Teams at Cayuga Milk Ingredients, LLC

Leads technical training and development for operations employees, managing trainers, curriculum design, LMS administration, training delivery, leadership development, vendor relationships, and program evaluation. Partners with operations, EHS, HR, and workforce agencies to assess needs, close performance gaps, maintain training materials, track completion metrics, and ensure consistent standards across facilities.

Leads process optimization, automation engineering, capital project support, equipment reliability, and sustainability initiatives in a highly automated dairy manufacturing environment. Analyzes production data, troubleshoots PLC, HMI, SCADA, instrumentation, and process control systems, supports commissioning and startup, and improves yield, throughput, safety, quality, energy efficiency, and regulatory compliance. Provides technical leadership across Operations, Maintenance, Quality, R&D, Supply Chain, and Engineering while mentoring teams and supporting new product commercialization.

Develop and maintain dairy production plans and schedules based on demand, raw milk supply, capacity, inventory, and material availability. Release and monitor ERP production orders, forecast material needs, manage milk utilization and yields, and coordinate with processing, packaging, quality, warehouse, logistics, procurement, sales, and customer service. Ensure schedules support inventory accuracy, shelf-life constraints, traceability, food safety, and SQF compliance.