The Hershey Company · 2 weeks ago
Remote - Principal Process Engineer - Snacking
United States
Full-time
Remote
Lead/Staff
8+ years expThe Hershey Company is a leading player in the food manufacturing industry, specifically in the Salty Snacks division. The Principal Process Engineer will lead the strategic technology plan for process engineering, ensuring effective design, standardization, and implementation while collaborating with teams to enhance safety, quality, and efficiency.
ConfectioneryFood and BeverageManufacturingService IndustrySnack Food
Responsibilities
Providing technical direction in process engineering development, design, scale-up, installation and start-up throughout the Salty Snacks division
Providing technical advice to Process Engineering management in the design and approach to major engineering and process innovation development efforts
Acting as an advisor and subject matter expert with technical and business leadership for strategic capability and capacity plans
Preparing manufacturing feasibility assessments and capital cost estimates for various process-related projects
Providing recommendations for process technical development, schedule and budget
Supporting capital projects in process design and equipment selection, piping and instrumentation diagram creation, equipment and construction bid specifications preparation, process equipment and systems acquisition, installation and start-up, troubleshooting, and line supervisor, operator and maintenance personnel training
Ensuring all implementation activities for process projects are in full compliance with capital control policies and procedures
Acting as project lead as required to execute critical process-focused engineering projects
Managing multiple large and complex unit operations simultaneously, devising methods and procedures to ensure process equipment systems operate as designed
Managing budget, scheduling decisions, people resources and final project results for the process engineering portion of capital projects
Developing processes suitable for implementation in a manufacturing facility within the required project timetable
Optimizing processes during start-up and early production
Ensuring all process designs deliver personnel safety and product safety and quality
Leading diverse process teams, including engineers, plant operations, contractors and suppliers
Leading and implementing process-designed engineering solutions
Communicating business critical project activities effectively to all levels of management
Mentoring and coaching junior process engineers, technical specialists and project managers in essential process technical skills
Developing critical thinking and creativity in junior engineers
Working well as an individual contributor on a project team or managing a small group of engineers as part of a larger project team
Representing The Hershey Company in professional and industrial organizations as required
Developing future capital projects for Salty Snacks division process improvement
Supplying key process engineering functional evaluations and direction for comprehensive process project scopes, equipment schedules and capital budgets
Qualification
Required
8-10 years' experience as a process engineering subject matter expert in Salty Snacks
8-10 years' experience with the following equipment/systems: Powder and liquid storage, Ingredient Weighing and delivery, Dough Mixing/Blending systems, Co-Extrusion, Direct Expansion - Extrusion, Oven/Dryers, Fryers, Seasoning & Slurry technology, Popcorn Kettle systems
Bachelors Degree in Chemical or Mechanical Engineering
Preferred
Master's in chemical or mechanical engineering or other relevant field of study
Company
The Hershey Company
The Hershey Company is headquartered in Hershey, Pa., and is an industry-leading snacks company with a purpose to make more moments of goodness through its iconic brands.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$4.62B2025-10-21Post Ipo Debt· $1.88B
2025-02-19Post Ipo Debt· $2B
2023-05-01Post Ipo Debt· $750M
Leadership Team
Kirk Tanner
Chief Executive Officer
Deepak Bhatia
Chief Technology Officer
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