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As a growing ingredient manufacturer, we are building a team of agile thinkers, problem solvers, and doers who take pride in quality, collaboration, and continuous improvement. We are committed to creating an environment where employees feel supported and valued. If you are looking for a company where your work matters, Bluegrass Ingredients may be the right place for you.\nAbout the Role\nThe Process Engineer role will apply engineering principles, food science expertise, and regulatory knowledge to design, commission, optimize, and maintain food products and manufacturing processes. The role is responsible for ensuring and continuously improving safety, quality, operational efficiency, and regulatory compliance across production systems. This position also requires availability for on-call support as needed, travel to manufacturing locations to provide technical and operational support, and the flexibility to work outside normal business hours, including evenings, weekends, and varying shifts, as business needs require.\nDUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: The primary responsibilities include, but not limited to:\nProcess Design & Development: Create and improve food processing systems, equipment, and workflows to enhance product consistency, reduce waste, and improve efficiency.\nImplementation: Implement/Commission new products, production lines, equipment, and operating systems. \nOptimization: Analyze and refine current and new production processes to maximize output, minimize costs, and meet quality standards.\nQuality & Safety Control: Implement and monitor quality control procedures, ensuring compliance with food safety regulations and hygiene standards.\nEquipment Design & Maintenance: Develop, select, and assist in training regarding maintaining new machinery for food processing, packaging, and preservation.\nRegulatory Compliance: Ensure adherence to FDA, USDA, and other relevant food safety and sanitation regulations.\nCollaboration: Work with BGI and Customer Technical, R&D, Quality Assurance and Production Teams to solve manufacturing issues, commissioning new items, and implementing new technologies.\nDocumentation: Record process details for future reference, maintenance, and continuous improvement.\n Innovation & Research: Explore new techniques, preservation methods, ingredients and sustainable practices (e.g., high-pressure processing, waste reduction).\nOTHER RESPONSIBILITIES: \nPRODUCTION / SERVICE\nCall in and follow up on the prompt issuance and completion of work orders.Work with maintenance on a preventative maintenance program\nHelp to minimize downtime\nTroubleshoot to improve overall efficiency.\nReview production records to assist with starting production parameters on products to maximize throughputs minimizing down time. \n\nCommunicate with operations on specific dryer set up on new and existing products.\nReview production lines to get a better understanding of each BGI manufacturing line.\nVisit with customers assisting with trouble shooting of BGI products in their production systems.\nQUALITY\nMaintain customer satisfaction at all levels, and a good working relationship with suppliers, employees, and customers,\nMaintain a high level of appearance and pride within the department.\nPlay an active role in inspecting, reviewing, and follow up on all plant and department audits.\nResponsible for identifying and addressing any food safety hazards. \nResponsible for attending all required safety and food safety training.\nParticipate in product tasting and cuttings to gain understanding of the gold standard of each product. \nEMPLOYEE RELATIONS\nPromote GMP compliance and a positive, collaborative work environment.\nCommunicate effectively with employees, supervisors, and leadership regarding operational and employee-related matters.\nMonitor employee performance, engagement, and development, providing coaching and support as needed.\nAddress concerns promptly, partnering with Human Resources when appropriate.\nMaintain confidentiality, professionalism, and positive cross-functional relationships.\nFollow through on commitments and provide timely, accurate information to stakeholders\nABILITY TO WORK WITH PEOPLE\nMust be punctual, prepared, and respectful of others.\nMust internally work well with all departments.\nSet realistic time frames on projects and follow them through.\nBe a self-starter/motivator\nMust be willing to accept company and department changes by adapting to new procedures and ultimate solutions for a continuous improvement of operations.\nSAFETY\nBe an active participant in loss control and food safety.\nActively participate in the HAZMAT team and training, at a minimum for the operations level.\nPromote safety, support, help solve, and understand all company safety policies and practices.\nOn a daily basis monitor plant conditions to create and maintain a “safe working environment”.\nConscientiously look for solutions and root causes to first reports of injury and near misses\nMake recommendations for possible engineering controls or any other way to prevent future incidents.\nEnforce all safety policies fair and consistently; investigate fact not fault.\nUpdate, monitor, and keep current all LOTO, confined space, forklift, and other safety programs.\nOversee for proper completion of all work comp reports that occur during this shift, investigate, and be the person in charge of taking the employee to the hospital, if needed.\nBe able to prioritize and timely process work orders as they relate to safety concerns. \nQUALIFICATIONS, EDUCATION, AND WORK EXPERIENCE:\nEducation: Bachelor’s Degree in Science or Engineering such as Food Science, Chemical, Mechanical, or related. \nYears of Experience: Prefer 5 or more years of experience with food manufacturing systems. 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Prior management experience is preferred, but not required, depending on other qualifications.\nWorkplace That Invests in You\nYour wellbeing matters. 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