Senior Process Engineer-Food & Beverage

TL;DR

Senior Process Engineer-Food & Beverage: Designing safe, sanitary, and economical food & beverage manufacturing processes with an accent on balancing product quality and food safety, sanitary design, efficiency, regulatory compliance, and cost benefits. Focus on developing process deliverables (PFDs, P&IDs, mass & energy balances), running process simulations and calculations (Aspen Plus, PIPE-FLO), and supervising site audits, equipment sizing, and process safety studies.

Company

hirify.global provides engineering, design, and project management services for industrial manufacturing clients.

What you will do

• Design food & beverage manufacturing processes that integrate food safety, sanitary design, efficiency, regulatory compliance, and cost benefits.
• Supervise site visits, walk-downs, and site audits to gather field data for moderate projects.
• Create and manage core process deliverables including Process Flow Diagrams (PFDs), Piping & Instrumentation Diagrams (P&IDs), and Mass & Energy Balances (M&EBs).
• Develop process design basis, process descriptions, and government compliance reports (e.g., emissions and wastewater).
• Perform sanitary equipment sizing/selection and prepare equipment specifications, bid evaluations, and shop drawing reviews.
• Design and validate CIP/SIP and thermal processing systems; run process calculations/simulations and support process safety studies, FATs, and SATs while mentoring engineers.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science in Chemical, Mechanical, Food, or Agricultural Engineering.
• 15+ years of experience in process design for the food & beverage industry.
• Strong fundamentals in chemistry, fluid dynamics, heat and mass transfer, material/energy balances, unit operations and separations, reaction kinetics, and thermodynamics.
• Ability to visit project job sites to gather field information (typical travel up to 7 days, several times per year).
• Knowledge of sanitary/hygienic design standards and FDA/FSMA food safety regulatory requirements (21 CFR Part 117, Part 113, Part 114).
• Hybrid schedule: be in the office a minimum of three days per week.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work schedule with at least three office days per week.
• Professional development with individualized mentoring and a mentoring/development program.
• Tuition reimbursement and support for continuing education.
• Flexible telecommuting policy, paid time for charitable efforts, and paid parental leave.
• Competitive base salary with paid overtime and generous bonus programs; PTO and paid holidays.
• 401(k) with company match and health, dental, and vision insurance.

Hiring process

• Interviews to assess experience and fit for process engineering responsibilities.
• Evaluation of technical knowledge across food & beverage process design, safety, and regulatory compliance.