Associate Principal Process Engineer / 12 - month Fixed Term Contract

Associate Principal Process Engineer / 12-month Fixed Term Contract

Tropicana Brands Group is looking for a highly qualified Associate Principal Process Engineer for a 12-month fixed term contract to lead consumer-driven innovation and productivity projects for brands including Tropicana, Naked, Copella, and Punica.

As part of an entrepreneurial culture, the ideal candidate will possess an ownership mindset and a focus on the consumer. Comfort with ambiguity, a focus on agility, and appropriate risk-taking is a must. Strong R&D and cross-functional collaboration and communication skills required.

Your Next Pour: The Opportunity & Responsibilities:

• Ownership of scale up and commercialization for critical innovation and productivity projects across the company's portfolio, inclusive of delivering required CAPEX and Third-Party Manufacturing assessments and qualifications.
• Utilize scientific methods to develop knowledge that creates business opportunities that support the company strategic objectives.
• Design and execute experiments, and analyze and interpret data to make sound technical recommendations on product and process issues.
• Provide technical risk assessment and perspectives related to new product & process development.
• Support or lead thermal process design to achieve commercial sterility standards.
• Participate as an active member of cross-functional business development teams comprised of individuals from a variety of disciplines, including Marketing, Supply Chain, and other groups.
• Tackle ambiguous problems to determine and prioritize business strategies.
• Utilize outstanding teamwork, collaboration, communication, and leadership skills to deliver cross-functional projects on time and on budget.

The Perfect Blend: Experience & Requirements:

• B.S. in Chemical Engineering or related scientific field; advanced degree preferred.
• Minimum 10 years of experience in consumer product process engineering, beverage experience a plus.
• Understanding of food, safety, and quality in relation to thermal processing and commercial sterility.
• Ability and interest to work in laboratory, pilot plant and manufacturing scale environments.
• Strong project management skills required for developing project timelines with multiple cross-functional touchpoints, including management of project budgets. Includes p.m. systems (e.g., End to End Stagegate, SAP Product Lifecycle Management, Matrix One, MS Project).
• Ability to plan and execute pilot and production scale trials and testing to support process validation, small-scale product preparations for internal testing, and small consumer testing. Proficiency with Designs of Experiment a plus.
• Provide technical support at contract/custom manufacturer(s) during product development and at start-up to ensure appropriate process scale-up and assure technical requirements are met.
• Author process instructions through collaboration with manufacturing engineers internally and externally.
• Stay in the forefront of product, packaging, and process innovations and trends so that new technologies can be leveraged.
• Must be open to 15-25% domestic travel.
• Must be legally authorized to work across Europe without the need for employer sponsorship now or in the future.