Process Performance Engineer at Oatly

Job Description

At Oatly, we're on a mission to make it easier for people to eat better and live healthier lives without recklessly taxing the planet's resources.

As our Process Performance Engineer, you'll be right at the heart of how our production site in Vlissingen performs, develops and improves. Your mission is to make our production processes safer, smarter, more reliable and more efficient.

Responsibilities

• Lead and participate in Root Cause Analyses (RCA), turning recurring faults and production problems into sustainable improvements.
• Identify improvement opportunities, plan, facilitate or lead their implementation, and track, analyze and present process performance in daily site meetings.
• Lead improvement and technical implementation projects at our Vlissingen production site, and participate in technical projects led by our central teams when they impact the site.
• Coach and support colleagues in Continuous Improvement (CI) methods and tools, helping build problem-solving capabilities across the site.
• Create, update and maintain process documentation, including manuals, instructions, P&IDs and SOPs, and support yearly targets related to areas such as safety, training, maintenance, manuals and SOPs.
• Develop and improve SCADA systems and other digital solutions that help optimize production and reduce losses, test and debug equipment control systems, write PLC code, and help digitalize ways of working and reduce unnecessary administration, for example through Microsoft Power Apps.
• Take responsibility for budgets within assigned projects, contribute to improvements in quality, material losses, First Time Right and OEE, and contribute to relevant CAPEX projects by representing the needs of the factory and providing technical and operational input early enough to make a real difference.
• Search for and share best practices through benchmarking and, just as importantly, by listening to the people closest to the process: our operators.

Requirements

• A relevant technical or engineering background, or comparable experience from a production environment, with a good understanding of manufacturing and production processes.
• Technical knowledge of production equipment such as decanters, heat exchangers, pumps and valves.
• Proven experience with structured problem solving and Root Cause Analysis, and with Lean, Six Sigma, Manufacturing Excellence or similar Continuous Improvement methodologies.
• Experience with production management and automation systems such as SCADA, MES and OPC servers, and knowledge of PLC programming, control systems, testing and debugging.
• Experience contributing to or leading technical and process improvement projects.
• An interest in digitalization and automation, ideally with experience using tools such as Microsoft Power Apps, and the ability to turn production data and observations into practical improvements.
• A collaborative mindset. You'll work closely with operators, technical specialists, managers and central teams, so being able to bring people along with you matters just as much as having the technical answers.

Nice to Have

• You are a passionate advocate for sustainability who strives to create societal shifts and drive the plant-based revolution.
• You have problem-solving skills essential for identifying root causes and implementing effective solutions.
• You are a self-starter who enjoys building from scratch and implementing sustainable processes, structures, and tools.
• You are highly collaborative and understand that our success as a company depends on our ability to work together to find innovative solutions.
• You are comfortable with ambiguity and chaos, energized by the challenge of building something lasting that benefits both the world and its people.