Process Engineer - Post Harvest and Product Scale-Up

Location: Nottingham, UK

Start date: From June 2026

Salary: Competitive

Contract: Full time, permanent

The company:

Adamo Foods is a deeptech food company developing an entirely new generation of meat alternatives, using our proprietary fermentation technology (3x patented). With our ultra realistic whole-cut products (starting with a filet alternative) we’ve landed letters of intent to sell products from some of the largest food distributors and restaurants. Over 90% of external tasters to date have said the Adamo Filet is the best product they’ve tried. We’re now beginning to scale up to commercial production and sales. We were recently ranked #20 in the Startups 100 index for the UK’s best new startups.

The role:

We are looking for an energetic, ambitious and experienced Process Engineer to join our team to lead the scale-up of our:

• Post-harvest process (from harvest to ready-to-use biomass); and,
• Steak manufacturing process (from ready-to-use biomass to food products).

The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of scaling up processes in fungal biomass downstream processing and food manufacturing (ideally meat alternatives) to commercial operations.

Key responsibilities:

• Lead our work on post-harvest processing and product scale-up, with a focus on translating our pilot scale process into commercially viable products.
• Design and improve our pilot and commercial production facilities to enhance productivity, quality and safety.
• Establish strategic partnerships to support our goals, and manage our existing R&D partners (production facilities, R&D partners, etc.).
• Coordinate the work of external partners to deliver our company scale up targets.
• Identify and implement process improvements to reduce costs, minimise waste and increase efficiency.
• Monitor and analyse process performance metrics, such as quality, yield and productivity and develop strategies to meet or exceed targets.
• Establish and oversee key experiments at lab and pilot scale.

Requirements:

• 5+ years experience in process engineering.
• BSc or MSc in Engineering (chemical, mechanical, industrial or similar).
• Knowledge of fermentation downstream processes such as separation, dewatering, washing and thermal treatment at large volumes (>10,000L).
• Strong background in process scale up and tech transfer from pilot to demo to commercial.
• Experience scaling finished food products from pilot to commercial manufacture, ensuring product quality, consistency, and manufacturability at volume. Experience in meat alternatives is a nice to have.
• Strategic and analytical mind-set, able to find new and novel ways to reach goals.
• Excellent communications skills.
• Self-motivated and able to drive work as part of a small team.
• Passion for food, the plant-based industry, and sustainability.
• The right to work in the UK, unfortunately we’re not able to sponsor visas for this role.

Benefits:

• Competitive salary.
• Flexible working.
• Company share options.
• Team socials and away days and regular product tastings.
• Chance to create and set up many of the company’s processes & goals.

We are an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees, with equal opportunities for all applicants on the basis of merit. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, colour, ethnicity, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability or national origin. All applications are welcome.

How to apply:

Please send your CV to.