Process Improvement Engineer

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Recommend, initiate, and implement measures to advance Evonik's production and operations processes. Ensure state-of-the-art process technology and management methodologies to minimize costs, enhance product quality, and maximize plant and product availability for specific business lines and affiliates. Uphold the principles and responsibilities of Responsible Care in assigned areas, as defined by the RC 14001 management system.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead process improvement projects to provide technical and methodological support to production and operations, focusing on increasing plant availability, reducing investment and costs, debottlenecking, and improving quality. In all instances there is a strong focus on delivering value for the business partner.
• Collaborate with business partners to analyze and understand the problem and define the scope of work for preparing proposals, ensuring sufficient resource availability and qualifications. Then, develop and issue proposals to enhance production facilities and processes at Evonik, aiming for improvements in production costs, capacity, production quality, and process safety.
• Act in assigned roles within process improvement investment projects (e.g. Project Manager, Program Manager, Project Lead).
• Successfully execute improvement projects where the incumbent will lead and influence cross-functional teams of 3 to 5 people. This includes supporting, training, and/or developing other engineers.
• Recommend and implement additional techniques or methodologies that allow execution of projects in a manner that outperforms the competition with respect to speed, cost, and quality
• Provide exchange of information with other Evonik plants in order to utilize these valuable resources for improvements and collaborate on a global basis with other departments within Process Technology & Engineering.
• Provide, organize, and coordinate technical support in conceptual engineering, basic engineering, detail engineering, construction and commissioning of process improvement projects.
• Technical responsibility in one or more of the primary areas of focus of the Process Improvement department (Continuous Improvement Methodologies, Manufacturing Intelligence, Advanced Process Controls, Process Simulation, Process Development, Unit Operations and Transport Phenomena) Recommend and implement additional techniques or methodologies that allow execution of projects in a manner that outperforms the competition with respect to speed, cost, and quality.
• Support projects with universities/research institutes/equipment manufacturers to find advanced, more efficient technologies and methodologies.

REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering or relevant engineering discipline combined with chemical process industry experience.
• Master's degree or Doctoral degree in Chemical Engineering preferred.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in process technology and chemical manufacturing processing required.
• Professional Engineering license preferred.
• Be agreeable to relocation for a restricted period of time. 
• The incumbent requires knowledge of process techniques in mechanical and thermal processes, process design, manufacturing technology, automation of processes and/or methodologies of operations management.
• Demonstrate human relation skills with emphasis on verbal and written communication, decision making, and leadership.
• Work and excel in a project team environment with high adaptiveness to variable situations. 
• The incumbent must work independently while reporting the primary results of his activities to his/her supervisor.
• Excellent cooperation with production, technical and operations departments within the Business Group is essential for the success of this position.

The Evonik Group adopts an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) approach. Candidates are assessed based on their educational qualifications, experience, job competencies and potential and shall not be discriminated against on the basis of race, ethnicity, age, gender, religion, nationality, disability or sexual orientation or other classifications protected by local, state, or provincial regulations.

Your Application
 

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Please address your application to the Talent Acquisition Manager, stating your earliest possible starting date and your salary expectations.

Your Talent Acquisition Manager:

Brittney Compton [C]

Company is

Evonik Corporation