Food Process Engineer

The Food Process Engineer is a senior level role and is responsible for developing, implementing, and improving processes necessary to successfully commercialize new solutions. This position works closely with manufacturing engineers to implement these processes on full-scale launches and leads any trouble-shooting activities in the post-launch phase. This role will help develop solutions based on the technical and business needs of the given customer.

 Core Responsibilities: 

• Manage the Pilot Plant and all applicable equipment to ensure that GMP policies and procedures were implemented, practiced, and documented. 

• Design and execute experimental protocols on bench, pilot, and full-scale processes, including verifying the appropriate operating conditions for a given process and validating that our customers can properly control the process internally and externally. 

• Manage cross-functional projects relating to processes and products to manufacture new solutions. Supports both internal and external manufacturing, including commercialization of new R&D products.

• Analyze and resolve processing-related problems that arise in manufacturing, jointly with operations and quality.

• Define process equipment requirements for a given project; design/ select bench, pilot, and full-scale processing equipment to meet these requirements.

• Effectively document all equipment process activities that enable the effective transfer of a new process to manufacturing through written reports and formalized on-site training.

• Present ideas and results effectively and credibly in cross-functional team settings as well as to senior management.

• Act as a subject matter expert on topics related to processing for internal product/ process development team members and external customers.

• Experience in communicating and working with both internal and external customers regarding processes and products is highly desirable.

• Experience and capability to propose and champion original ideas for generating new hydrocolloid technology is preferred.

Qualified candidates will have: 

• Bachelor’s degree in Food or Chemical Engineering with strong experience in process design and the scale-up of new food ingredients.

• Significant experience working in a manufacturing environment and offering to troubleshoot. 

• Familiarity with manufacturing processes for producing food-grade materials, including Spray Drying, Fluidized Bed Agglomeration, Centrifugation, Horizontal and Vertical Blending.

• Familiarity with manufacturing processes for produced food-grade products, including Homogenization, Pasteurization (Batch and Continuous), and High Shear Mixing

• Experience with financial evaluation of new processes and equipment up to $1M in value.

• Formulation experience with the development and scaling of new products into Customers.  Understanding of process and operations to scale manufacturing. 

• Strong leadership and managerial skills. Demonstrated ability to develop talent within team.

• Proven success in multi-tasking and delegating within a fast-paced environment. 

• Demonstrated strong written and verbal communication skills. Must be able to communicate across functional lines and at all levels of the organization.

• Experience with SAP, Salesforce, and Formulation Management systems.

• Experience in statistic software analysis, including Minitab

• This position will be based at the White Marsh location but will also spend a significant amount of time at the Belcamp manufacturing site.   Additional travel may be required (10-15%)

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands and fingers, handle or feel objects or controls, reach with hands and arms, and talk or hear.  The employee is frequently required to stand, walk, and sit, and is occasionally required to taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

To be eligible for consideration, candidates must:

• Currently possess unrestricted authorization to work in the United States. Ingredion does not intend to sponsor work visas with respect to this position or to provide this position as OPT or CPT.

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Relocation Available:

Pay Range:

This pay range is not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Final base salary will be determined based on several factors which may include but are not limited to responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data and applicable bargaining agreement (if any).

Incentive Compensation:

As a part of the total compensation package, this role may be eligible for the Ingredion Annual Incentive Plan or a role-specific commission/bonus.

Benefits:

Full-time roles are eligible for our comprehensive benefits package which includes medical, dental and vision coverage as well as a 401(k) plan with an competitive company match.