Senior Thermal Processing Quality Expert – Field Support

Nestlé; Anderson (IN); Hybrid; USD 112,000 - 152,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k with company match

Healthcare coverage

Performance-based incentives

Job summary

Nestlé USA is seeking a Process Authority apprenticeship candidate to provide market-wide, field-intensive thermal processing technical service to factories, co-manufacturers, and licensees. You will design and evaluate studies, establish validations, and mentor factory teams toward regulatory compliance and commercial sterility.

With significant travel to manufacturing sites (+75%), you will support audits, regulatory responses, and continuous improvements under the guidance of the Process

Qualifications

• Typically five or more years of experience in thermal process establishment, validation, verification, or technical support.
• Hands‑on experience conducting studies and authoring technical reports across more than one product, package, equipment design, or processing technology.
• Experience leading audits, supporting start‑ups and incident investigations, and evaluating process deviations with Process Authority oversight.
• Demonstrated ability to influence multiple factories without direct authority and to develop technical specialists.
• Contribute to standards, tools, training materials, and network knowledge sharing.

Responsibilities

• Design, conduct, document, and technically evaluate temperature/heat distribution, heat penetration, process validation, verification, and control-system validation studies across assigned factories.
• Prepare thermal process establishment reports and draft scheduled process requirements and Thermal Processing Specifications for review and approval by the designated Process Authority.
• Review and approve factory thermal processing CCPs, operating procedures, sterility control programs, change‑control packages, study protocols, and validation documentation.
• Evaluate routine and moderately complex process deviations using approved methods and tools; recommend product disposition and controls, and elevate serious cases to the Process Authority.
• Maintain field presence during trials, commissioning, start‑ups, troubleshooting, audits, and investigations; verify that actual equipment and practices match documented assumptions.

Skills

Thermal processing

Validation

Audits

Cross-factory influence

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree

Better Process Control School

HACCP training

Job description

Nestlé USA is seeking a Process Authority apprenticeship candidate to provide market-wide, field-intensive thermal processing technical service to factories, co-manufacturers, and licensees. You will design and evaluate studies, establish validations, and mentor factory teams toward regulatory compliance and commercial sterility.

With significant travel to manufacturing sites (+75%), you will support audits, regulatory responses, and continuous improvements under the guidance of the Process