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Senior Engineer, H&B Yeast Manufacturing

IFF

Job Location:

Cedar Rapids, IA - USA

Monthly Salary: Not provided by the employer

Posted: 5 August 2026 (29 days ago)

Application Deadline: 2 November 2026

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Job Summary

Are you passionate about innovation that transforms everyday products into extraordinary experiences

IFF is a global leader in flavors fragrances food ingredients and Health & Biosciences delivering sustainable innovations that elevate everyday products.

Our Health & Biosciences team channels a passion for nature and bioscience into sustainable life-enhancing technologies that power innovative solutions across healthcare food consumer and industrial markets.

This role is based in Cedar Rapids Iowa. As part of the Health & Biosciences Manufacturing Technology team you will support yeast manufacturing operations by improving technology performance process efficiency cost effectiveness and continuous improvement across both local and global manufacturing priorities.

Where Youll Make a Difference

Provide technical support troubleshooting and proactive problem-solving for Health & Biosciences manufacturing processes with an initial focus on yeast manufacturing.
Benchmark assess and optimize the capability and performance of internal and external manufacturing processes.
Conduct holistic assessments of internal yeast manufacturing capabilities including technical performance quality compliance and product cost.
Support new product and technology introductions across internal manufacturing sites and external contract manufacturing partners.
Partner with global teams including Research & Development manufacturing quality and operations to strengthen yeast manufacturing performance.
Monitor and report on process performance product cost and operational efficiency across Health & Biosciences manufacturing plants.
Provide techno-economic analysis for manufacturing improvements including capital expenditure projects commercialization and debottlenecking initiatives.
Contribute to major initiatives and strategies as part of the global Health & Biosciences Manufacturing Technology community.
Support process commercialization programs and front-end loading activities for capital expansion growth and improvement projects.

What Makes You the Right Fit

Bachelors or masters degree in Chemical Engineering or a related technical field.
Minimum of five years of experience in industrial biochemical or biotechnology manufacturing environments.
Experience in yeast processing fermentation downstream processing liquid formulation or solid formulation.
Knowledge of industrial biotechnology process technology ideally with a focus on yeast manufacturing.
Project management experience including the ability to support complex technical initiatives across multiple stakeholders.
Ability to collaborate effectively across sites functions regions and business teams.
Strong decision-making prioritization and strategic thinking skills.
Ability to communicate technical information clearly and confidently including with senior leaders.
Financial and business acumen including experience with project justification cost analysis or manufacturing improvement cases.

How Would You Stand Out

Experience supporting capital expansion debottlenecking or manufacturing improvement projects in a biotechnology or fermentation environment.
Exposure to external contract manufacturing or global manufacturing networks.
Ability to bring a continuous improvement mindset while building strong relationships across technical and operational teams.

Why Choose Us

Opportunity to directly influence yeast manufacturing strategy and capability within a global Health & Biosciences organization.
Work on meaningful technical projects that support process performance efficiency commercialization and long-term business growth.
Collaborate with global colleagues across Manufacturing Technology Research & Development operations quality and business teams.
Be part of a motivated passionate and open-minded team where your work can make a real impact.

We are a global leader in taste scent and nutrition offering our customers a broader range of natural solutions and accelerating our growth strategy. At IFF we believe that your uniqueness unleashes our potential. We value the diverse mosaic of the ethnicity national origin race age sex or veteran status. We strive for an inclusive workplace that allows each of our colleagues to bring their authentic self to work regardless of their religion gender identity & expression sexual orientation or disability.

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