15 days ago
Newark, NJ, USASenior
Base Salary
$100k - $150k/yr
Responsibilities
- Partner with manufacturing sites and Operations teams to identify, assess, and prioritize AI, advanced analytics, simulation, and optimization opportunities.
- Translate operational challenges into technical requirements, analytical approaches, and measurable success criteria.
- Lead diagnostics and root-cause investigations with process experts, engineers, and operational stakeholders.
- Develop, maintain, and validate statistical, simulation, first-principles, and hybrid process models.
- Design, test, deploy, and support machine learning and advanced analytics solutions for prediction, anomaly detection, process optimization, and decision support.
- Build AI-enabled applications, dashboards, user interfaces, and integrated digital solutions to improve operational performance.
- Monitor model performance and improve accuracy, reliability, and business impact.
- Provide technical leadership and subject matter expertise across Operations.
- Mentor engineers and analysts and promote reusable solutions and technical capability development.
- Lead technical workstreams and ensure compliance with cybersecurity, technology governance, data quality, EHS, and regulatory requirements.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, Data Science, or a related technical discipline.
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in manufacturing, engineering, analytics, modeling, digital transformation, or a related industrial environment.
- Demonstrated experience developing and deploying advanced analytical models, AI solutions, or digital applications addressing operational challenges.
- Experience collaborating across sites, functions, and multidisciplinary teams.
- Experience with process improvement, optimization, and operational problem-solving in manufacturing environments is preferred.
- Advanced analytics, data science, digital transformation, Lean Six Sigma, or related certifications are preferred.
- Ability to work in office-based and manufacturing or plant environments, including possible standing, walking, stair climbing, and required PPE use.
- Ability to travel 5–10% for manufacturing-site support, with periodic increases during major deployments.
Benefits
- Competitive pay, annual performance bonus, comprehensive benefits, a 6% company retirement contribution, and professional development opportunities.
- Generous paid time off and 12 annual paid company holidays.
- 12 weeks of 100% paid maternity leave and up to 4 weeks of 100% paid parental leave for eligible non-birthing parents, including adoption, surrogacy, and foster-care leave.
- Student loan repayment assistance and tuition reimbursement for select roles.
- Annual wellness benefit and wellness-centered health programs.
- Full-time position with business-hours scheduling and flexibility to support operational priorities and project delivery.
- Position may be based in Midland, MI; Plaquemine, LA; Wilmington, DE; Institute, WV; Keokuk, IA; Gurnee, IL; or Newark, DE.
- Combination of office and manufacturing/plant work with required business travel.
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About Roquette
Roquette is a family-owned French manufacturer of plant-based ingredients and pharmaceutical excipients used by food, nutrition, animal feed, and healthcare companies. It produces starches, sugars, proteins, and other bio-based materials and sells them B2B to brands and formulators across global markets. Founded in 1933 and headquartered in Lestrem, France, the company remains privately held and operates R&D and industrial sites worldwide.