Senior Process Engineer

Senior Process Engineer

dsm-firmenich

Collecchio, Italy

Join us as a Process Engineer and play a key role in launching our new, state-of-the-art Taste, Texture & Health plant in Collecchio. You’ll drive process excellence, collaborate with diverse teams, and help shape innovative, sustainable solutions from day one. This is your opportunity to make a real impact and grow your career with a global leader.

Your key responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate process commissioning and start-up activities, support and supervise plant validation and qualification activities in compliance with GMP and FDA regulations, ensuring all systems and equipment are installed and operating according to design specifications;
• Monitor process performance and KPIs (OEE, scrap rates, yields, performance) and implement improvements to achieve operational targets for quality, efficiency, and sustainability;
• Identify continuous improvement opportunities (Lean manufacturing) and oversee their implementation;
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (engineering, maintenance, quality, SHE) to identify and resolve issues that arise during production, including equipment malfunctions and process deviations;
• Create, update and approve P&ID’s, mass and energy balances, and process technical specifications also participating in PSAs, HAZOPs and Failure Mode & Effect Analysis (FMEA);
• Perform all work in alignment with SHE, Quality behaviors and standards also adhering to the dsm-firmenich Code of Conduct.

You bring

• Bachelor’s Degree in an engineering discipline: Chemical and Process Engineering, Electrical/Mechanical or equivalent;
• 5 years as an engineer in a manufacturing environment (Food, Pharma, Chemical industries);
• Experience with lean six sigma methology is considered a differencial;
• Previous experience in a GMP/food or pharma environment;
• Strong expertise in P&IDs and mass and energy balances;
• Fluency in English.