Highlights
Job Summary Sterling Engineering is seeking an experienced Food and Beverage Process Engineer to support the design and integration of processing systems for the food and beverage industry. This role requires a hands-on engineer who can independently lead process engineering activities, develop technical deliverables, and make equipment sizing and selection decisions.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Riverton, UT |
| Industry | Staffing/Employment Agencies |
| Company Size | 500 to 999 employees |
| Year Founded | 1969 |
| Website | http://www.sterling-engineering.com |
Description
Job Title: Food and Beverage Process Engineer
Location: Riverton, UT
Hire Type: Direct Hire
Compensation: $120,000 annually
Travel: Up to 30%
Location: Riverton, UT
Hire Type: Direct Hire
Compensation: $120,000 annually
Travel: Up to 30%
Job Summary
Sterling Engineering is seeking an experienced Food and Beverage Process Engineer to support the design and integration of processing systems for the food and beverage industry. This role requires a hands-on engineer who can independently lead process engineering activities, develop technical deliverables, and make equipment sizing and selection decisions. The ideal candidate brings strong P&ID development experience and a background working with process systems integrators.
Job Duties
- Develop and maintain Piping & Instrumentation Diagrams (P&IDs) from project kickoff through design development.
- Prepare process equipment, valve, pump, and instrument lists, including technical specifications.
- Perform sizing and selection of pumps, heat exchangers, separators, homogenizers, and other process equipment.
- Work directly with customers to clarify process requirements and establish equipment specifications.
- Coordinate with vendors to obtain proposals, review technical offerings, and recommend equipment selections.
- Evaluate equipment sizing assumptions and ensure selections meet process requirements.
- Independently manage process engineering deliverables while providing technical guidance to other team members.
- Collaborate with project teams to ensure engineering designs meet customer expectations and project requirements.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
- Minimum 5 years of food and beverage process engineering experience.
- Strong hands-on experience developing P&IDs and process engineering deliverables.
- Demonstrated experience independently sizing and selecting process equipment, including pumps, heat exchangers, and related processing systems.
- Strong understanding of food and beverage processing systems and equipment design.
- Experience with a process systems integrator or engineering consulting firm strongly preferred.
- Ability to explain equipment sizing calculations, design assumptions, and technical selection decisions.
- Experience coordinating directly with customers, equipment vendors, and engineering teams.
- Strong technical judgment, communication skills, and ability to work independently.
- Willingness to travel up to 30%.
Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or genetic information.
About Company
Sterling Engineering has been a trusted partner for engineering, project management, and staffing solutions for over five decades. We provide exceptional engineering/technical recruitment and engineering project services to clients nationwide:
- Engineering & Technical Recruitment - With our focus on engineering, technical, and IT, Sterling has the in-depth knowledge, industry expertise, and robust employee pipeline it takes to rapidly find talent for even the most difficult to fill positions. Sterling’s extensive recruitment methodology allows us to engage the most talented employees in the marketplace. We offer exciting work and career-building opportunities for our candidates, along with expert support at every step of the process.
- Engineering Project Services – Our experienced, multi-disciplined team of project managers, engineers, and designers, led by licensed Professional Engineers (PE), provide project management, engineering, design, and Commissioning, Qualification, and Validation (CQV) to manufacturing, OEM, and R&D customers. We work on complex, highly technical projects across a number of industry sectors, and our ability to scale and seamlessly integrate at multiple levels of your organization is what differentiates us.
Sterling offers a unique combination of engineering solutions and Best of Staffing level service to help our clients and talent achieve their goals.