Process Technologist - Visalia, CA

About the role

You’ll take finished formulations and turn them into smooth, scalable production—improving quality, yield, and cost along the way. If you like turning R&D work into real-world production success, you’ll fit right in.

Responsibilities

• Lead product scale-ups, trials, startups, and process improvements
• Partner with R&D, QA, and plant teams to move ideas into production
• Optimize formulations, reduce loss, validate ingredients/suppliers, and support equipment/asset use
• Manage specs, formulations, documentation, and SAP updates
• Use data and CI tools to make processes better, faster, and more efficient

Requirements

• Food Science (or related) degree or equivalent experience
• At least 3 years in dairy or food manufacturing with continuous improvement exposure
• Knowledge of dairy processing, food safety, plant operations, and lab/pilot equipment
• Strong problem-solving, organization, and communication skills
• Comfortable working cross-functionally and traveling as needed

Qualifications

• Better Process Cheese School certification may be required