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Process Technologist
Salary up to $90,000 Bonus Benefits Paid Relocation to the Upper Mid-West
Be the link between R&D and the plant floor. You’ll take finished formulations and turn them into smooth, scalable production—improving quality, yield, and cost along the way. If you like turning R&D work into real-world production success, you’ll fit right in.
What you’ll do as the Process Technologist:
- Lead product scale-ups, trials, startups, and process improvements
- Partner with R&D, QA, and plant teams to move ideas into production
- Optimize formulations, reduce loss, validate ingredients/suppliers, and support equipment/asset use
- Manage specs, formulations, documentation, and SAP updates
- Use data and CI tools to make processes better, faster, and more efficient.
What you bring to the Process Technologist role:
- Food Science (or related) degree or equivalent experience
- At least 3 years in dairy or food manufacturing with continuous improvement exposure
- Knowledge of dairy processing, food safety, plant operations, and lab/pilot equipment
- Strong problem-solving, organization, and communication skills
- Comfortable working cross-functionally and traveling as needed
- Better Process Cheese School certification may be required.
Salary : $90,000