What we offer
At Evonik, you’re part of a global chemical company working in many sectors that go beyond chemistry. From lipids for tomorrow’s medicines, biosurfactants for green detergents, additives for plastics recycling or membranes to help drive forward the energy transition, you’ll play an essential part in helping the world’s most essential industries succeed.
Our success hinges on a diversity of ideas powered by people, not egos. Whether you’re a scientist or engineer, new to the team or established, in business, production, or anything in between – we cheer each other on. Because we believe we can do anything. Explore everything. And Be Part of Something Special!
Find out more about the many benefits we offer:
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Meet the team and get to know the people behind Evonik:
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Job Description Summary:
Leads property and facilities development, management, and maintenance activities aligned with the company, mission, vison, and strategy.
RESPONSIBILTIES
- Provide overall leadership and oversight of site operations, ensuring safe, efficient, compliant, and cost-effective manufacturing performance.
- Drive operational excellence, continuous improvement, and process optimization initiatives to improve productivity, quality, and cost competitiveness.
- Develop and execute site strategies, capital projects, and long-range plans to support growth, capacity, and operational objectives.
- Manage site financial performance, including budgets, forecasts, operating costs, capital expenditures, and resource allocation.
- Ensure compliance with EHS, GMP, ISO, quality systems, regulatory requirements, and corporate policies while maintaining audit readiness.
- Lead, develop, and mentor site personnel through talent management, succession planning, employee engagement, and performance development.
- Partner with commercial, supply chain, quality, engineering, and corporate stakeholders to support customer requirements and business objectives.
- Oversee manufacturing assets, facilities, labor relations, and service providers to ensure long-term reliability, efficiency, and operational success.
REQUIREMENTS
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Science, or a related technical field required; advanced degree preferred.
- 10+ years of operations leadership experience in a chemical, industrial, or manufacturing environment.
- Ability to lead complex plant operations, develop talent, and mentor high-performing teams; union environment experience is a plus.
- Proven success leading operational and cultural change initiatives in complex manufacturing organizations.
- Strong knowledge of Lean Manufacturing principles and tools, including 5S, Kaizen, Kanban, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement.
- Experience managing plant financial performance.
- Knowledge of ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and ISO 18001 standards, with SAP experience required; SAP integration experience preferred.
- Strong strategic planning, problem-solving, communication, and project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
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
To ensure that your application is proceeded as quickly as possible and to protect the environment, please apply online via our careers portal. Further information about Evonik as Employer can be found at www.evonik.com/en/careers.html.
Please address your application to the Talent Acquisition Manager, stating your earliest possible starting date and your salary expectations.
Your Talent Acquisition Manager:
Michelle Rush [C]Company is
Evonik CorporationSkills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Science, or related technical field
- Advanced degree
- 10+ years of operations leadership experience in a chemical, industrial, or manufacturing environment
- Ability to lead complex plant operations, develop talent, and mentor high-performing teams
- Union environment experience
- Proven success leading operational and cultural change initiatives in complex manufacturing organizations
- Strong knowledge of Lean Manufacturing principles and tools including 5S, Kaizen, Kanban, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement
- Experience managing plant financial performance, including budgets, forecasts, operating costs, and capital expenditures
- Knowledge of ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and ISO 18001 standards
- SAP experience
- SAP integration experience
- Strong strategic planning, problem-solving, communication, and project management skills
Evonik Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Evonik and has not been reviewed or approved by Evonik.
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Healthcare Strength — The U.S. package consistently includes medical, dental, and vision coverage, supported by HSA/FSA and an Employee Assistance Program. Benefits information highlights robust health coverage alongside base pay.
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Retirement Support — Retirement offerings include a 401(k) and references to legacy pension and retiree medical for eligible groups, indicating depth beyond a basic plan. Company materials and postings emphasize retirement support as part of a comprehensive package.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid time off, paid holidays, and parental leave are listed across recent U.S. postings. These time‑off programs appear as core elements of the package.
Evonik Insights
What We Do
Evonik is one of the world’s leading specialty chemicals companies. While we don’t produce electric cars, aircraft, medications or 3D printers, Evonik is part and parcel of these and many other end products. That’s because we contribute the small things that make a big difference. We make electric car batteries perform better, aircraft greener, medications more effective and 3D printers more efficient. In short: We think beyond the bounds of chemistry to make the world a better place. Today and tomorrow. We are an international group with a workforce of over 32,000 people spread across more than one hundred locations. Our daily work is shaped by global concerns, such as sustainability, diversity and digitalization. In all our business decisions, we take the present and future generations into consideration. After all, being ready for tomorrow is our business. Interested in joining our global team? Our wide range of opportunities extends from creative and innovative research through international management all the way to production. Whether you’re studying, starting out in your career or a seasoned professional, come help us make the world a better place. For more information about careers at Evonik, go to: www.careers.evonik.com. #HumanChemistry Find our netiquette on: www.evonik.com/netiquette
