Sr Process Engineer

About Us:

Trilliant Food & Nutrition is a leading manufacturer of premium coffees and powdered beverages, proudly headquartered in Little Chute, Wisconsin. With a legacy rooted in quality, innovation, and service, Trilliant delivers branded and private label solutions across retail, foodservice, and e-commerce channels.

Horseshoe Beverage Company, based in Neenah, WI, is a leading ready-to-drink beverage manufacturer dedicated to delivering an exceptional beverage experience. By combining industry-leading talent and cutting-edge equipment, we drive innovation and consistently deliver the highest quality products to our customers-first and fast.

Our brand portfolio includes Victor Allen's, Dutch Bros beverages and Nurri, our better-for-you protein beverage line. We are passionate about beverages - and about building a team that's just as energized. We invite you to explore opportunities at Trilliant or Horseshoe, to see if your talents and career aspirations may fit with our openings.

Our Core Values:

Position Overview:

The Senior Process Engineer is responsible for supporting and improving manufacturing processes as the organization continues to grow operationally, expand production volumes, and increase its use of co-manufacturing partners. This role will help ensure processes are efficient, reliable, scalable, and cost-effective across internal manufacturing facilities and external partners.

The Senior Process Engineer serves as a key technical resource for dairy processing, providing engineering support, troubleshooting, process optimization, and assistance with new product and equipment implementation. This role works closely with Operations, Quality, R&D, Maintenance, and external manufacturing partners to improve production performance, support business growth, and maintain consistent product quality and food safety.

Responsibilities:

Technical Support & Process Engineering

* Provide technical support for dairy processing technologies, including aseptic, ESL, pasteurization, homogenization, emulsification, filtration, and liquid/dry blending.

* Support internal manufacturing facilities and external co-manufacturing partners with process-related issues.

* Troubleshoot process challenges and participate in root cause analysis and corrective action implementation.

Food Safety & Regulatory Compliance

* Support compliance with applicable food safety and regulatory requirements, including PMO, FDA, USDA, and HACCP.

* Assist with validation and verification of critical control points (CCPs) and processing parameters.

* Participate in co-manufacturer evaluations, identify process-related gaps, and help develop improvement plans.

Innovation & Continuous Improvement

* Evaluate process improvements and new technologies that enhance manufacturing capabilities.

* Support the scale-up and commercialization of new products from pilot to full-scale production.

* Participate in sustainability initiatives focused on reducing water, energy, and material waste.

Process Optimization & Standardization

* Identify and implement opportunities to improve yield, throughput, efficiency, and overall equipment effectiveness (OEE).

* Support the development and implementation of standardized processes and operating practices across facilities.

* Review production data to identify process inefficiencies and recommend improvements.

Capital Project Support

* Provide process engineering support for capital projects, including equipment selection, process design, layout, and system integration.

* Review engineering drawings, P&IDs, equipment specifications, and process documentation.

* Collaborate with cross-functional teams, contractors, and equipment suppliers to support successful project execution and startup.

Training & Knowledge Sharing

* Provide technical guidance and process training to Operations and other technical team members.

* Develop and maintain process documentation, work instructions, and technical standards.

* Share technical knowledge and support continuous improvement across the organization.

Qualifications:

* Bachelor's degree in chemical engineering, Food engineering, or related engineering discipline.

* 5-8 years of experience in food, dairy, beverage, or related manufacturing process engineering.

* Working knowledge of dairy processing operations, such as pasteurization, HTST/UHT systems, CIP, homogenization, and blending.

* Experience supporting manufacturing operations, troubleshooting process issues, and implementing process improvements.

* Familiarity with food safety and quality systems, including HACCP, FDA, USDA, and PMO requirements.

* Experience supporting capital projects, equipment installations, or process improvement initiatives.

* Familiarity with manufacturing systems and tools such as SCADA, MES, and production data analysis is preferred.

* Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills.

* Ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams and external manufacturing partners.

* Ability to travel up to 35% of the time.

What We Expect of Our Applicants and Future Employees:

* Honesty - you tell the truth, even when it's uncomfortable, and you don't hide mistakes or shortcuts.

* Integrity - you do the right thing, even when no one is watching or when it would be easier not to.

* Diversity - you respect people who look, think, and work differently than you do.

* Quality - you take pride in your work and hold yourself to a high standard, no matter the task.

* Respect - you treat everyone with courtesy, from the person next to you on the line to the person in the corner office.

* Responsibility - you follow through on what you say you'll do, without needing to be reminded.

* Accountability - when you make a mistake, you own it, learn from it, and help fix it.

Hours, Location and Pay:

We offer a competitive base pay rate and benefits package for full-time employees. This role works standard business hours Monday-Friday at our Neenah, WI or Little Chute, WI manufacturing facility. Additional hours as needed to support business needs. Ability to travel up to 35% of the time.

Physical and Mental Demands:

* While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit, hear, use hands to type data, use a personal computer and telephone. This employee may occasionally have to operate business machines and lift and/move up to 50 pounds.

* Specific vision abilities required in this job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

* Mental demands include multi-tasking, decision making, problem solving, comparing, copying, computing, compiling, analyzing, coordinating, and synthesizing data.

* Potential for exposure to chemicals, heights, loud noises, mechanical equipment, wet environments, and other potential hazards exists.

Safety Statement:

At Trilliant and Horseshoe, safety is every employee's first responsibility. We expect all employees to adhere to all safety practices, have the moral courage to stop other individuals from performing unsafe acts, and immediately report unsafe conditions.

Disclosures:

* The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. All personnel may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed.

* Responsible for following food safety/regulatory policies and procedures, executing responsibilities as identified in standard operating procedures, and reporting food safety/regulatory concerns to the Production or Quality Manager.

* Trilliant Food & Nutrition and Horseshoe Beverage Company are Drug Free Workplaces. All applicants are subject to a drug screen and background check as a condition of employment.

* Trilliant Food and Nutrition and Horseshoe Beverage participate in the E-Verify process.

* EEO/AA including Vets and Disabled

* If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact us by email at HR@trilliantfood.com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.

* Trilliant Food and Nutrition and Horseshoe Beverage are Equal Opportunity Employers.

* The principles of the OECD and UN have been taken into consideration and used as guidance in our human rights practices and procedures.