Dry Process Engineer - Nestlé Purina PetCare

A DAY IN THE LIFE …

• Provide Process Expertise in Manufacturing and Design for Dry Petfood
• Provide technical expertise and assistance to NPP AOA factories and projects groups.
• Provide guidance and process mastership for important and complex projects as assigned and actively drive them to completion.
• Demonstrate effective project leadership by creating and motivating a cross-functional, occasionally international project team.
• Demonstrate effective problem solving capabilities to support factories with required expertise and network.
• Collaborate with all TCU support functions and use the global Petcare / Nestlé Expert Network to ensure best practice.
• Strictly adhere to the value chain development process and the Corporate I2L tool. Track and report the KPI's for each development phase.
• Conduct and document factory and project gate control visits.
• Develop technical Standards, URSs, UOSs.
• Support, plan, organize and perform trials and experiments in the factory necessary to achieve brief objectives in a timely manner.
• Provide operational and “technical” training as required within project and per market request.

ARE YOU A FIT?

• Bachelor's Degree in Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Food Engineering, or other related engineering fields.
• At least 6 years of professional experience, of which 3 years relate to technology transferrable to pet food.
• Proven professional experience in factory operations, major capital project, engineering application group.
• Demonstrated ability to apply principles of mass, momentum, and heat transfer to process and equipment design, including concept and detail design.
• Strong project management, organizational, and stakeholder management skills.
• Excellent communication skills in English, both written and spoken.
• Self-starter mindset with a passion for innovation, continuous improvement, and delivering business results.
• Comfortable working in a multicultural and regional environment with occasional travel requirements.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate across functions and influence stakeholders to achieve project objectives.