Vinegar Engineer: Improve Operations & Lead Projects

Kerry; Town of Rose (NY); On-site; USD 77,000 - 109,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Paid time off

401(k) plan with company match

Employee Share Plan

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Kerry Vinegar is seeking a Process Engineer to join our dynamic food manufacturing environment. This role focuses on optimizing and maintaining vinegar production equipment, utilities, process control systems, and ensuring health and safety standards are met.

You will drive operational excellence, lead process improvement programs, and oversee operator training across all vinegar production processes. Join a team dedicated to quality and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s of Science degree in an Engineering discipline.
• 2+ years in a food or beverage manufacturing environment.
• Demonstrated leadership skills, a high level of motivation and the ability to work independently with minimal guidance from management.
• AutoCAD P&ID drawings experience.
• Project Management Experience.
• Six Sigma experience preferred.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills are required.
• Demonstrated leadership in safety and environment; enforce safety rules and practices.
• Continually endorse the Quality & Food Safety Policies, assure conformance to all requirements of the Quality & Food Safety Management Systems, & take action to properly report failures of these systems to site management.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and optimize the chemical and technical aspects of all vinegar production on site.
• Establish and perform training program focused on improving operator skill and knowledge base for all aspects of the vinegar fermentation process.
• Lead capital improvement projects up to $500,000 at the plant level.
• Create and maintain Plant P&ID drawings within the vinegar network.
• Leads and participates in process improvement projects associated with vinegar production and process efficiency.
• Assists in SAP documentation and training as required.
• Assists in troubleshooting the production process to eliminate production losses due to contamination, equipment malfunction and human error.
• Participates in process and equipment risk assessments in order to optimize engineering design and safety.
• Works with maintenance and reliability on equipment modernization and improvements.
• Assists as necessary in other plant production-related functions such as sampling and testing.

Skills

Leadership

Project management

Communication skills

Safety leadership

Six Sigma

Education

Bachelor’s of Science in Engineering

Tools

AutoCAD P&ID

SAP documentation

Job description

Kerry Vinegar is seeking a Process Engineer to join our dynamic food manufacturing environment. This role focuses on optimizing and maintaining vinegar production equipment, utilities, process control systems, and ensuring health and safety standards are met.

You will drive operational excellence, lead process improvement programs, and oversee operator training across all vinegar production processes. Join a team dedicated to quality and continuous improvement.