Sr Process Engineer

BioCT Innovation Commons; New Canaan (CT); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in bioactive ingredient discovery is seeking a Senior Process Engineer in New Canaan. This role includes driving process engineering activities, ensuring operational excellence, and collaborating across departments. Candidates should have a background in Chemical Engineering and significant experience in manufacturing environments.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of process engineering experience in manufacturing operations.
• Demonstrated experience in process optimization and improving throughput.
• Hands-on style and strong communication skills for stakeholder alignment.

Responsibilities

• Lead process engineering projects, ensuring efficiency and quality.
• Drive continuous improvement using Lean Six Sigma methodology.
• Develop and update technical documentation and standards.

Skills

Process Optimization

Continuous Improvement

Root Cause Analysis

Lean Six Sigma

Strong Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Chemical/Biochemical Engineering

Job description

POSITION SPECIFICATION

Position: Senior Process Engineer

Company: Nuritas

Location: New Canaan, USA, Connecticut (Hybrid)

Reporting Relationship: Head of Operations and Engineering.

COMPANY BACKGROUND / CULTURE

Nuritas’ mission is to improve the lives of billions, and our vision is to provide the hero ingredient in everyday products. We are transforming the discovery of bioactive ingredients using AI, deep learning, and genomics to unlock peptides from natural sources like plants and food.

Our proprietary platform, Magnifier, uses advanced machine learning and our extensive dataset of molecules to identify natural peptides with specific health benefits. We optimize these molecules for stability and scalability, ensuring they perform in real-world applications. Our plant peptide ingredients include PeptiStrong for protein amplification and muscle health, and PeptiSleepTM for improving deep and REM sleep. Through our ingredients, customers can create better products that are truly differentiated in addressing consumer needs.

Founded in 2014 by Dr. Nora Khaldi, the company has built the world’s largest peptide knowledge base and formed high-profile partnerships with companies like Nestle, Mars, and Sumitomo Corporation. Its team, diverse in nationality and gender, is driven by innovation and passion to bring nature’s benefits to the world.

The Opportunity:

We are seeking an experienced and highly motivated Senior Process Engineer who will be responsible for leading process engineering activities and providing operational support in the Operations and Engineering department, ensuring efficiency, quality, and compliance with industry standards. This is a key role that will drive operational excellence, optimize processes, and contribute to the growth and success of Nuritas.

Key Duties & Responsibilities:

• Responsible for providing process engineering expertise to establish, sustain, and improve manufacturing processes including yield, COGS, and capacity while maintaining high Quality standard.
• Drive continuous improvement by utilizing Lean Six Sigma methodology.
• Manage process engineering projects from beginning to end.
• Identify and administrate appropriate vendors of technical disciplines for implementation of process engineering projects.
• Liaise with Third Party Manufacturers (TPMs) to execute production campaigns of commercial ingredients.
• Establish and monitor process performance metrics.
• Lead root cause analysis and implement corrective action where performance falls below established metrics.
• Develop and update batch records, work instructions, product recipes, and other technical documentation.
• Support operations by attending manufacturing campaigns at TPMs and providing technical guidance to any process issues.
• Establish policies, and procedures that support compliance to applicable regulations or industry best practices.
• Periodically review and update departmental SOPs.
• This role is a key player interfacing with multiple departments such as Quality, Supply Chain, Ingredient Development and Finance.
• 50% of travel required in this role.

Essential Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemical/Biochemical Engineering or related fields.
• 5 + years of process engineering experience in large scale functional ingredients manufacturing operations environment.
• Demonstrated experience with scale-up, tech transfer, and process optimization of functional ingredients.
• Demonstrated experience in improving processes, reducing manufacturing cost, increasing throughput and capacity, and operations excellence.
• Proven track record in fields of root cause analysis, continuous improvement, and operations support.
• Understands and has worked on bioreactions, especially liquid phase reactions, liquid processing separation technologies such filtration, centrifugation, decantation, etc. and spray drying.
• Hands on style of working with an entrepreneurial mindset.
• Strong communication skills to achieve stakeholder alignment for continuous improvement proposals.