Processing Engineer

fairlife, LLC is a Chicago-based nutrition company that creates great-tasting, nutrition-rich and dairy products to nourish consumers.

With over $3B in annual retail sales, fairlife’s portfolio of delicious, lactose-free, real dairy products includes: fairlife® ultra-filtered milk; Core Power® High Protein Shakes, a sports nutrition drink to support post-workout recovery; fairlife® nutrition plan™, a nutrition shake to support the journey to better health.

A wholly owned subsidiary of The Coca-Cola company, fairlife, LLC has been recognized by both Fast Company and Nielsen for its industry leading innovation.

To learn more about fairlife and its complete line of products, please visit fairlife.com.

job purpose:  

The Production Loss Engineer is responsible for identifying and driving the reduction of dairy losses across the entire production process.  They are responsible for site-level mass balance analysis to identify all sources of product loss and driving effective problem solving to identify process improvements to reduce or eliminate losses.  The Production Loss Engineer is responsible for the data analysis and identification of key initiatives related to the plant-wide dairy losses and then collaborate with other departments to drive implementation.   

responsibilities:  

• Lead data analysis and data model development to account for dairy losses across the facility 

• Partner with Finance to ensure accurate accounting of losses 

• Lead cross-functional teams to identify process improvements and collaborate to drive implementation  

• Design and implement innovative ways to track and trend product loss data (bottle weights, scrap, component testing, process optimization)  

• Lead Problem Solving to identify root cause and implement corrective and preventative actions 

• Review and report out daily product losses  

• Build reports and tools to track and monitor product loss data throughout the plant  

• Verify that all CIPS, flushes, processing systems, fillers, etc. are limiting high solids streams to the drain. Ensure processes are monitored and optimized. 

• Work closely with production and continuous improvement to identify and facilitate product savings activities across the facility. 

skills/qualifications required:  

• Bachelor’s Degree (Chemical Engineering, Mechanical/Electrical Engineering, or similar discipline preferred) with proven knowledge of process flow and fluid mass balance