide

At Glanbia, we celebrate diversity, because we know that our individual strengths make us stronger together. We welcome and encourage interest from a variety of candidates, we will give your application consideration, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, or disability status.

At Glanbia, our culture celebrates individuality, knowing that together we are more.