Lead Process Engineer

What we offer

You will work on exciting and challenging topics together with a team in an ultra-modern, innovative and creative environment. Intensive on-the-job training with expert colleagues guarantees you will quickly become familiar with your duties and perform them independently. Performance related pay and the opportunity for personal and professional development are of course part of the package. Since 2009 Evonik Industries AG has been certified as a family-friendly company by the German Hertie Foundation.

Click on the link to learn more about Evonik from our employees:

https://careers.evonik.com/en/about/meet-the-team/

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide technical and methodological assistance to production and operations areas (e.g. increase of production capacity of plants, optimization of operating costs, supporting resolution of operational issues).
• Find and recommend concepts for expansions, quality increase, production availability, operations management, etc. with responsibility for the basic process information and for all aspects of process safety and environmental protection within projects.
• Provide, organize, and coordinate technical support in conceptual engineering, basic engineering, detail engineering, construction, commissioning, and start-up of capital investment projects.
• Generate, direct, and approve designs, specifications, drawings, and instructions on capital projects and/or service requests.
• Support projects with universities/research institutes/equipment manufacturers to find advanced, more efficient technologies and methodologies.
• 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.
• Discuss, analyze, and define proposals, based on client objectives, for engineering scope and cost estimates for capital investment projects.
• Act in assigned roles within capital investment projects (e.g., Lead Process Engineer).
• Support, train, and develop other engineers.
• Lead and influence cross-functional teams of up to 10 employees.
• Provide technical guidance and supervision of up to 5 senior process engineers or process engineers.

REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering required.
• Master's degree or Doctoral degree in Chemical Engineering preferred.
• Minimum of 10 years of experience in process engineering, process technology, and chemical process manufacturing 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.
• Demonstrated 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 supervision.
• Excellent cooperation with production, technical and operations departments within the Business Group is essential for the success of this position.

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 https://careers.evonik.com. 

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 Corporation