Regional Dry Process Engineer – Pet Food Manufacturing

About the role

The Regional Dry Process Engineer will provide process expertise for dry pet‑food manufacturing across Nestlé Purina PetCare AOA factories. You will lead technical projects, support factory operations and ensure best‑practice engineering solutions are applied regionally.

Key responsibilities

• Deliver process expertise in manufacturing and design for dry pet‑food, supporting factories and project groups.
• Lead cross‑functional, sometimes international, project teams to drive complex projects to completion.
• Develop technical standards, URSs, UOSs and conduct gate‑control visits.
• Plan, organize and execute trials and experiments to meet project objectives.
• Track and report KPIs for each development phase using the corporate I2L tool.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemical, Mechanical, Food Engineering or related field.
• Minimum 6 years of relevant experience, with at least 3 years in pet‑food technology.
• Proven experience in factory operations, major capital projects and engineering application groups.
• Strong project‑management, organizational and stakeholder‑management abilities.
• Excellent written and spoken English.

Required skills

• Process Engineering for dry pet‑food manufacturing.
• Mass, momentum and heat transfer principles applied to process and equipment design.
• Technical standards development (URS, UOS) and KPI tracking.
• Use of corporate I2L tool and adherence to value‑chain development processes.
• Planning and execution of factory trials and experiments.