Profession food production engineer

Food production engineers oversee the electrical and mechanical needs of the equipment and machinery required in the process of manufacturing food or beverages. They strive to maximise plant productivity by engaging in preventive actions in reference to health and safety, good manufacturing practices (GMP), hygiene compliance, and performance of routine maintenance of machines and equipment.

Personality Type

• Investigative / Realistic

Knowledge

• Electrical engineering

  Understand electrical engineering, a field of engineering that deals with the study and application of electricity, electronics, and electromagnetism.

• Food storage

  The proper conditions and methods to store food to keep it from spoiling, taking into account humidity, light, temperature and other environmental factors.

• Quality assurance methodologies

  Quality assurance principles, standard requirements, and the set of processes and activities used for measuring, controlling and ensuring the quality of products and processes.

• Electronics

  The functioning of electronic circuit boards, processors, chips, and computer hardware and software, including programming and applications. Apply this knowledge to ensure electronic equipment runs smoothly.

Skills

• Apply GMP

  Apply regulations regarding manufacture of food and food safety compliance. Employ food safety procedures based on Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP).

• Carry out checks of production plant equipment

  Carry out checks of the machinery and equipment used in the production plant. Ensure that the machinery is working properly, set machines before usage, and assure continuous operability of the equipment.

• Configure plants for food industry

  Design plants configuration, including sources and equipment for the food industry so that they can be readily adapted to suit the product range and the process technologies involved. Take environmental and economic aspects into account.

• Disassemble equipment

  Disassembles equipment using hand tools in order to clean equipments and to perform regular operational maintenance.

• Apply HACCP

  Apply regulations regarding manufacture of food and food safety compliance. Employ food safety procedures based on Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points (HACCP).

• Develop food production processes

  Develop processes and techniques for food production or food preservation. Engage in the design, development, construction and operation of industrial processes and techniques for food manufacturing.

• Keep up with innovations in food manufacturing

  Latest innovative products and technologies to process, preserve, package and improve food products.

• Mitigate waste of resources

  Evaluate and identify opportunities to use resources more efficiently with continuously striving to reduce waste of utilities.

• Manage all process engineering activities

  Managing all process engineering activities in the plant keeping track of plant maintenance, improvement and requirements for effective production.

• Apply requirements concerning manufacturing of food and beverages

  Apply and follow national, international, and internal requirements quoted in standards, regulations and other specifications related with manufacturing of food and beverages.

• Monitor equipment

  Monitoring equipment implies watching gauges, dials, or display screens to make sure a machine is working.

• Keep up-to-date with regulations

  Maintain up-to-date knowledge of current regulations and apply this knowledge in specific sectors.

• Disaggregate the production plan

  Split production plan in daily, weekly, and monthly plans with clear objectives and targets required.

• Manage corrective actions

  Implementing corrective action and continuous improvement plans from internal and third party audits to meet food safety and quality performance indicators with adherance to agreed timescales.

Optional knowledge and skills

Source: Sisyphus ODB