Process Engineers – From Graduate to Senior

About the role

Synlait is expanding its Process Engineering team at the Dunsandel dairy manufacturing site. The role offers hands‑on experience on the plant floor, working alongside operators, production leaders, quality specialists and project teams to optimise processes and drive continuous improvement.

Key responsibilities

• Support day‑to‑day production with process monitoring and optimisation across evaporation, wet blending, pasteurisation, spray drying, powder handling and packing.
• Collect and analyse operational data to identify improvement opportunities.
• Participate in root‑cause investigations and continuous‑improvement initiatives.
• Attend project meetings and contribute to new product development and engineering projects.
• Provide engineering support for product changeovers, equipment performance and quality issues.

Required profile

• Open to recent graduates and experienced engineers seeking to work in a dairy manufacturing environment.
• Willingness to work on‑site alongside production and quality teams.

Required skills

• Process monitoring
• Process optimisation
• Data collection and analysis
• Root‑cause investigation
• Continuous‑improvement methodologies
• Project participation
• Technical knowledge of dairy processing equipment

What we offer

• State‑of‑the‑art manufacturing facility in Dunsandel.
• Free onsite parking and easy motorway commute.
• Opportunity to work with New Zealand’s most experienced dairy processing specialists.
• Hands‑on experience across a range of dairy processes.