Sr Process Engineer

About Us:

Trilliant Food & Nutrition is a leading manufacturer of premium coffees and powdered beverages proudly headquartered in Little Chute Wisconsin. With a legacy rooted in quality innovation and service Trilliant delivers branded and private label solutions across retail foodservice and e-commerce channels.

Horseshoe Beverage Company based in Neenah WI is a leading ready-to-drink beverage manufacturer dedicated to delivering an exceptional beverage experience. By combining industry-leading talent and cutting-edge equipment we drive innovation and consistently deliver the highest quality products to our customersfirst and fast.

Our brand portfolio includes Victor Allens Dutch Bros beverages and Nurri our better-for-you protein beverage line. We are passionate about beverages and about building a team thats just as energized. We invite you to explore opportunities at Trilliant or Horseshoe to see if your talents and career aspirations may fit with our openings.

Our Core Values:

Position Overview:

The Senior Process Engineer is responsible for supporting and improving manufacturing processes as the organization continues to grow operationally expand production volumes and increase its use of co-manufacturing partners. This role will help ensure processes are efficient reliable scalable and cost-effective across internal manufacturing facilities and external partners.

The Senior Process Engineer serves as a key technical resource for dairy processing providing engineering support troubleshooting process optimization and assistance with new product and equipment implementation. This role works closely with Operations Quality R&D Maintenance and external manufacturing partners to improve production performance support business growth and maintain consistent product quality and food safety.

Responsibilities:

Technical Support & Process Engineering

Provide technical support for dairy processing technologies including aseptic ESL pasteurization homogenization emulsification filtration and liquid/dry blending.

Support internal manufacturing facilities and external co-manufacturing partners with process-related issues.

Troubleshoot process challenges and participate in root cause analysis and corrective action implementation.

Food Safety & Regulatory Compliance

Support compliance with applicable food safety and regulatory requirements including PMO FDA USDA and HACCP.

Assist with validation and verification of critical control points (CCPs) and processing parameters.

Participate in co-manufacturer evaluations identify process-related gaps and help develop improvement plans.

Innovation & Continuous Improvement

Evaluate process improvements and new technologies that enhance manufacturing capabilities.

Support the scale-up and commercialization of new products from pilot to full-scale production.

Participate in sustainability initiatives focused on reducing water energy and material waste.

Process Optimization & Standardization

Identify and implement opportunities to improve yield throughput efficiency and overall equipment effectiveness (OEE).

Support the development and implementation of standardized processes and operating practices across facilities.

Review production data to identify process inefficiencies and recommend improvements.

Capital Project Support

Provide process engineering support for capital projects including equipment selection process design layout and system integration.

Review engineering drawings P&IDs equipment specifications and process documentation.

Collaborate with cross-functional teams contractors and equipment suppliers to support successful project execution and startup.

Training & Knowledge Sharing

Provide technical guidance and process training to Operations and other technical team members.

Develop and maintain process documentation work instructions and technical standards.

Share technical knowledge and support continuous improvement across the organization.

Qualifications:

Bachelors degree in chemical engineering Food engineering or related engineering discipline.

58 years of experience in food dairy beverage or related manufacturing process engineering.

Working knowledge of dairy processing operations such as pasteurization HTST/UHT systems CIP homogenization and blending.

Experience supporting manufacturing operations troubleshooting process issues and implementing process improvements.

Familiarity with food safety and quality systems including HACCP FDA USDA and PMO requirements.

Experience supporting capital projects equipment installations or process improvement initiatives.

Familiarity with manufacturing systems and tools such as SCADA MES and production data analysis is preferred.

Strong analytical problem-solving communication and collaboration skills.

Ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams and external manufacturing partners.

Ability to travel up to 35% of the time.

What We Expect of Our Applicants and Future Employees:

Honesty you tell the truth even when its uncomfortable and you dont hide mistakes or shortcuts.

Integrity you do the right thing even when no one is watching or when it would be easier not to.

Diversity you respect people who look think and work differently than you do.

Quality you take pride in your work and hold yourself to a high standard no matter the task.

Respect you treat everyone with courtesy from the person next to you on the line to the person in the corner office.

Responsibility you follow through on what you say youll do without needing to be reminded.

Accountability when you make a mistake you own it learn from it and help fix it.

Hours Location and Pay:

We offer a competitive base pay rate and benefits package for full-time employees. This role works standard business hours Monday-Friday at our Neenah WI or Little Chute WI manufacturing facility. Additional hours as needed to support business needs. Ability to travel up to 35% of the time.

Physical and Mental Demands:

While performing the duties of this job the employee is frequently required to sit hear use hands to type data use a personal computer and telephone. This employee may occasionally have to operate business machines and lift and/move up to 50 pounds.

Specific vision abilities required in this job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Mental demands include multi-tasking decision making problem solving comparing copying computing compiling analyzing coordinating and synthesizing data.

Potential for exposure to chemicals heights loud noises mechanical equipment wet environments and other potential hazards exists.

Safety Statement:

At Trilliant and Horseshoe safety is every employees first responsibility. We expect all employees to adhere to all safety practices have the moral courage to stop other individuals from performing unsafe acts and immediately report unsafe conditions.

Disclosures:

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities duties and skills required of personnel so classified. All personnel may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time as needed.

Responsible for following food safety/regulatory policies and procedures executing responsibilities as identified in standard operating procedures and reporting food safety/regulatory concerns to the Production or Quality Manager.

Trilliant Food & Nutrition and Horseshoe Beverage Company are Drug Free Workplaces. All applicants are subject to a drug screen and background check as a condition of employment.

Trilliant Food and Nutrition and Horseshoe Beverage participate in the E-Verify process.

EEO/AA including Vets and Disabled

If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process please contact us by email at and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.

Trilliant Food and Nutrition and Horseshoe Beverage are Equal Opportunity Employers.

The principles of the OECD and UN have been taken into consideration and used as guidance in our human rights practices and procedures.

Required Experience:

Senior IC