Senior Process Engineer I

About us

EVERY is a leading VC-backed food tech ingredient company and market leader using precision fermentation to create animal proteins without the animal for the global food and beverage industry. EVERY is a team of passionate change-makers who are reimagining the factory farm model with a kinder, more sustainable alternative. Leveraging precision fermentation to produce hyper-functional and one-to-one replacement proteins from microorganisms, EVERY is on a mission to decouple the world's proteins from the animals that make them. We are a passionate, determined (and fun!) team with a vital objective, and we're on the lookout for like-minded people to join our mission. For more information, visit www.every.com

The Role:

Using a combination of scientific rigor, engineering fundamentals, and interpersonal skills, you will start up, stabilize, and continuously improve production at various precision fermentation DSP production sites. You will make critical decisions in the field to ensure the success of production batches.

Based on your learnings from the field, you will identify gaps in process knowledge, and then design and execute laboratory experiments to close them. Similarly, you will advise internal researchers on how to run experiments that are relevant to production sites, and you will communicate these improvements in a convincing manner to external stakeholders.

You enjoy traveling and working with multicultural teams, and you are inspired by the opportunity to make an impact at large-scale industrial food production facilities.

What you'll accomplish

• Apply and adapt Every's Tech Transfer Document to new production facilities in order to produce high-quality products.

• Dive deep into the nuances of each production site to understand limitations and opportunities for optimization. Develop process flow diagrams, mass balances, and production models.

• Author and review SOPs, Tech Transfer Documents, and MOCs

• Perform risk assessments and identify safety and food safety hazards

• Develop experimental plans based on learnings from CMO production sites. Effectively communicate relevant scale-up and scale-down parameters to internal researchers. Gain buy-in from internal teams to move your ideas ahead.

• Execute experiments in the laboratory or pilot plant to test key hypotheses.

• Manage vendors to trial and implement new process technologies, including unit operations, sensors, and analyzers.

• Review and redline process flow diagrams and P&IDs

• Develop User Requirement Specifications and review the execution of project teams to ensure the requirements are met

• Propose and defend Management of Changes to improve operations in a production environment

• Review and propose improvements to hygienic design

What you bring (required)

• BS in Chemical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related discipline, with 5 years of industry experience; MS with 4+ years of industry experience.

• Ability to travel internationally to CMOs is required (Up to 50%)

• Experience executing a technology transfer to an industrial-scale biotechnology facility, including authoring and reviewing SOPs, batch records, technical plans and reports

• Experience executing Management of Changes to improve operations in a running production facility

• Hands-on experience running laboratory or pilot equipment, including TFF, depth filtration, continuous centrifugation, and chromatography

• Experience using techno-economic analysis to defend proposals

Nice-to-have (but not required)

• Experience working with food products, and food safety regulations, including developing a HACCP plan

• Experience with automation, including PLCs, deltaV, Aveva Pi

• Experience with upstream (fermentation)

• Experience developing a commissioning plan for new facility startup, IQ, OQ, PQ

• Experience working with production partners in an international setting

• Lean Six Sigma training

Why you'll love it here:

• Comprehensive benefits: 100% medical, dental, and vision coverage, 401k matching, and stock options

• Tasty perks: Weekly catered lunches

• Customizable options: FSA, HSA, Commuter, Pet Care, and additional life insurance

• Work-life harmony: Flexible PTO and 10+ paid company holidays per year

• Onsite conveniences: Free parking and unlimited gym access

• Energizing refreshments: Unlimited sparkling water, granola bars, snacks, local coffee, and tea

• Exciting socials: Themed happy hours and quarterly company outings

• Open communication: Monthly all-hands meetings and direct access to CEO and leadership

• Ideal location: Close to Daly City BART and Caltrain stations

Pay Range: $115,000 - $130,000

At EVERY pay ranges are subject to change and assigned to a job based on the location specific market median of similar jobs according to 3rd party salary benchmark surveys. Individual pay within that range can vary for several reasons including skills/capabilities, experience, and available budget.

Dedication to Diversity

EVERY is dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive work environment. We want our workplace to enable productivity and meaningful work for individuals from all backgrounds, experiences, and lifestyles, allowing all employees to feel comfortable being their true, authentic selves at work.

Legal authorization to work in the U.S. is required. We are not able to sponsor individuals for employment visas for this job. In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire.

If you require a reasonable accommodation to complete a job application or a job interview or to otherwise participate in the hiring process, please contact us at hiring@every.com

Proof of full COVID-19 vaccination is a condition of employment, subject to accommodation as required by law. CDC defines fully vaccinated as: 2 weeks after your second dose in a 2-dose series, such as the Pfzier or Moderna vaccines, or 2 weeks after a single-dose vaccine, such as Johnson & Johnson's Janssen vaccine.

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