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About the Role

The Senior Process Engineer optimizes manufacturing processes, automation systems, utilities, and production equipment, driving operational excellence through process improvement, automation, capital project support, and equipment reliability. This role ensures food safety, quality, sustainability, and regulatory compliance while collaborating cross-functionally to enhance productivity, yield, and efficiency.

Responsibilities

Lead continuous improvement initiatives focused on safety, quality, yield, throughput, reliability, and cost reduction.
Analyze process and production data to identify opportunities for optimization and waste reduction.
Conduct root cause analysis and implement sustainable corrective actions for process and equipment issues.
Support initiatives that improve Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE), process capability, and resource utilization.
Provide technical support for dairy processing systems including milk receiving, pasteurization, membrane filtration, evaporation, drying, packaging, and utilities.
Design, troubleshoot, and optimize PLC, HMI, SCADA, instrumentation, and process control systems.
Develop and maintain process documentation, control narratives, P&IDs, and automation standards.
Support advanced process control strategies and digital manufacturing initiatives.
Support capital projects from concept through commissioning and startup.
Develop technical specifications, review equipment designs, and assist with vendor selection.
Participate in FAT/SAT activities, validation efforts, and operational handoff.
Support the evaluation and implementation of new technologies and process improvements.
Support optimization of refrigeration, steam, compressed air, water, and wastewater systems.
Identify opportunities to improve energy efficiency, water conservation, and sustainability performance.
Ensure compliance with FDA, PMO, SQF, OSHA, environmental regulations, and company standards.
Serve as a key technical resource for Operations, Maintenance, Quality, and Engineering teams.
Mentor employees on process optimization, troubleshooting, and automation best practices.
Support new product commercialization and implementation of engineering best practices across the organization.

Requirements

7+ years of engineering experience in dairy, food, beverage, or other highly automated manufacturing environments.
Experience with process optimization, automation systems, and capital project execution.
Dairy processing experience highly preferred.
Familiarity with FDA, PMO, SQF, and OSHA requirements.
Ability to navigate all areas of the facility, including office spaces, warehouse areas, and the exterior perimeter.
Must wear required personal protective equipment (PPE) as necessary to safely perform job duties.
Ability to stand, sit, and carry out tasks throughout a full shift, with appropriate meal breaks.
Physically capable of standing, bending, stooping, kneeling, reaching, twisting, lifting, pushing, pulling, climbing, balancing, and crouching as needed.
Able to lift and move items weighing up to 50 pounds independently and heavier objects with reasonable accommodations.
Visual acuity sufficient to perform job duties accurately.
Capable of assessing weights, judging distances, and working at various heights.

Skills

Process optimization
Automation systems
Capital project execution
Dairy processing
Allen-Bradley/Rockwell PLCs
HMIs
SCADA
VFDs
Process instrumentation
Engineering documentation
CAD software
Manufacturing data analysis tools
Continuous Improvement
Process Optimization
Automation & Controls
Project Management
Problem Solving & Root Cause Analysis
Cross-Functional Collaboration
Food Safety & Quality
Technical Leadership

Location

Onsite

Work Type

Full-time

Experience Level

Senior

Education Level

Bachelor's degree in Chemical, Mechanical, Electrical, Automation, or Food Engineering, or related field.

Salary/Compensations

$125,000 - $179,000

About the Company

Cayuga Milk Ingredients is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants.
All Cayuga employees recognize that the success and prosperity of the company is everyone’s responsibility.
All employees are expected to treat each other in a positive, respectful, and professional manner, to be at work for their assigned shift and to work safely as a team.
Employees must be self-starters who can relate to all levels of the organization.

Equal Opportunity

Cayuga Milk Ingredients is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.
This policy applies to all aspects of employment, including recruitment, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.
The contractor will not discriminate against employees or applicants for discussing or disclosing their own pay or the pay of others. However, employees with access to compensation information as part of their job duties are prohibited from disclosing this information to unauthorized individuals, except in specific circumstances outlined by applicable laws and regulations (41 CFR 60-1.35(c)).