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We sit at the heart of the supply chain, partnering with producers and customers to source, make and deliver products that are vital for living. By providing customers with life’s essentials, we enable businesses to grow, communities to prosper, and consumers to live well.\nThis position is in our Food Enterprise where we are committed to serving food manufacturers, food service customers, and retailers with a complete range of innovative ingredients and branded products. Our portfolio includes poultry, beef, egg, alternative protein, salt, oils, starches, sweeteners, cocoa and chocolate.\nJob Purpose and Impact\nThe Process Engineer will serve as the site technical knowledge holder for manufacturing processes, production technology and product/process interaction. The role will improve process stability, capability and cost performance while supporting the industrialization and scale-up of new products and processes. Through data analysis, structured problem solving, trials and cross-functional collaboration, the Process Engineer will convert operational and business opportunities into safe, stable and scalable production solutions. The role is based at the primary site and provides process engineering expertise and technical support to a second site in Belgium on a request or business requirement basis.\nKey Accountabilities\nPartner collaboratively with operations to analyze and develop recommendations regarding failures and lost production and identify and implement solutions to improve the system, standard work and processes.\nImplement and audit leading operational practices and purposefully raise performance by monitoring key performance indicators and process capability.\nApply Lean Six Sigma, structured problem solving and root cause analysis to identify, prioritize, implement and verify continuous improvement and best practice initiatives.\nPartner with maintenance on process-related reliability activities and implement production excellence and continuous improvement activities.\nServe as the technical knowledge holder for manufacturing processes, production technology and product/process interaction, supporting process development, product industrialization, scale-up and operational readiness, and provide technical expertise and support to a second manufacturing site in Belgium on a request or business requirement basis.\nImplement new product development, including trial preparation and execution, scale-up, process validation, operational readiness and handover into standard production.\nPartner collaboratively with cross-functional site and regional stakeholders, including operations, R&D, quality and commercial teams, to leverage resources, transfer knowledge and increase value captured throughout the portfolio of production excellence projects.\nIndependently solve complex process, quality and operational issues using technical troubleshooting and root cause analysis, while escalating more complex issues to appropriate staff.\nQualifications\nMinimum Qualifications\nBachelor's degree in chemical engineering, process engineering, food technology, food engineering or a related technical field\nMinimum of two years of related work experience\nFluent Dutch and strong professional proficiency in English, both written and spoken\nOther minimum qualifications may apply\nPreferred Qualifications\nFrench language proficiency is an advantage\nExperience in process engineering within food, chocolate, confectionery, packaging or another continuous or semi-continuous manufacturing environment\nKnowledge of product/process interaction, process scale-up, industrial trials and technology transfer\nLean Six Sigma, structured problem solving and root cause analysis capabilities\nExperience analyzing manufacturing data and improving process capability, yield, waste, downtime and variable cost\nProject management experience, including cross-functional improvement or industrialization projects\nExperience with automation or manufacturing technology improvement projects\nKnowledge of food safety, quality and management of change principles\nOur Offer\nWe provide a fast paced stimulating international environment, which will stretch your abilities and channel your talents. We also offer competitive salary and benefits combined with outstanding career development opportunities in one of the largest and most solid private companies in the world.\nWe welcome applications from people with disabilities and are committed to providing an inclusive, accessible recruitment process and workplace. We encourage candidates to let us know if they require any accommodations during the recruitment or interview process so we can support them appropriately.\nInterested? Then make sure to send us your CV and cover letter in English today:\nFollow us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cargill\nCargill is committed to being an inclusive employer. Click here to find out more https://careers.cargill.com/diversity/\nAt Cargill, we care about your safety and want your job search experience to be a positive one. Unfortunately, there are scams out there where individuals pretend to be Cargill recruiters to try to collect personal information or request payment. Please know that Cargill will never ask you for money during the hiring process, and in most cases, we only accept applications through our official careers site, with the exception of some roles in our production plants. If something doesn't feel right or you have questions, don't hesitate to contact us. 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