We at Pfeifer & Langen are on the way to becoming an agile, digitized and data-driven company in order to increase our competitiveness. In order to further advance this process, we need your support and have created the new function of „Process Owner Extraction“. If you enjoy developing the extraction-diffusion process further and working together with automation specialists in interdisciplinary teams of internal and external software developers, modelers and process engineers, then get in touch. Help to perfect the extraction using a simulation model based on beets – raw juice quality, energy consumption and sugar yield with the support of the latest measurement and automation technology. Testing the transferability of the solutions from the pilot plant to your location and bringing them to a company-wide solution for all locations in order to realize our vision of an extraction process that is optimally adapted to the beet quality.

Tasks

• Further development of our extraction process (from beet to raw juice and press schnitzel) to best-in-class technology, targeting our operational KPIs (Quality, use of materials, heat consumption, stability, minimum manual use) in Cooperation with Process Owner Heat Management and Control Application developers to improve
• Applying the possibilities that digitization and new technologies offer to further develop the extraction process, for example in the development of the digital twin and improvement of the process control in cooperation with our plants, data analysts, data scientists and software developers .
• Continuous coordination with the stakeholders: plant managers, shift supervisors, Control room drivers, GTO automation, GPO maintenance and external service providers
• Provision and development of technical instructions, knowledge transfer, Information events on the latest developments in the field of extraction
• Supporting the training of colleagues through training and practical On-site learning training in connection with projects and mentoring

Your profile

• Bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering, food technology, chemical engineering or similar
• 3 – 5 years of professional experience in the sugar industry
• Fluent in English and German / Polish
• Ability to develop ideas, concepts and solutions at European level, to discuss with stakeholders and to implement them across the board
• Excellent project management skills
• Deep knowledge of sugar technology and processes from beet to silo
• Strong intercultural awareness and sensitivity with people in a multicultural environment and to develop joint solutions with them
• Travel activity in Europe
• Office in one of our 9 plants in D / PL, remote work depending on project status 20 – 100%

We created new positions as “Process Owners “ to achieve best in class processes. If you are curious in Sugar Technology and you are open to adapt ideas from other branches, burning to execute new technologies linked with your ideas then the job fits perfect to you. And if you also like to work in a team on a Group level and to inspire colleagues in the Group with your ideas and knowledge then you’re welcomed to join the team.

Tasks

• Overtake responsibility for the development of the purification process ( from raw juice to thin juice 3) to best in class technology to achieve a visible impact on our operational KPIs and profitability (quality, usage in materials, heat consumption, stability, minimal manual work) in cooperation with process owners for heat economy, extraction and crystallisation.
• Open for all aspects in digitalisation which will bring in new possibilities to improve the process and the technology for example in developing and improving our digital twin for the purification process in cooperation with our data analyst, data scientist and software engineers.
• Continuous alignment with stakeholders: plant managers, shift leaders, operators, automation department, maintenance department and external integrators
• Provide and develop engineering guidance, insight and knowledge, sharing of latest developments, practices and sharing of lessons learned in the field of juice purification
• Assist the internal staff professional development and competence through training and on- site learning in conjunction with project execution, mentoring and leadership

Your profile

• Bachelor’s Degree of Process Engineering and directly applicable work experience
• 3 – 5 years in sugar industry
• Fluent in English and German / Polish language.
• Interpersonal and communication skills included demonstrated ability to influence, discuss and explain your ideas and concepts to our stakeholders on an European level
• Excellent organizational and project management skills with experience in managing projects and applications of varying sizes across our locations
• Strong technical knowledge and competences in sugar technology for the whole process from beet to silo
• Strong cultural awareness and sensitivity, with strong ability to deal with and negotiate with people in a multicultural environment
• Ability to travel international

You can choose your major workplace among one of our 9 site’s near Leipzig / Köln / Düsseldorf / Poznan / Warsaw/ Bielefeld – remote work possible.

We created new positions as “Process Owners “ to achieve best in class processes. If you are curious in Sugar Technology and you are open to adapt ideas from other branches, burning to execute new technologies linked with your ideas then the job fits perfect to you. And if you also like to work in a team on a Group level and to inspire colleagues in the Group with your ideas and knowledge then you’re welcomed to join the team.

