Associate Process Engineer

TITLE: Associate Process Engineer

LOCATION: Argo Plant. Bedford Park, IL.

REPORTS TO: Process Engineering Manager

The Associate Process Engineer will be responsible for monitoring process conditions, providing troubleshooting and technical support, and maintaining instrumentation and control systems to assist in meeting safety, quality, production, and cost goals.  Identifying and implementing process improvements, including capital projects/permits, from conception to start-up.  

Core Responsibilities:

• Executing projects (establish and meet budget and schedule, supervise construction, train personnel, supervise startup, coordination with QC/QA, safety, health and environmental, and maintenance) up to $10M or to be a member of a project team that executes projects.

• Providing technical support/expertise to the plant safety professional on facility safety initiatives when designing and/or redesigning work processes to eliminate workplace injuries and illnesses.

• Troubleshooting, identifying opportunities for improvement, and implementing action plans and follow-up to ensure effective results.

• Providing engineering studies, designs, and justifications for approval to support Operations’ goals.

• Keeping historical data to analyze and to monitor key efficiencies and parameters against design to assist Operations with troubleshooting and meeting costs and production goals.

• Evaluating, seeking approval, and executing improvements to the plant’s safety, reliability, capacity, operating costs, maintenance, product quality.

• Keeping current in discipline, to assess new technologies and ideas, to develop, evaluate, and seek approval for new concepts to improve the efficiency and the capability of the process, the life of the facility, and the product quality.

• Conducting process training and ensuring documentation is up to date when projects are complete.

• Assisting operations in continuous training to maintain operators’ proficiency.

• Experience in executing projects or process improvements and troubleshooting in a manufacturing environment.

• Strong communication skills, with the ability to present technical information and prepare concisely written reports.

• Ability to work effectively in a team environment, build consensus, and foster relationships at multiple organization levels and across different organizational functions. Is self-directed and demonstrates high level of initiative.

• Demonstrated degree of sound judgment, resourcefulness, and innovation in handling complex technical assignments with minimal supervision.

Qualified candidates will have:

• Bachelor’s degree in chemical or Mechanical Engineering.

• Ability to successfully implement capital projects/permits and perform engineering functions in a manufacturing environment. Demonstrate that completed projects meet the design objectives.

• Project Management training and/or certification a plus.

• Lean Six Sigma Certification, a plus. 

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Relocation Available:

No

Pay Range:

$67,520.00-$90,026.67 Annual

This pay range is not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Final base salary will be determined based on several factors which may include but are not limited to responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data and applicable bargaining agreement (if any).

Incentive Compensation:

As a part of the total compensation package, this role may be eligible for the Ingredion Annual Incentive Plan or a role-specific commission/bonus.

Benefits:

Full-time roles are eligible for our comprehensive benefits package which includes medical, dental and vision coverage as well as a 401(k) plan with an competitive company match.