Process Engineer - Fluid Milk - Cortland (BCV)

Byrne Branding•Cortland, NY

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Process Engineer – Fluid Milk plays a key role in executing assigned Engineering tasks. This includes owning and improving fluid dairy processing systems including receiving, batching, pasteurization, and storage. This role serves as a technical leader and operational partner to production, maintenance, and quality teams, driving process performance, reliability, and continuous improvement.

Requirements

3-7+ years in food, beverage, or fluid process manufacturing.
GED or High School Diploma required; technical degree in engineering or related field preferred.
1-3 years of experience with industrial controls, process instrumentation.
Dairy processing education and/or experience.
Experience working in a multi-site manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

Own performance of fluid milk processing systems, including receiving, batching, pasteurization, storage, and transfer systems.
Monitor process performance and identify improvement opportunities for efficiency, quality, reliability, throughput, and yield.
Lead root cause analysis events and resolution of process-related issues.
Support and enhance logical and visual programming in conjunction with Operations Technology team.
Troubleshoot system issues, identify and recommend logical or visual changes as appropriate to improve performance, operability, reliability, and situational awareness.
Select, calibrate, configure, install, and validate instrumentation related to fluid milk processes.
Lead and support data-based process improvement initiatives
Develop and track key performance indicators (KPIs)
Understand operational data and recommend/implement practical solutions for improved quality, productivity, cost, and safety
Represent Engineering group as a trusted technical resource and advisor to functional groups
Provide coaching to operators, technicians, and other personnel as appropriate
Provide clear, data-driven problem solving in operational issue resolution
Facilitate effective communication across departments and functional groups
Support capital project design and execution through process design input, P&ID development and review, functional description development, equipment and instrumentation specification, and installation support where required.
Contribute expertise to long-term engineering strategy
Develop, improve, and maintain technical/project documentation and design standards.
Promote and reinforce a culture of continuous improvement in quality, productivity, cost, and safety.