UHT Process Engineer – Dairy Ops & CI

Darigold, Inc.; Boise (ID); On-site; USD 90,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k matching

Paid time off & holidays

8 weeks parental leave

Education assistance

Employee assistance program

Job summary

Darigold in Boise, ID is seeking an experienced Process Engineer for UHT Operations to optimize performance, reliability, and efficiency across UHT, Aseptic, ESL and culture processes on a shared site resource. You will partner with Operations, Quality, Maintenance, Engineering and R&D to plan trials and drive improvements with a hands-on, floor-first approach.

This onsite role emphasizes delivering food-safety compliant improvements, working with cross‑functional teams, and supporting scale‑ups

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering is required.
• 5-7 years of experience in a manufacturing or process‑driven environment.
• Experience supporting or leading process trials and technical change.
• Hands‑on, floor‑focused problem solving.
• Strong cross‑functional collaboration.
• Ownership mindset for safety, quality and results.

Responsibilities

• Serve as SME on UHT, Aseptic, ESL, Culture and HTST processing functions across product portfolios.
• Provide support to Product Development on processing functions with formulation.
• Plan and execute process trials, line trials and validations with PD, QA, OT and Operations.
• Provide technical leadership for process changes, ensuring risks are assessed and mitigated.
• Support startup, scale-up and post-trial stabilization to sustain improvements.
• Drive improvements in yield, throughput, and process stability across B2C operations.

Skills

Hands-on problem solving

Cross-functional collaboration

Process control systems knowledge

Safety & quality ownership

Floor presence on manufacturing site

Experience with process trials

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering

Job description

Darigold in Boise, ID is seeking an experienced Process Engineer for UHT Operations to optimize performance, reliability, and efficiency across UHT, Aseptic, ESL and culture processes on a shared site resource. You will partner with Operations, Quality, Maintenance, Engineering and R&D to plan trials and drive improvements with a hands-on, floor-first approach.

This onsite role emphasizes delivering food-safety compliant improvements, working with cross‑functional teams, and supporting scale‑ups