Process Engineer

Process Engineer – Manufacturing Systems & Automation

Food Manufacturing | Powder Processing | Automation | PLC | Industry 4.0 | Infor M3 | Manufacturing Systems

Location: Leek, Staffordshire

Full Time | Permanent

Help Shape the Future of Powder Manufacturing

We're looking for an experienced Process Engineer to join our growing UK manufacturing team, supporting a modern blended powder manufacturing facility supplying high-quality nutritional and food products.

This is an exciting opportunity to combine process engineering, automation, manufacturing systems, digital technologies and continuous improvement to help deliver a smarter, more connected manufacturing operation.

Working across Engineering, Operations, Quality, Supply Chain and IT, you'll lead projects that improve equipment performance, manufacturing efficiency, data integration and production reliability while supporting our Industry 4.0 strategy.

What You'll Do

• Lead the installation, commissioning and optimisation of manufacturing equipment and process lines.
• Integrate machinery with manufacturing and business systems, including Infor M3 , production reporting and quality systems.
• Develop and support PLC, HMI and SCADA solutions.
• Improve production data capture, reporting and operational analytics.
• Deliver automation, digitalisation and continuous improvement projects.
• Support capital investment projects from concept through to implementation.
• Work with equipment manufacturers, automation suppliers and systems integrators.
• Drive improvements in OEE, downtime, throughput, yield and process reliability.

We're Looking For Someone With Experience In

• Food, nutrition, powder, dairy, pharmaceutical, ingredients or FMCG manufacturing.
• Manufacturing or Process Engineering.
• PLC programming and industrial automation.
• Manufacturing systems integration.
• SCADA and HMI development.
• Industrial communications (Ethernet/IP, Profinet, OPC-UA, Modbus).
• SQL, Python, C#, JavaScript or PowerShell.
• Microsoft Azure, Power BI and Power Platform.
• ERP integration, ideally Infor M3 .
• Capital projects, continuous improvement and Lean Manufacturing.

Why Join Us?

This is a genuine opportunity to influence the future of a growing manufacturing business.

You'll work on projects that connect equipment, automation, enterprise systems and production data into one integrated manufacturing environment, helping deliver improvements in quality, traceability, productivity and operational performance.

If you enjoy solving complex engineering challenges, implementing new technologies and making a measurable impact on manufacturing performance, we'd love to hear from you.

Apply today and help shape the future of UK powder manufacturing. If the above is a fit for you and you are looking for your next exciting opportunity, please send your CV to ***email_hidden***

Due to the high volume of applications, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. If you have not heard from us within two weeks from application, please assume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. We thank you for your interest and wish you every success in your job search.