Tasks

• Overtake responsibility for the development of our beet handling from the beet yard until beet bunker to best in class technology to achieve a visible impact on our operational KPIs and profitability (sugar losses, stability, 100 % pure beets, minimal manual work) in cooperation with process owners for extraction and beet logistics department.
• Open for all aspects in digitalisation which will bring in new possibilities to provide a continuous beet quality to slicers, by mixing beet qualities, beet washing and foreign bodies separation to support our digital twin for the whole sugar production process in cooperation with the other process owners, data analyst, data scientist and software engineers.
• Continuous alignment with stakeholders: plant managers, shift leaders, operators, automation department, maintenance department and external integrators
• Provide and develop engineering guidance, insight and knowledge, sharing of latest developments, practices and sharing of lessons learned in the field of beet handling and preparation
• Assist the internal staff professional development and competence through training and on- site learning in conjunction with project execution, mentoring and leadership

Your profile

• Bachelor’s Degree of Process Engineering and directly applicable work experience
• 3 – 5 years in sugar industry
• Fluent in English and German / Polish language.
• Interpersonal and communication skills included demonstrated ability to influence, discuss and explain your ideas and concepts to our stakeholders on an European level
• Excellent organizational and project management skills with experience in managing projects and applications of varying sizes across our locations
• Strong technical knowledge and competences in material handling and separation technology of heavy raw materials, basic knowledge in sugar technology
• Strong cultural awareness and sensitivity, with strong ability to deal with and negotiate with people in a multicultural environment
• Ability to travel international

You can choose your major workplace among one of our 9 site’s near Leipzig / Köln / Düsseldorf / Poznan / Warsaw/ Bielefeld – remote work possible.

We have created the function of the technology owner „Smart Sensors“. If you are curious about adapting or helping to develop smart sensors for the sugar industry and would like to work in a team of specialists to realize our vision of fully automated production together, then we are a perfect match.

You support and design the automation / digitization of our production through the development, adaptation, implementation and support of smart sensors for sugar production. The challenge is to adapt new, inexpensive IIoT-capable sensors in the direction of the sugar process and to integrate them into the existing IoT architecture or to develop new ones.

Tasks

• Selection of smart sensors (cameras, vibration measurements, spectroscopy devices, etc.) and adaptation in the sugar process
• Organization and implementation of pilot projects for the development and adaptation of sensors
• Integration into our IoT infrastructure and its associated components (Interfaces, power supply, software, etc.)
• Integration into the IoT infrastructure includes the conception of the signals together with the IoT team in our data lake in the cloud, checking the quality of the data, video streams and photos in the data lake in more detail
• Cooperation with the infrastructure development and operation team
• Integration into our systems and machines, in particular development and testing of the mechanical/electrical integration and its scalability
• Documentation of the developed solutions including creation of parts lists after testing
• Development of rollout strategies for the sensors
• Supporting the rollout
• Setting up and administration of the sensors essentially via remote access
• Developing a maintenance strategy for the sensors and the necessary associated ones components

Your profile

• Scientific studies or information sciences / computer science
• Extensive experience in the field of camera technology and selection of lenses / lighting
• Deep knowledge of operating systems (Windows, Linux) and data communication protocols
• Several years of experience with Internet-enabled components, industrial PCs, embedded PCs, Switches, fiber optics
• Extensive experience in dealing with RDP, VPN and other remote access systems
• Many years of experience with video software tools for video encoding and video editing (such as Open CV, Halcon)
• Experience with spectral measurement systems and the data exchange between spectral measurement system and chemometric software solutions would be desirable
• Hands on mentality, ability to work in a team and open to learning new things and working independently to train
• Accustomed to working in matrix structures
• Traveling to our plants in D/PL/UA and for further training at trade fairs, if necessary, suppliers (during the campaign also during the development phase 3 – 4 years over 50%, annual average 30 – 40%)
• very good knowledge of English, Polish Knowledge is an advantage