Kraft Heinz
R&D Product & Process Technologist
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About The Role
We have an excellence Opportunity available for a R&D Process and Product Technologist, to improve our planet and make life delicious at Kraft Heinz.
You will be working in a high-performing team, alongside peers always striving for the next level, ready for a challenging environment with continuous exposure to external and internal senior stakeholders.
Your primary responsibilities will be leading projects enabling improved product delivery for customers and consumers through:
- Process Efficiency
- Value Engineering (VE)
- Supply Chain (SC)
— all based at our Kitt Green Factory.
You’ll be an advocate for process improvement, focusing on the International/Global Business to increase line efficiency, generate value, and enhance line yield.
This role will primarily engage with the whole R&D team at Kitt Green, while also maintaining a link to the EMDM Process Team in the Netherlands.
Responsibilities
You will be responsible for:
- Identifying, supporting, and leading product and process development and production scale-up activities to optimise the AFH product portfolio, improving:
- Efficiency
- Yield
- Throughput
- Product stability
- Translating R&D recipes and lab/process changes into robust, food-safe manufacturing procedures by collaborating with:
- Production
- Quality
- Maintenance
- Supply Chain
— to deliver measurable value, including:
- OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness) improvements
- Scrap reduction
- Cost savings through increased throughput
- Building and maintaining cross-functional networks to drive Process Efficiency, Value Initiatives, and Sustainability initiatives at Kitt Green.
- Testing and refining technologies and new processes within the Kitt Green Factory.
- Scaling and implementing the right technologies and equipment to achieve:
- Sustainability improvements (e.g., GHG, Energy, and Water reduction)
- Yield and Efficiency improvements
- Digital innovations
- Delivering Value Engineering and Supply Chain (SC) projects align fostering compliance with:
- Routines
- Processes
- Kraft Heinz’s WoW (Way of Working) methodologies
- Actively supporting cost-saving initiatives and ensuring these initiatives are executed.
- Facilating enabled technologies connecting to the zone productivity pipelines.
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Under normal circumstances, this position is based in Kitt Green and may involve travel to Nijmegen (Netherlands) and other KHC sites.
Requirements
Hard Skills
- Education:
- Master’s Degree in Chemical Engineering, Process Engineering, or Food Process Technology
- Work Experience:
- At least 2 years as a Process Engineer/Technologist in a food company.
- Knowledge & Technical Competencies:
- Functional understanding of food processing, including:
- Foundational science
- Ingredient functionality
- Formulation
- Product/process interactions
- Nutrition/regulatory considerations
- Food safety/microbiology and analytical testing methods
- Technical expertise in:
- Design of Experiments (DOE)
- Process capability assessments
- Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA)
- Root Cause Analysis (RCA)
- OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness) analysis
- Process control fundamentals (including PID control)
- Reading and understanding P&ID (Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams) & Flow diagrams
- Hygienic Design
- Thermal validation
- Cleaning validation (CIP optimisation)
- HACCP Principles
- Practical knowledge of:
- Retorting technologies
- Mixing & Dosing systems
- Cooking processes
- Filling technologies
- Homogenisation processes
- New preservation techniques
- Emulsification techniques
- Pump and Fluid Transport systems
- Heat transfer calculations
- Functional understanding of food processing, including:
- Language Skills:
- Fluent in English
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- A annual contract.
- Reimbursement of travel expenses.
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