Process Engineer

We’re a farmer-owned co-op where everyone rolls up their sleeves to get the job done. Three maverick farmers started it all—and we’ve been making our own way ever since.

About the role

This hybrid role is based out of our corporate headquarters in Lakeville, MA with Mondays and Fridays remote. The Process Engineer is responsible for development, scale-up, and qualification of equipment and processes to support global base business, innovation, and manufacturing optimization initiatives. This role collaborates with cross-functional teams to achieve business and technical objectives, communicates results, aligns key stakeholders, interfaces with external vendors, and provides technical leadership to Ocean Spray and partner manufacturing facilities.

Responsibilities

• Contribute process engineering expertise to cross-functional teams to inform successful design, scale-up, and qualification of new products and processes.
• Lead technical assessment, validation, and commissioning of processes at Ocean Spray and partner manufacturing facilities, collaborating with R&D functional peers to meet technical and business objectives.
• Identify, validate, and implement modifications to processes to improve yields, throughput of batching and thermal processing, utility savings, process control, and other relevant operational targets.
• Apply standard engineering techniques in the analysis of existing operational areas—from raw materials to finished packages—to troubleshoot process-related production challenges and recommend corrective actions.
• Lead design, development, and execution of experiments in the pilot plant and with strategic vendor partners to inform process scale-up, troubleshooting, research, and new technology exploration.
• Develop and implement process specifications, standards, and best practices in collaboration with operations and cross-functional subject matter experts.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or advanced degree in Chemical Engineering, Food Science, or equivalent.
• Ability to travel up to 50% of the time.
• Creative thinker with a passion for innovation, problem-solving, continuous improvement, and engineering excellence.
• Highly organized, adaptable, self-starter able to effectively manage multiple projects.
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills and willingness to lead cross-functional project teams.
• Proficiency with MS Office, AutoCAD, and MS Project.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with data analysis and visualization in Python or similar tools.

Pay

Annual salary range: $72,200 – $90,300. The base salary range serves as a guideline; actual offers may vary based on skills, experience, external and internal benchmarks, and company considerations. Certain positions may be eligible for short-term and long-term incentive rewards.

Benefits

• Complete insurance package on Day 1, including health, dental, and vision insurance, health savings account, flexible spending account, life and accident insurance, and an employee assistance program.
• Telehealth services and 1:1 health coaching.
• Supportive benefits for all life stages, including parental leave, adoption assistance, and bereavement leave.
• 401(k) with up to 6% company matching; additional potential discretionary match at year-end.
• Short-term incentive/performance bonuses.
• Flexible scheduling options.
• Vacation pay (up to three weeks, pro-rated for the first year) and holiday pay for 12 holidays.
• Career development and growth opportunities, including tuition/education assistance, access to LinkedIn Learning, and scholarship programs for children of employees.
• Bright Horizons Family Solutions—back-up care, tutoring, etc.
• Up to $300 fitness reimbursement and up to $300 massage reimbursement.
• Employee appreciation events and discounts.
• Charitable giving programs.

About Ocean Spray

Ocean Spray is a farmer-owned cooperative of 700 family farmers who grow the superfruit in our products. We create innovative products to delight consumers and grow the brand today and into the future. We value what makes us unique and strive to connect our farms to families for a better life by living our values:

• Grower Mindset – We embrace our grower-owners’ innovative spirit and heritage through confidence, learning, and focus on the future.
• Sustainable Results – Guided by purpose, we focus on delivering results for our grower-owners.
• Integrity Above All – We are ethical, doing the right thing for our grower-owners, customers, consumers, and each other.
• Inclusive Teamwork – We build diverse and inclusive teams that strengthen our cooperative.