Spray Drying Process Engineer — Drive Yield & Quality

TreeHouse Foods; Wayland Township (MI); On-site; USD 86,000 - 129,000; Full time

Job summary

TreeHouse Foods in Wayland, MI is hiring a Process Engineer for Spray Drying to provide technical process engineering support, optimize spray drying operations, and improve yield, throughput and energy efficiency. You will partner with Operations, Engineering, EH&S, Maintenance and QA teams to drive safety, quality and reliability.

Requires a Bachelor's in Chemical Engineering or related field, 4+ years in food manufacturing process engineering, and 2+ years spray drying experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering or related field.
• Minimum 4 years of food manufacturing process engineering experience.
• 2+ years of direct spray drying experience strongly preferred.
• Strong knowledge of data-driven optimization, heat/mass transfer and process control.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the technical SME for spray drying operations and related processes.
• Collaborate with Operations, Maintenance, EH&S, and FSQ to troubleshoot issues.
• Develop, validate and standardize process parameters and procedures.
• Lead root cause investigations on process variation, product quality, and downtime.
• Improve process capability, first-pass quality, yield and energy efficiency.
• Support capital projects, equipment installations and scale-up activities.

Skills

Data-driven optimization

Heat and mass transfer

Process control

Psychometrics

Drying processes

Agglomeration

Bulk powder processing

Manufacturing systems

Education

Bachelor’s in Chemical Engineering

Bachelor’s in Food Engineering

Bachelor’s in Mechanical Engineering

Bachelor’s in Process Engineering

Job description

TreeHouse Foods in Wayland, MI is hiring a Process Engineer for Spray Drying to provide technical process engineering support, optimize spray drying operations, and improve yield, throughput and energy efficiency. You will partner with Operations, Engineering, EH&S, Maintenance and QA teams to drive safety, quality and reliability.

Requires a Bachelor's in Chemical Engineering or related field, 4+ years in food manufacturing process engineering, and 2+ years spray drying experience.