Senior Process Engineer

**About the role**

We're on the hunt for a dynamic Senior Process Engineer to join our team and play a pivotal role in optimising operational efficiency, driving continuous improvement, and ensuring product quality throughout the manufacturing of our nutritional powders. As part of this exciting role, you'll also support key projects that drive new product development, guiding products from the manufacturing stage all the way to commercialisation. This is a fantastic opportunity to gain hands-on experience and expand your knowledge across food, dairy, and equipment in a fast-paced manufacturing environment. You'll be joining a team which can provide great learning and growth potential.

Key responsibilities of this role include...
- Optimize manufacturing process to enhance yield, product quality, and throughput
- Lead the process engineering components of New Product Development (NPD) projects, ensuring scalable, efficient, and compliant manufacturing processes from concept to launch.
- Represent the organisation in technical discussions with auditors, customers, and other external stakeholders, providing expert insight into process capabilities, controls, and improvements.
- Work closely with production teams to ensure consistent and stable operations
- Review Technical Functional Specification/Description and update as required to optimise process
- Troubleshoot process deviations and equipment failures
- Drive Lean Manufacturing initiatives, identifying and eliminating waste, reducing variation, and enhancing process efficiency and consistency.
- Work on sustainability projects such as CIP Improvement, water and energy conservation
- Support design review of new equipment or plants
- Serve as a role model for Process Engineers, demonstrating excellence in both technical expertise and professional conduct. Provide guidance, mentorship, and support to process engineers while upholding high standards in communication, collaboration, ethics, and continuous learning

If you are passionate about achieving results, can think in terms of profit, loss and added value plus enjoy sharing knowledge with others, this could be the role for you

**Skills and Experience**

We are looking for experienced Senior Process Engineers or Process Engineers who have the following skills.
- Process Engineering expertise in Evaporators and Spray Dryers is essential for this role.
- Medium-Large scale Project Management experience
- Previous experience of Liquid UHT Operations would be preferred.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to troubleshoot complex process issues.
- Proficiency in statistical process control (SPC) and data analysis for performance improvement.
- Basics of Food and Dairy technology
- Previous experience of Liquid UHT Operations would be preferred.
- Technical expertise of CIP Systems in Dairy Industry would be preferred.

Applicants outside of New Zealand will only be considered if you have the legal right to live and work in New Zealand.

**About Us - The Synlait Way**

Synlait is a dynamic, purpose-led milk nutrition company that is Doing Milk Differently for a Healthier World We pride our organisation as being different and allowing our spirit to drive our success, shifting perceptions and driving value through new thinking and a new attitude.

You’ll be joining down-to-earth, authentic people working together to create the very best in milk nutrition as we combine expert farming with innovative thinking and state-of-the-art processing to produce a range of nutritional milk products for our global customers.

We will challenge you by providing the opportunities you’ve been seeking to expand your career; we believe that everyone brings unique experiences and perspectives to the table so are committed to creating an inclusive workplace and embrace diversity to drive innovation and business success.

**What we offer**:

- Health insurance cover + Partnered with top brands for great benefits and discounts
- Excellent parental leave with our Matua policy + Flexible working options available
- World Class manufacturing facilities and BCorp TM certified
- Social Club membership opportunities

**What's next?**

Together we will continue to create a workplace where everyone can thrive and contribute their best.

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