Process Engineer

Role overview

What you’ll do

• Lead and support pilot-scale innovation trials; develop, optimize, and validate process settings and mitigate scale-up risks.
• Explore processing technologies and equipment capabilities, and drive continuous improvement in the pilot facility.
• Transfer process knowledge and best practices to manufacturing, R&D, and ATI teams across McCain's global network.
• Produce technical reports, trial documentation, and project updates.
• Support factory trials, commissioning, and first production runs with hands-on technical expertise.
• Work with Operations, Quality, Procurement, Engineering, and other teams to solve challenges and optimize performance.
• Support health and safety, food safety, environmental compliance, operational excellence, risk assessments, and equipment training.
• Keep current with food science, ingredients, and processing technologies to identify innovation opportunities.

What you’ll need

• Degree in Food Science, Food Engineering, Food Manufacturing, or related discipline, or equivalent industry experience showing strong technical capability.
• Experience in product development, process engineering, or food manufacturing; chilled or frozen food experience is ideal.
• Practical experience with process development, factory trials, and product scale-up from concept to commercial production.
• Strong understanding of ingredient functionality and food systems, and ability to troubleshoot processing challenges.
• Knowledge of DoE principles and data-driven problem solving; understanding of GMP, HACCP, food safety, and product development lifecycle.
• Strong relationship-building and communication skills; flexible approach and willingness to travel internationally when required.
• SAP, Navigator, or similar systems experience is advantageous; full driving licence is beneficial.

Benefits

• Benefits include private healthcare, pension contributions, annual leave plus bank holidays, life insurance, enhanced parental pay, a health cash plan, and employee assistance.
• Additional benefits include cycle-to-work scheme, a paid volunteering day, and flexible or hybrid arrangements where the role allows.

Workplace

• Role is based at the Scarborough Pilot Plant.
• Company describes most office-based roles as hybrid, but notes exceptions by role and location; this role's pilot-facility and factory-trial duties indicate onsite work.