We are seeking an experienced Industrialization Engineer / Project Manager with a strong background in agro-food processing, industrial scale-up, and manufacturing operations to lead the transition of our technology from pilot-scale production to full commercial manufacturing.
The successful candidate will be responsible for planning, coordinating, and executing industrialization and scale-up projects, working closely with technical teams, equipment suppliers, processors, contract manufacturers, and other external partners. This role requires a hands-on professional who understands agro-food processing environments, process engineering, production systems, equipment commissioning, and complex industrial projects.
The individual will serve as a key link between R&D;, engineering, manufacturing partners, suppliers, and company leadership to ensure projects are delivered safely, efficiently, on schedule, and within budget.
Key Responsibilities
Industrialization & Process Scale-Up
● Lead the transition of production processes from laboratory and pilot scale to commercial-scale manufacturing.
● Develop and execute industrialization plans for agro-food and bio-based processing operations.
● Evaluate production processes, equipment requirements, plant capabilities, utilities, material flows, and manufacturing constraints.
● Coordinate pilot trials, demonstration runs, scale-up campaigns, and commercial production activities.
● Identify process bottlenecks and implement improvements to increase throughput, reliability, product consistency, and cost efficiency.
● Support process optimization, equipment selection, process layouts, production workflows, and manufacturing readiness.
● Develop and maintain process documentation, operating procedures, production specifications, and scale-up protocols.
Project Management
● Lead industrial and manufacturing projects from planning through execution, commissioning, and operational handover.
● Develop project scopes, schedules, budgets, milestones, risk registers, and implementation plans.
● Coordinate internal technical teams, contractors, equipment vendors, suppliers, engineering consultants, and manufacturing partners.
● Monitor project timelines, costs, deliverables, and performance against agreed objectives.
● Identify project risks, technical challenges, and resource constraints and develop appropriate mitigation strategies.
● Provide regular project updates to leadership and key stakeholders.
● Manage multiple industrialization and scale-up initiatives simultaneously.
Agro-Food Processing & Manufacturing
● Apply practical knowledge of agro-food processing, agricultural raw materials, oils and fats, extraction, refining, chemical or bio-based processing, and related industrial operations.
● Support the design and optimization of production processes involving agricultural and bio-based feedstocks.
● Work with processing facilities and manufacturing partners to assess plant capabilities and readiness for commercial production.
● Coordinate raw material sourcing requirements, production planning, storage, handling, and logistics associated with scale-up activities.
● Support equipment commissioning, process validation, troubleshooting, and production start-up activities.
● Ensure manufacturing processes are designed for repeatability, scalability, efficiency, and product quality.
Quality, Safety & Regulatory Compliance
● Integrate quality, safety, environmental, and regulatory requirements into industrialization and manufacturing projects.
● Support development of quality assurance and quality control procedures for commercial production.
● Coordinate process validation, analytical testing, and product performance verification.
● Ensure appropriate documentation is maintained for production, quality, traceability, and regulatory requirements.
● Work with manufacturing partners to ensure compliance with applicable safety, environmental, and operational standards.
Supplier & Manufacturing Partner Management
● Manage relationships with contract manufacturers, agro-processors, equipment suppliers, laboratories, engineering firms, and other technical service providers.
● Evaluate potential manufacturing and processing partners based on technical capability, capacity, quality, cost, and scalability.
● Coordinate technical information, production requirements, specifications, and project deliverables with external partners.
● Support procurement and technical evaluation of processing equipment and industrial services.
Qualifications
● Bachelor's or Master's degree in Industrial Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Process Engineering, Food Engineering, Agricultural Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related discipline.
● 5+ years of relevant experience in industrialization, project management, manufacturing, or agro-food processing.
● Demonstrated experience taking processes from pilot or demonstration scale to commercial production.
● Strong understanding of industrial processing equipment, production systems, process optimization, and manufacturing operations.
● Experience within agro-food processing, vegetable oils, oilseed processing, food ingredients, bio-based materials, chemicals, or related process industries is strongly preferred.
● Demonstrated experience managing industrial projects involving multiple contractors, suppliers, technical teams, and external manufacturing partners.
● Strong project management capabilities, including scheduling, budgeting, risk management, procurement, and stakeholder coordination.
● Experience with equipment installation, commissioning, process validation, or production start-up is highly desirable.
● Knowledge of quality management, occupational health and safety, environmental compliance, and manufacturing standards.
● PMP, P.Eng., Lean Six Sigma, or related professional certification is considered an asset.
Ideal Candidate
The ideal candidate is a hands-on industrialization professional who combines engineering knowledge with strong project execution skills. You should be comfortable working both strategically and directly with processing plants, equipment vendors, contractors, technical teams, and manufacturing partners.
You understand what it takes to move a process beyond the laboratory and successfully implement it in an industrial environment. Experience working with agricultural commodities, oilseeds, vegetable oils, food processing, bio-based feedstocks, or similar processing operations would be particularly valuable.
You are highly organized, technically curious, commercially aware, and capable of driving complex projects from concept through successful commercial operation.
Why Join COROL?
You will play a critical role in scaling innovative bio-based technologies from pilot production to
commercial manufacturing. Working alongside company leadership, technical experts, agro-processing
partners, equipment suppliers, and manufacturers, you will help build the industrial infrastructure
required to bring sustainable materials to market.
Pay: $50,560.46-$148,186.49 per year
Work Location: In person
