Process Development Engineer

Job Description

Job Description

Join our team at the forefront of chemical manufacturing innovation. As a Process Development Engineer, you’ll play a critical role in transforming ideas into high-performing, scalable production processes that power our business forward. You’ll collaborate with cross‑functional teams to develop, optimize, and commercialize safe, efficient, and cost‑effective chemical processes—making a tangible impact from the lab to the plant floor. If you thrive on solving complex challenges, driving continuous improvement, and turning technical expertise into real‑world results, this is your opportunity to grow your career while shaping the future of manufacturing.

Dextran Products is seeking a Process Development Engineer to lead and execute engineering projects in support of Dextran Products’ chemical manufacturing process and process development initiatives. These projects include development/validation of new products and processes, increasing capacity of current products, improving safety, compliance, cost of manufacturing and other areas of continuous improvement.

Major Roles and Responsibilities:

Process Engineering & Design

• Designs chemical manufacturing processes establishing and documenting process path and equipment selection to ensure the effectiveness of the process. 

• Implements complex chemical manufacturing processing to meet the compliance requirements for associated products. 

• Implements Quality requirements according to IPEC Guidelines. 

Process Optimization

• Evaluates manufacturing processes, development/manufacturing batch records and operational procedures

• Makes recommendations to leadership to improve increase throughput, reduce costs and improve safety.

Equipment Selection & Installation

• Provides input into the design and selection of process equipment

• Troubleshoots process equipment and utilities as required.  

Documentation

• Ensures executed development plans are documented, reviewed and approved by appropriate personnel.

• Documents work performed in batch records, validation protocols, logbooks, laboratory notebooks, etc. 

• Creates process flow diagrams, risk assessments, operating procedures. 

Change Management

• Works closely with process validation to ensure that changes to process and equipment are properly handled within Dextran Products and change management procedures.

Process Training

• Trains manufacturing personnel in how to best operate manufacturing equipment to ensure manufactured products meet required specifications.

Leadership

• Guides manufacturing operators on the design and execution of process development projects and improvements.

• Complete development goals as established with the Managing Director.

• Assist in the Plant when it is needed. Maintain constant communication with manufacturing and quality personnel. 

Project Management

• Executes process and product development projects as assigned by effectively planning and monitoring

• Acts to design and develop processes and resolve issues that arise in a timely manner. 

• Communicates the status of these projects to members of management, as needed.

• Report and maintain appropriate communications with the Managing Director.

Environmental Health & Safety Assessment

• Works closely with EHS management to assess manufacturing processes and equipment with 

respect to safety and environmental impact and make recommendations as to changes needed.

• Ensure that all waste generated in the course of assigned job tasks are handled in compliance with Company policy and procedures and local regulations

Qualifications:

  Education

• A University degree in Chemical Engineering or other related fields and/or approved equivalent experience.

Experience

• Three or more years’ experience in process engineering for a chemical, food, materials, bio- pharmaceutical, winery or any related field. 

• In the pharmaceutical, yogurt, winemaking, food, flavor, fragrance industries or manufacturers using a yeast extraction process.

• With production planning and managing inventory.

• With a cGMP compliant manufacturer

Skills and Abilities:

The ideal candidate will have a combination of the following experiences:

• Fermentation, Diafiltration, ultrafiltration, spray drying and production planning 

• Working knowledge and ability managing projects, analyzing data, using statistical methods and engineering principles, with material/chemical processing equipment, and technical writing.

• Ability to communicate effectively in writing and orally.

• Ability to learn how to effectively develop batch procedures and manage process changes and validations per regulatory guidelines.

• Understand requirements of the Dextran quality system and direct department staff to ensure they are able to read, understand, interpret and perform all tasks and activities are in compliance.

• Ability to work effectively with Microsoft Word, Excel, and other applicable statistical and engineering software.