Process Engineer

The client is a leading player in the specialized nutrition industry, dedicated to improving the well-being of vulnerable groups, including infants, the elderly, and individuals with medical conditions. With a strong focus on innovation, quality, and compliance, our client works closely with co-manufacturers to ensure that all products meet the highest standards of safety, regulatory requirements, and nutritional excellence. As a Process Engineer, you will play a key role in improving the reliability, efficiency, and performance of liquid manufacturing processes for specialized medical nutrition and infant nutrition products distributed worldwide.

Working closely with production teams, you will support operational excellence by addressing process deviations, leading root cause investigations, and implementing sustainable improvements that reduce recurring issues and minimize reactive firefighting. You will act as a technical expert within the production environment, collaborating with operators, team leaders, quality specialists, and project teams to ensure production processes consistently meet safety, quality, and operational standards.

In addition, you will contribute to strategic improvement initiatives and may assume selected departmental responsibilities in the absence of the department manager. Responsibilities include driving improvements in process reliability, quality performance, operational efficiency, and safety; monitoring and analyzing production performance; coaching and supporting production personnel in documenting process disturbances; identifying improvement opportunities based on production data; leading root cause analyses for major incidents; troubleshooting process-related issues; representing the department in cross-functional projects; ensuring production and quality requirements are incorporated into project designs; collaborating with operators and team leaders; and supporting business continuity by taking on selected departmental responsibilities when required.

Requirements include a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Food Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Process Engineering, or a related technical discipline; minimum 1-3 years of experience in a manufacturing or production environment; experience in food, pharmaceutical, medical device, or other highly regulated industries is preferred; demonstrated experience in continuous improvement methodologies and process optimization; experience working in multidisciplinary project teams; strong analytical and problem-solving skills with proven root cause analysis experience; ability to work effectively in a dynamic production environment; strong communication and stakeholder management skills; results-oriented, proactive, and solution-driven mindset; excellent reporting, documentation, and data analysis capabilities; strong project management skills; flexible and practical problem-solving; and fluency in Dutch (mandatory) with a good command of English.