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Lead Process Engineer

Location: 

Uzwil, St. Gallen, CH, 9240

Work Site:  Hybrid
Duration:  Permanent / Unlimited
Date:  Apr 23, 2026

Two billion people eat food every day that was produced with Bühler equipment. One billion people drive vehicles whose parts were manufactured with our machines.​ Bühler aims to balance humanity, nature, and the economy in every decision as it develops solutions that unlock sustainable business opportunities in the global food, feed, and mobility industries. We strive to create innovations for a better world, with a special focus on healthy, safe, and sustainable solutions. Therefore, we team up with customers, start-ups, multinationals, and academia to accelerate impact together.

Summary

At Bühler Human Nutrition, we actively shape the future of food. With innovative strength, technological expertise, and a strong focus on sustainability, we develop solutions that help provide people around the world with access to safe, high-quality food. Joining our team means contributing real value to our customers, society, and the environment. After thorough onboarding into the portfolio of drying systems for the food and animal feed industry, you will support and advise our globally located customers on technological and process engineering topics with strong focus on extruded foods and other end products of the food industry. 

Job Responsibilities

  • You are responsible for professional, technology-related commissioning of plants at our customers' sites across all market segments
  • You will identify optimizations for drying conditions and drying processes, conduct inspections, and provide on-site customer consulting
  • Based on customer feedback, new findings, and experience, you will identify potential improvements for drying systems and processes and, together with Product Management, develop new concepts for future solutions in close cooperation with the Drying Competence Center in Raleigh (USA)
  • You conduct drying trials in the laboratory with and without customers (creating drying curves and deriving the technical design/specification for drying systems)
  • You are responsible for the sales support in the field of drying for the European region as well as managing the digital product portfolio and advising customers and users

Qualifications

  • Technical basic education as well as a completed degree in Mechanical/ Chemical Engineering, Process Engineering or Energy Engineering ideally combined with practical experience in the world of plant engineering or the food and animal feed industry
  • Very good communication skills in German and English, other languages are a plus
  • Flexible and willing to travel globally up to 50% combined with a high degree of independence and strong self-organization skills
  • Representative, competent, and confident demeanor as well as an innovative mindset
  • Structured approach, high degree of independence, and strong organizational skills

At Bühler we are not only offering working opportunities and international exchange of like-minded professionals. We are more than just a global company. Our value proposition to transform the way companies feed and move the world, is driving positive change in the industries in which we operate globally. Become a part of a dynamic environment that combines your drive for innovation with a world ​of possibilities.​ Joining us means embracing a shared purpose of creating innovations for a better world while becoming part of a company that is dedicated to your success.

As a global organization, we embrace the diversity of our global workforce. At Bühler, you will collaborate with professionals from around the world, each bringing in a unique perspective to the table. It is a business priority for us to harness the diversity of our global workforce and include them in their uniqueness to create a culture of belonging guided by our TOP values – Trust, Ownership and Passion. Embark on a journey that combines the excitement of global collaboration with the reassurance of a welcoming workplace.

Let’s create impact together! 

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