Production Engineer

Tate & Lyle • Okmulgee, OK

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About The Position

Tate & Lyle is a global provider of ingredients and solutions for the food, beverage, and other industries, operating manufacturing locations around the world. The Production Engineer supports and optimizes manufacturing performance in an assigned area by collaborating with Operations, Maintenance, Quality, and Engineering. The role provides technical expertise, troubleshooting support, and continuous-improvement leadership to promote safe, reliable, and efficient production while improving throughput, product quality, reliability, and cost performance.

The position supports compliance with company environmental, health, food safety, and quality requirements. Responsibilities include following applicable policies and procedures, reporting incidents, defects, and hazards, participating in relevant checks and inspections, and exercising stop-work authority to help prevent unsafe conditions. The role also supports food safety and environmental responsibilities within its area of control.

The engineer may provide occasional off-hours support during critical operational events and travel as required to company sites and vendor locations for projects, training, and other activities.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering or a related field.
• 1–3 years of experience or an internship in process/production engineering or a related field.
• Knowledge of manufacturing processes and production operations.
• Experience with process troubleshooting and root-cause analysis.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and other standard Microsoft Office applications.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Effective communication and collaboration skills with operations, maintenance, and technical teams.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic manufacturing environment.
• Continuous-improvement mindset and willingness to learn and adapt.
• Comply with applicable safety, environmental, food-safety, and quality requirements.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in food, ingredients, agricultural, chemical, or related process manufacturing.

Responsibilities

• Support safe, reliable, and efficient plant operations in collaboration with Operations, Maintenance, Quality, and Engineering.
• Identify and implement production improvements to increase throughput, reduce costs, improve reliability, and enhance product quality.
• Monitor process and production performance, analyze data, and address operational issues and constraints.
• Lead troubleshooting for process upsets, equipment failures, and production losses.
• Support root-cause investigations and implement corrective and preventive actions.
• Develop, maintain, and improve operating procedures, process documentation, and production standards.
• Provide technical support during startups, shutdowns, plant modifications, and capital projects.
• Collaborate with Maintenance and Reliability teams to improve equipment performance and reduce downtime.
• Track and report production KPIs and identify continuous-improvement opportunities.
• Support Management of Change (MOC), Process Safety Management (PSM), and risk-assessment activities.
• Assist with training and developing operations personnel on process and equipment performance.
• Promote compliance with company safety, environmental, quality, and food-safety standards.
• Support process control, automation, and operational-excellence initiatives.
• Follow applicable EHSQ policies, procedures, and regulations; report incidents, defects, and hazards; and participate in EHSQ checks and inspections.
• Carry out food-safety duties according to food-safety, legal, and quality requirements so products are fit for human consumption.
• Follow environmental standards, procedures, and work instructions, and report environmental violations or near misses.
• Participate in the safety program, including reporting incidents and near misses and auditing.
• Provide occasional off-hours support during critical operational events.
• Travel as required for projects, training, and activities at company sites and vendor locations.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level