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Industrial Process & Spray Coating Optimisation Consultant – Extruded Snacks

  • 15-20 Hrs/Week
  • Hybrid - Mumbai
  • 2 months
  • Project posted on: 9/09/2026
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Industrial Process & Spray Coating Optimisation Consultant – Extruded Snacks

  • Manufacturing/Operations
  • Lean Manufacturing

Hybrid - Mumbai

15-20 Hrs/Week

2 months

 9/09/2026

Assignment Details

The client is looking for a senior Food/FMCG Process Engineering expert to support the redesign and industrial implementation of an existing spray-tunnel system used for applying dry seasoning and oil to extruded snack products.
 

The project involves translating an existing laboratory proof of concept (POC) into a scalable, factory-ready solution, with a focus on improving application uniformity, reducing seasoning/oil wastage and maintaining product quality and production throughput.

 

Key areas of support:

  • Assess the current spray-tunnel design, process flow and operating parameters.
  • Identify seasoning/oil consumption, wastage and process inefficiencies.
  • Redesign the spray-tunnel configuration, including spray/nozzle arrangement, dosing and application parameters.
  • Support factory installation, equipment modification, commissioning and vendor coordination.
  • Conduct factory trials and optimise application parameters, line speed and coating uniformity.
  • Establish operating windows, SOPs and standard operating conditions.
  • Validate improvements in material utilisation, wastage, oil consumption, product quality and throughput.
  • Document the final solution and support knowledge transfer/training of factory teams

Skills Required

  • Industrial / Process Engineering; factory-level process improvement
  • Food / FMCG manufacturing, preferably extruded snacks
  • Spray, seasoning, coating or dosing system optimisation
  • Experience taking lab/pilot POCs into industrial-scale implementation
  • Lean / Six Sigma, wastage reduction, process optimisation and factory trials

About the Client

a conglomerate that owns and operates businesses in diverse sectors.

Industry

FMCG

Experience Required:

17+ years

Additional Skills:

  • Environmental Compliances
  • Lean Methodologies
  • Six Sigma
  • Process and Product Audit
  • Plant Maintenance
  • Long term capacity planning models
  • Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP)
  • Industrial Automation
  • Green Field projects
  • Capacity Building
  • Operations Management
  • Low Cost Automation
  • Total Quality Management (TQM)
  • ERP

No of open positions:

1

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