Impact Confections, Inc. · 8 hours ago
Process Engineer
Janesville, WI
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
3+ years expImpact Confections, Inc. is a company known for its iconic candy products like WARHEADS® and Melster® Candies. The Process Engineer role focuses on scaling up new products and technologies, driving efficiency improvements, and ensuring robust manufacturing processes while collaborating with R&D and Operations teams.
Food and Beverage
Responsibilities
Develop, implement, and validate process specifications by translating finished product key quality attributes into process parameters and in-process quality control measures
Establish standard operating conditions and define Statistical Process Control (SPC) settings and control limits to ensure processes consistently meet business and quality KPIs
Develop and maintain sampling plans, investigate significant process deviations, and support escalation and root cause analysis as required
Build a deep scientific understanding of process functionality, capability, and interactions with ingredients across unit operations
Partner with the Innovation and R&D teams to conduct end-to-end research from bench-top through pilot plant and full-scale production
Plan, design, execute, and document line trials from pilot to production scale, including data collection, analysis, and reporting of results
Lead or support the validation and scale-up of new products, processes, and technologies in collaboration with Engineering, Supply Chain, Quality, and Operations teams
Assess scale-up impacts on ingredient functionality, product stability, and shelf life
Manage the integration of R&D-driven changes and improvements into manufacturing lines, ensuring minimal impact on current operational performance
Apply approved change management and validation protocols to implement process and product changes
Capture, document, and support the protection of company intellectual property arising from process and technology development
Own and manage site Bills of Materials (BOMs), ensuring accuracy and alignment with approved product recipes
Validate recipes on production lines and translate product formulations into business and ERP systems
Support accurate product costing, raw material and packaging procurement, and production planning across all product families
Collaborate with Operations, the site Continuous Improvement (CI) Engineer, and production teams to collect and analyze process performance data and business KPI’s
Identify and eliminate bottlenecks, waste, defects, and variation using CI and problem-solving methodologies
Apply tools such as Lean, Six Sigma, Kaizen, and Design of Experiments (DOE) to improve process capability and product quality
Support Quality & Food Safety (Q&FS) programs, including internal audits, CAPAs, and S-CAPAs
Ensure processes comply with GMP, HACCP, regulatory, and food safety requirements
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in food science, Food Technology, Chemical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or related discipline
At least 3–5 years of experience in a food manufacturing environment, with exposure to new product or process development, quality systems, and continuous improvement
Hands-on experience in food processing and/or packaging, with a solid understanding of manufacturing processes and equipment operation
Proven application of structured problem-solving and improvement tools (e.g., Six Sigma, Kaizen, DOE)
Advanced knowledge of statistical tools and experimental design
Strong working knowledge of food manufacturing practices, including GMPs, HACCP, regulatory guidelines, and quality systems
Ability to communicate with co-workers and/or read instructions or written standards in English
Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry
Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations
Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions
Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables
Six Sigma Green Belt certification
Experience supporting scale-up from pilot to commercial production
Company
Impact Confections, Inc.
Headquartered in Janesville, Wisconsin, Impact Confections owns the leading extreme sour brand WARHEADS®.
201-500 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
unknown2008-01-28Acquired
Leadership Team
Paul Henderson
Growth Leader
Recent News
2025-04-21
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