Job DescriptionSenior Technology Engineer - Erlanger, KYThis is an exempt level position
About the Role:As a Senior Technology Engineer, you will represent the Engineering Technology Center for Flavors, with a primary focus on the North America region and potential support for South America. In this role, you'll be instrumental in driving strategic technology investments and project execution across our manufacturing network.
What You'll Do:- Guide strategic capital investment decisions in the region, managing an annual portfolio of $20-35M
- Help prioritize investments to maximize return on invested capital
- Identify and drive technology and automation strategy across the region
- Lead key projects from start to finish, managing process engineering, project management, and construction oversight
- Partner with plant teams to determine the most effective approach for project execution
- Connect regional stakeholders with centers of excellence expertise across ADM
- Act as the primary point of contact for stakeholders throughout project lifecycles
- Drive accountability through readiness gate (RG), front end loading (FEL), and authorization for expenditure (AFE) processes
- Champion new technology proposals and innovations
- Support plant personnel in diagnosing operational challenges and recommending solutions
- Lead initiatives for advanced shop floor automation, process control, and optimization
- Drive a culture of safety and food safety through technology solutions
- Implement performance metrics to track and improve process effectiveness
- Oversee capital planning, tracking, approval, and project closure for operational initiatives
- Act as a primary user of WAVE software to manage the regional initiative portfolio
- Support site capital budgeting for continuous improvement and non-discretionary projects
What You'll Need:Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Chemical, Mechanical, or Industrial preferred)
- 10-15+ years of experience leading complex engineering projects in food manufacturing, with demonstrated expertise in liquid blending, liquid emulsions, and dry blending
- Experience with sanitary design principles and applications
- Strong understanding of process controls and digital technologies
- Commitment to safety practices and awareness for the wellbeing of others
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills for working across all organizational levels
- Comfort working in manufacturing environments, including areas with extreme temperatures, and ability to walk long distances, climb stairs and ladders, and navigate confined spaces
- Willingness to travel up to 25% to sites primarily in North America, with some travel to Latin America
Preferred Qualifications
Master's degree in Engineering
- Experience in dairy, flavors, or ingredients manufacturing (5+ years)
- Spray drying experience in the food industry
- Direct experience with flavor manufacturing operations including spray drying, dry blending, emulsions, reactions, separations, distillation, and filtration
- Controls and plant automation knowledge
- CAD modeling experience
- Proficiency in Portuguese and/or Spanish
- Experience in food, pharmaceutical, or bioprocess engineering
- Budget management experience for large-scale projects
- Background in operational excellence and continuous improvement methodologies
Skills
- Strong problem-solving and analytical abilities with a results-focused approach
- Strategic thinking and planning capabilities
- Self-directed work style with ability to manage multiple priorities effectively
- Proficiency with standard software applications
- Financial acumen and business mindset
- Project management capabilities
- Fluent in English
Excited about this role but don't think you meet every requirement listed? We encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this role or another one of our openings.
ADM requires the successful completion of a background check.
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About ADM At ADM, we unlock the power of nature to provide access to nutrition worldwide. With industry-advancing innovations, a complete portfolio of ingredients and solutions to meet any taste, and a commitment to sustainability, we give customers an edge in solving the nutritional challenges of today and tomorrow. We're a global leader in human and animal nutrition and the world's premier agricultural origination and processing company. Our breadth, depth, insights, facilities and logistical expertise give us unparalleled capabilities to meet needs for food, beverages, health and wellness, and more. From the seed of the idea to the outcome of the solution, we enrich the quality of life the world over. Learn more at ;br>
#IncludingYouDiversity, equity, inclusion and belonging are cornerstones of ADM's efforts to continue innovating, driving growth, and delivering outstanding performance. We are committed to attracting and retaining a diverse workforce and create welcoming, truly inclusive work environments - environments that enable every ADM colleague to feel comfortable on the job, make meaningful contributions to our success, and grow their career. We respect and value the unique backgrounds and experiences that each person can bring to ADM because we know that diversity of perspectives makes us better, together.
We welcome everyone to apply. We are committed to ensuring all qualified applicants receive consideration for employment regardless of race, color, ethnicity, disability, religion, national origin, language, gender, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, sexual orientation, age, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law
Benefits and Perks Enriching the quality of life for the world begins by taking care of our colleagues. In addition to competitive pay, we support your diverse needs with a comprehensive total rewards package to enhance your well-being, including:
- Physical wellness - medical/Rx, dental, vision and on-site wellness center access or gym reimbursement (as applicable).
- Financial wellness - flexible spending accounts, health savings account, 401(k) with matching contributions and cash balance plan, discounted employee stock purchasing program, life insurance, disability, workers' compensation, legal assistance, identity theft protection.
- Mental and social wellness - Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) and Colleague Giving Programs (ADM Cares).
Additional benefits include:
- Paid time off including paid holidays.
- Adoption assistance and paid maternity and parental leave.
- Tuition assistance.
- Company-sponsored training and development resources, such as LinkedIn Learning, language training and mentoring programs.
*Benefits may vary for bargained locations, confirm benefit eligibility with your recruiter.
Base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Hourly and salaried non-exempt employees will also be paid overtime pay when working qualifying overtime hours.
If hired, employees will be in an "at-will position" and the Company reserves the right to modify base pay (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors.
The pay range for this position is expected to be between:
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