Performance Engineer

At Corteva Agriscience, we grow progress by putting farmers and consumers at the heart of agriculture, to help reshape the industry for the 21st century. We believe that the future of farming depends on aligning the food chain from end to end, so that we can work together to build agriculture into an industry that is more financially secure, sustainable, innovative and responsive. We are helping to shape an industry better able to understand and react to global market demands, that can effectively harness science, technology and innovation to optimize productivity, and which has the know-how and resources to help chart its own long-term success in the face of challenge and change.

Performance Engineer

Corteva Crop Protection is a results driven organization, with a standardized organization structure, fit-for-purpose work-processes, and a continuous improvement/owner’s mindset & capabilities at all levels. It enhances cost competitiveness by equipping teams with Continuous Improvement skills; simplicity, speed and accountability behaviors to drive value.

The Performance Engineer role ensures opportunities from area losses are captured, evaluated, prioritized and solutions are implemented to maximize the Business Team’s P&L.

Primary responsibilities of the Performance Engineer include, but are not limited to:

• Support the successful application of policies, management system compliance, and applicable Environmental, Health, and Safety standards. Be an influential leader in demonstrating strong commitment to personal safety, process safety, and compliance.

• Understands the goals of the organization and aligns individual goals with these objectives. Focuses on activities that generate the most value for Corteva to produce low cost, quality products.

• Demonstrate strong engineering skills to troubleshoot process bottlenecks, evaluate new opportunities, and prioritize complex issues.

• Interface often with a variety of personnel, including leadership, operators, maintenance personnel, R&D, auditors, etc. They must have highly effective interpersonal and communication skills.

• Understands all applicable process technology, equipment and control technology.

• Ensure daily and weekly KPI’s are entered, analyzed, and any red/off target metrics have plans to close the gap.

• Monitor and analyze reliability performance and encourage proactive identification of equipment issues.

• Understands all applicable process technology, equipment and control technology.

• Participate and contribute towards improvement idea generation to close gaps in performance. 

• Strong understanding of Continuous Improvement, ranging from basic tool usage to the management and guidance of more complex projects.

• Participates in advanced trouble shooting and coaches others to learn these skills. Utilizes Root Cause Analysis techniques to identify and drive improvements to prevent recurrent issues.

• Facilitates the screening of improvement ideas, then facilitates the evaluation, prioritization, and execution of proposed improvement ideas. Tracks progress and prioritization of improvement project status and completion.

• Participates in project execution as project leader and/or performs project related tasks as defined with the project manager.

Competencies:

• Strong technical and engineering skills

• Leadership aptitude in diverse situations

• High interpersonal effectiveness and communication skills to positively influence others

• Initiative and commitment to drive improvement

Basic Qualifications:

• 4 year engineering degree​
• Strong leadership and coaching skills​
• Technical excellence​
• High degree of ownership​
• Desire to engage with operating team​

Preferred Qualifications:

• Chemical Industry work experience

• Six Sigma certification or exposure

• FMEA

VISA sponsorship is not available for this position.

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Benefits – How We’ll Support You:

• Numerous development opportunities offered to build your skills

• Be part of a company with a higher purpose and contribute to making the world a better place

• Health benefits for you and your family on your first day of employment

• Four weeks of paid time off and two weeks of well-being pay per year, plus paid holidays

• Excellent parental leave which includes a minimum of 16 weeks for mother and father

• Future planning with our competitive retirement savings plan and tuition reimbursement program

• Learn more about our total rewards package here - Corteva Benefits

• Check out life at Corteva! www.linkedin.com/company/corteva/life

Are you a good match? Apply today! We seek applicants from all backgrounds to ensure we get the best, most creative talent on our team.

Corteva Agriscience is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to embracing our differences to enrich lives, advance innovation, and boost company performance. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, military or veteran status, pregnancy related conditions (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), disability or any other protected status in accordance with federal, state, or local laws.