Expert Process Engineer

Nestlé - Mount Sterling, KY

Full-time - Mid Level

Mount Sterling, KY

Food Manufacturing

About the position

The Expert Process Engineer at Nestlé will provide technical expertise in process engineering to enhance operational performance and business objectives. This role involves teaching, coaching, and supporting continuous improvement systems, developing manufacturing processes, and conducting validation evaluations. The position requires collaboration with various teams to optimize processes and implement improvements across manufacturing facilities.

Responsibilities

• Build Product & Process Mastership in Factory and Technical Application Group (TAG) teams.
• Teach, coach and assess factory experts to enhance their processing capabilities.
• Provide guidance and mentoring to TAG team members regarding process implications on new product development.
• Partner with R&D and vendors to develop training content for key processes.
• Optimize and improve existing processes across the manufacturing landscape.
• Identify, organize, and conduct relevant process capability testing.
• Develop or refine processing equipment standards and routines for existing equipment.
• Ideate, assess, and implement process-related continuous improvement opportunities.
• Apply deep technical expertise to projects and challenges using sound problem-solving methodologies.
• Partner with Engineering and R&D on the development, installation, and start-up of new processes.
• Conduct pilot scale experiments and industrial scale trial runs with new equipment or processes.
• Collaborate with Corporate Engineering and R&D to establish project priorities and technical requirements.
• Verify that new production lines are created in accordance with divisional standards during the design/build phase.
• Organize site acceptance testing of key equipment to verify technical performance criteria.
• Lead or support the commissioning, qualification, and validation of new processing equipment.

Requirements

• B.A. or B.S. Degree required, preferably in Engineering or Operations related subject.
• Hands-on experience with Continuous Improvement implementation or similar CI methodologies.
• Minimum 8 years of engineering or processing experience in food and beverage operations/manufacturing.
• Factory experience to provide credibility when working with Factory Managers and teams.
• Deep understanding of factory operations, including equipment, automation, maintenance, production strategies, and quality control processes.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience in incorporating safety in the process/equipment design.
• Project Management Experience.