Job ID: LS302664616
Location: Gastonia, NC
Category: Engineering
Employment Type: Permanent
Date Added: 06/16/2026
Process Engineer | $85,000 – $105,000 annually | Day Shift | Direct Hire
What Matters Most
- Competitive pay of $85,000 – $105,000 annually, commensurate with experience
- Schedule: Day shift; exact hours to be confirmed
- Location: Gastonia, NC
- Direct-hire opportunity with career growth and stability
- Hands-on engineering role with time spent on the production floor
Job Description
As a Process Engineer, you will support process development, optimization, scale-up, and continuous improvement within a growing manufacturing operation. This role partners with engineering and production teams to improve process performance, troubleshoot technical issues, support new product development, and build scalable systems. This is not a desk-only engineering position; you will spend meaningful time on the production floor gathering data, solving problems, and collaborating with operations teams.
Responsibilities:
- Analyze process performance, identify improvement opportunities, and support yield, recovery, reliability, and efficiency projects
- Conduct root cause analysis, troubleshoot process deviations, and recommend practical improvements
- Support process development, pilot trials, process validation, commercialization, and scale-up activities
- Maintain engineering documentation, SOPs, technical records, process standards, and best practices
- Collect and analyze process data, develop reports and metrics, and support equipment, commissioning, and facility improvement projects
Qualifications and Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering or a related engineering discipline
- 3+ years of experience in chemical, pharmaceutical, food, beverage, or process manufacturing
- Strong analytical, troubleshooting, technical writing, documentation, and communication skills
- Experience working in manufacturing environments and collaborating with operators, supervisors, maintenance, and management
- Proficiency with Excel, engineering calculations, process data analysis, and data-driven decision making
Preferred Qualifications:
- 5+ years of process engineering experience
- Experience with extraction, purification, distillation, solvent recovery, or related unit operations
- Experience supporting scale-up, commercialization, Lean Manufacturing, continuous improvement, process safety, or statistical analysis
Benefits and Perks:
- Competitive annual compensation
- Direct mentorship from an experienced engineering leader
- Opportunity to work on process development and commercialization projects
- Career growth within a rapidly growing manufacturing organization
- Meaningful impact on products, processes, and operational performance
Your New Organization:
This growing manufacturing organization extracts and refines plant compounds using rigorous engineering, manufacturing, and quality standards to create consistent, reliable products. The team values data-driven problem solving, practical engineering execution, continuous improvement, and collaboration across production, maintenance, and operations.
Your Career Partner:
The Reserves Network, a veteran-founded and family-owned company, specializes in connecting exceptional talent with rewarding opportunities. With extensive industry experience, we are dedicated to helping you achieve your professional goals and shine in your field. The Reserves Network values diversity and encourages applicants from all backgrounds to apply. As an equal-opportunity employer, we foster an environment of respect, integrity, and trust in every aspect of employment.
The base pay range for this position is $85,000 – $105,000 annually, excluding benefits, bonuses, or other compensation. Your final compensation will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, location, and internal pay equity. Please note, hiring at the top of the range is uncommon to allow room for future growth.
