Senior Process Control Automation Engineer for Coffee R&D

The Nestlé Group is the world's largest food and beverage company with 92.6 billion Swiss Francs in sales in 2019. It is present in 187 countries around the world, has 403 factories and its 291'000 employees are committed to Nestlé's purpose of enhancing quality of life and contributing to a healthier future. Nestlé offers a wide portfolio of products and services for people and their pets throughout their lives. Its more than 2000 brands range from global icons like Nescafé or Nespresso to local favourites. Company performance is driven by its Nutrition, Health and Wellness strategy. Nestlé is based in the Swiss town of Vevey where it was founded more than 150 years ago. Learn more about our Group and reasons to join us on www.nestle.com

Position Snapshot

Location: Orbe, Switzerland
Company: Nestlé Product Technology Centre Coffee
Act. Rate: Full-Time Act. Rate 100%
Type of contract: Permanent Contract
Travel: up to 30%
Target start date: May 2025

Position Summary

The Nestlé Product Technology Centre Coffee (NPTC Coffee) is the leading R&D organization that discovers, develops and deploys coffee and beverage products and technologies for in-home and out-of-home consumption. It consists of units in Konolfingen (CH), Marysville (USA), Orbe (CH) and Singapore and provides new products and processes to all Nestlé markets worldwide.

Our mission - to delight the consumer wherever, whenever, however by delivering moments of genuine pleasure and indulgence - drives the need for us to attract, select and develop the right people for the right jobs throughout the value chain of our business.

As a Senior Process Control Automation Engineer for Coffee R&D, you will be responsible for delivering specialized process automation technical assistance and support to the Nestlé Soluble Coffee Category factories across the globe, with the aim of achieving Manufacturing Excellence. Your main focus will be to provide support for Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) and Electricity and Automation (E&A) professional and technical operational activities.

Additionally, you will be involved in CAPEX projects, ensuring that all MES-E&A activities align with corporate guidelines and contribute to enhancing business objectives, product quality, and plant operation/performance. In this role, you will put the health and safety of individuals, product safety, and environmental considerations as priority, ensuring that they are never compromised.

A Day in the Life of a Senior Process Control Automation Engineer for Coffee R&D

• Identify, develop and validate the Process Control, Automation and Digital solutions
• Develop and improve the standard process automation packages for coffee manufacturing line
• Ensure Electricity, Automation, Process Control deliverables and standards are implemented
• Support industrialization start-up until product commissioning world-wide in our pure soluble coffee factories
• Active participation in the Digital and Automation community of the category (knowledge sharing, training, feedback to design)
• Actively participate in expert network to promote cross-fertilization between different sites (R&D, Org. Units)
• Coach and guide younger team members and Capex project team members in the area of Digital and Automation
• Translate Product and Process knowledge into Digital and Automation solutions to enable product and process mastership

What will make you successful

• Degree in Automation, Mechanical Engineering, or relevant field
• Extensive experience in control system platform (Rockwell/Wonderware/Aveva) and in-depth expertise in Automation in manufacturing environments
• Experience in the development of engineering projects as part of a multidisciplinary team, preferably involving different products and technologies in Electrical and Automation areas.
• Experience in the commissioning & start-up of technical equipment, ideally in coffee manufacturing process (i.e. coffee extraction)
• Knowledge in advance process control and machine learning technologies is a plus
• Experience in TPM (Total Productive Maintenance), preventive maintenance planning, and/or maintenance execution is a plus
• Ready to travel frequently world-wide up to 25-30%
• Full business proficiency in English is a must, French or any other language is a plus

At Nestlé, we want to help shape a better and healthier world, inspire people to live healthier lives and deliver impact at a scale and pace that makes a difference. We do this by fostering a diverse, friendly, supportive, and collaborative environment, that creates positive disruption, embraces innovation, and empowers people and teams to win. We aim to hire friendly, respectful, inspiring people who care about the people's lives that we touch every single day.

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