Process Engineer

Job Summary

Are you passionate about innovation that transforms everyday products into extraordinary experiences?

IFF is a global leader in flavors, fragrances, food ingredients and health & biosciences, we deliver sustainable innovations that elevate everyday products.

Taste: Crafting unique, technology-enabled flavor designs that define the identity of food and beverage brands, shape trends in flavor building and fuel market success.

The role is based in Sri City, India (Onsite role). Be part of a motivated, passionate, and open-minded team where together we can achieve greatness and make a real impact. Your potential is our inspiration.

Where You’ll Make a Difference Troubleshoot process problems by addressing operational issues to ensure smooth and efficient production and identify and develop process changes to enhance operating reliability, product quality, and resource efficiency.

Evaluate Process Changes and New Equipment by determine requirements for measurement accuracy for plant instruments and equipment, work with quality control notifications to find the root cause and define activities to eliminate the probability of recurrence.

Develop and Implement Control Mechanisms by improve the reliability and efficiency of plant operations, ensure all changes, new processes, and equipment comply with current Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), ISO, Identify and resolve bottlenecks in plant operations, collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure Process, Process safety, Productivity and efficiency,

Drive continuous improvement, contribute to product, and process optimization and other quality and regulatory standards. 

Collaborate with Quality to ensure compliance with Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP), and food safety regulations.

Design, install, and start up new processing or packaging equipment and systems.

Monitor and analyze food production processes to improve efficiency, yield, and product quality.

Support continuous improvement initiatives focused on productivity, waste reduction, and cost savings.

Collect and analyze production and process data; prepare reports and actionable recommendations.

What Makes You the Right Fit Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering or any other relevant discipline.

Minimum 3 to 6 years of progressively responsible experience in the job offered or related occupation.

Proven experience of 3+ years in plant production processes and process engineering working with SAP ERP system.

Experience with Management of Change Process including subset reviews including PSM, Process Hazard Analysis.

Experience with internal non-conformance reviews to define root cause analysis (CAPA) and achieve first-time right batches.

Strong technical competence and data-driven decision-making skills.

Knowledge of process safety management and a strong safety mindset.

Excellent communication and collaboration skills for working in international, cross-functional teams.

Willing to travel as required.

How Would You Stand Out? Working with strong process engineering capabilities & Process safety understanding,

Performing data analysis using Microsoft Excel including utilizing pivot tables and macros.

Working with Six Sigma methodology.

Experience in capital project investment and project management.

Why Choose Us? Multinational and supporting environment,

Strong cross functional team collaboration

Health insurance

Training opportunities & Mentorship

Learning and development programs

We are a global leader in taste, scent, and nutrition, offering our customers a broader range of natural solutions and accelerating our growth strategy. At IFF, we believe that your uniqueness unleashes our potential. We value the diverse mosaic of the ethnicity, national origin, race, age, sex, or veteran status. We strive for an inclusive workplace that allows each of our colleagues to bring their authentic self to work regardless of their religion, gender identity & expression, sexual orientation, or disability.

Visit IFF.com/careers/workplace-diversity-and-inclusion to learn more