Process Engineer

Position Title:Process Engineer

Position Type: Regular - Full-Time

Requisition ID: 44572

Process Engineer

Scarborough (Pilot Plant)

In every role, McCainers are ambitious, curious, and passionate about creating exceptional work experiences - together. With a customer-first mindset, we make doing business with McCain easy.

About the role.

As a Process Engineer, you'll play a key role in bringing new and improved products to life. Working on both regional and global Product Development and Applied Technology & Innovation (ATI) projects, you'll transform ideas and product concepts into scalable manufacturing processes that deliver consistent quality, efficiency and performance.

From pilot-scale trials through to full production, you'll develop and validate process settings, identify potential scale-up challenges and help ensure successful product launches. You'll work closely with factory teams to support production trials, capture critical process knowledge and transfer best practice to manufacturing teams and R&D sites across McCain's global network.

This is a highly collaborative role where you'll partner with technical experts, research teams and cross-functional stakeholders around the world. Drawing on consumer insights, market knowledge and engineering expertise, you'll contribute to innovative projects that make a real impact, while sharing learnings and best practices across our global ATI community.

Alongside project delivery, you'll help support the day-to-day operation of our Pilot Facility, championing the highest standards of Health & Safety, Food Safety, Environmental compliance and operational excellence.

If you're passionate about turning innovation into reality, enjoy solving complex technical challenges and want to work on projects with global reach, we'd love to hear from you.

What you’ll be doing.

• Lead and support pilot-scale trials for regional and global innovation projects, helping turn new product concepts into scalable manufacturing solutions.
• Develop, optimise and validate process settings that deliver consistent product quality, while identifying and mitigating scale-up risks from kitchen development through to full production.
• Explore new processing technologies, equipment capabilities and ways of working, proactively driving continuous improvement within the pilot facility.
• Partner with manufacturing, R&D and ATI teams to ensure process knowledge, best practice and technical learnings are effectively shared across McCain's global network.
• Produce high-quality technical reports, trial documentation and project updates, ensuring key insights and recommendations are captured and communicated clearly.
• Support factory trials, commissioning activities and first production runs, providing hands-on technical expertise during critical scale-up stages.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Operations, Quality, Procurement and Engineering to solve technical challenges and optimise product and process performance.
• Contribute to a safe, compliant and high-performing pilot facility by supporting Health & Safety, food safety, environmental and operational excellence initiatives.
• Assist with risk assessments, equipment training and continuous improvement activities to promote a strong safety-first culture.
• Stay connected to the latest developments in food science, ingredients and processing technologies, sharing knowledge and identifying new opportunities to drive innovation.

What you’ll need to be successful.

• A degree in Food Science, Food Engineering, Food Manufacturing or a related discipline, or equivalent industry experience that demonstrates strong technical capability.
• Experience working within Product Development, Process Engineering or a food manufacturing environment, ideally within chilled or frozen food production.
• Practical experience supporting process development, factory trials and product scale-up from concept through to commercial production.
• A strong understanding of ingredient functionality and food systems, with the ability to troubleshoot processing challenges and optimise product performance.
• Knowledge of experimental design (DoE) principles and a data-driven approach to problem solving and continuous improvement.
• An understanding of Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP), HACCP, food safety requirements and the product development lifecycle.
• Experience using SAP, Navigator or similar manufacturing and product development systems would be advantageous.
• Strong relationship-building skills, with the ability to work effectively across teams, functions and external partners.
• Excellent communication skills, capable of translating technical information into clear, practical insights for a variety of audiences.
• A flexible approach and willingness to travel internationally when required. A full driving licence would be beneficial.

Benefits.

Although we do encourage you to taste the goods, you'll be pleased to know we don't pay you in chips. Alongside your salary, you'll enjoy a range of benefits including:

• Private healthcare [single]
• An excellent salary sacrifice pension scheme where we'll contribute double what you do, up to a maximum of 12% of your salary
• 25 days' annual leave from day one plus bank holidays (increasing with service), giving you plenty of time to recharge with the opportunity to buy and sell up to 5 days holiday per year
• Life insurance cover providing peace of mind for you and your family
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay, because the moments that matter outside of work matter to us too
• Medicash health cash plan, helping you claim money back on everyday healthcare costs, with access to a virtual GP and wellbeing support
• TELUS Health employee and family assistance programme offering full wellbeing support - including a 24/7 confidential counselling line, legal and financial guidance, and a range of employee discounts.
• Salary sacrifice cycle to work scheme
• A paid 'Chips In' Volunteering Day, giving you the opportunity to support projects that make a positive impact in our communities
• Flexible/hybrid working arrangements where the role allows

And because you're joining a global business, your career opportunities don't stop at the factory gate. Whether you're looking to deepen your expertise, step into leadership, or even explore opportunities internationally, we'll support your growth. With ambitious plans for the future, there's plenty of scope to develop your career with us.

About McCain.

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Leadership principles.

At McCain, our leadership principles guide how we engage with customers, collaborate as a team, and achieve success. We focus on understanding customer needs, driving innovation, empowering people, and taking ownership to clear obstacles and deliver results.

AI & Digital Capabilities.

At McCain, AI and digital capabilities are part of how we work and innovate. We value curiosity toward emerging technologies and the thoughtful, responsible use of AI-enabled tools to improve outcomes as part of our future-ready culture.

The McCain experience.

We are McCain. This statement is a testament to our collective strength and our individual value. Your contributions play a vital role in our success. Our winning culture is rooted in authenticity and trust, empowering us to bring out the best in one another. Here, you’ll find opportunities to learn, grow, and thrive. Join us and experience why we’re better together.

Our purpose is grounded in building meaningful relationships. We’re big believers in the power of working together in person—it helps us stay connected, collaborate more effectively, and grow as a team. At the same time, we recognize the importance of flexibility. Most office-based roles follow a hybrid model, with the option to work remotely two days a week. There may be exceptions depending on the role and location, so we encourage you to speak with your recruiter for more details.

McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. As a global family-owned company, we strive to be the employer of choice in the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that inclusion drives our creativity, resilience, and success and makes our business stronger. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

McCain is an accessible employer. If you require an accommodation throughout the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials or accessible meeting rooms), please let us know and we will work with you to find appropriate solutions.

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Job Family: Research & Development

Location(s): GB - United Kingdom : England : Scarborough

Company: McCain Foods (G.B.) Ltd