Director, Process Engineer

Location(s):

United States of America

City/Cities:

Atlanta

Travel Required:

00% - 25%

Relocation Provided:

No

Job Posting End Date:

May 29, 2024

Shift:

Job Description Summary:

A Director, Process Engineer is responsible for the supervision, regulation, and validation of all elements of a company's food processing operations. This involves ensuring the quality of products and food safety processing principals in operations meet local, and national, regulations, along with company policies and standards.

 

What You’ll Do for Us   

• Support the development, management, and implementation of Quality and Food Safety (QFS) programs in the processing division.
• Oversee and validate processing activities, new technologies, product and packaging to ensure they meet specific product quality, food safety criteria, as well as regulatory and company requirements.
• Audit and monitor processing procedures for compliance with food safety and quality policies.
• Collaborate with other teams such as QSE governance team, bottler operations, supply chain, copackers and Governance for Growth (G4G) partner teams to ensure seamless deployment of process control measures.
• Evaluate, design, and implement new technologies for the production process.
• Conduct risk assessments of the processing steps, engineering controls and enforce food safety standards.
• Required to ensure Quality by Design / QFS due-diligence, setting up product manufacturing requirements, develop validation protocols, ensure successful scaleup and release of products & packages. 
• Support productivity / optimization efforts in packaging.
• Provide guidance and training to support franchisee operations product and consumer complaint investigations, non-compliances, root cause analysis, process improvements, and other organizational initiatives.
• Review/provide technical reports, data analysis, and make recommendations to key stakeholders.
• Stay up to date with emerging food safety practices and technologies, make recommendations for continuous improvements, and ensure team is trained to the latest industry standards.

 

Qualifications & Requirements  

• The ideal candidate will have a bachelor’s degree in engineering, food sciences, food safety, microbiology or related field, master’s degree is preferred.
• Certifications in food safety such as HACCP, PCQI, GFSI scheme and knowledge of hygienic design audits are highly desirable.
• Experience with, but not limited to thermal, aseptic, retort, ESL products and processing
• Comprehensive knowledge of food safety regulations, process validation, sanitation principles, sanitary design
• Strong leadership skills are crucial for this role.

 

What We Can Do For You  

• Innovative Technology:  We utilize and lead the market with our large supply chain network and state-of-art technology we use each day.  
• Exposure to World Class Leaders: Availability to global technology leaders that will expand your network and exposure you to emerging technologies and techniques. 
• Agile Work Environment: We embrace agile with management that believes in removing barriers, so you are empowered to experiment, iterate, and innovate.  

Skills:

Communication, Continual Improvement Process, Critical Control Points, Food Chemistry, Food Safety and Sanitation, Global Collaborations, Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), Influencing, Lean Six Sigma (LSS), Microsoft Office, Packaging, Process Control, Process Engineering, Product Specifications, Project Management, Quality Assurance Systems, Quality Inspections, Quality Metrics, Quality Reporting, Shipping, Statistical Process Control (SPC), Supply Chain

Pay Range:

$143,000 - $173,000

Base pay offered may vary depending on geography, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. A full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the position, is offered.

Our Purpose and Growth Culture:

We are taking deliberate action to nurture an inclusive culture that is grounded in our company purpose, to refresh the world and make a difference. We act with a growth mindset, take an expansive approach to what’s possible and believe in continuous learning to improve our business and ourselves. We focus on four key behaviors – curious, empowered, inclusive and agile – and value how we work as much as what we achieve. We believe that our culture is one of the reasons our company continues to thrive after 130+ years. Visit Our Purpose and Vision to learn more about these behaviors and how you can bring them to life in your next role at