Job Description

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.

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Apply process engineering knowledge and skills to support the synthesis of starting materials, pharmaceutical intermediates, and final bulk products in a safe, efficient, and environmentally responsible manner. Specifically, the process engineer is responsible for demonstrating process understanding, monitoring, and managing process performance.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide process engineering support for established processes. Analyze data and initiate continuous improvement.

• Support minor process scale-ups or process modifications.
• Manage ESHS, quality, cycle time, and equipment availability requirements.
• Work closely with customers and project teams.
• Working knowledge of core process engineering disciplines such as mixing, material science, heat transfer, mass transfer, filtration, and drying
• Identify projects to streamline and remove bottlenecks to increase productivity
• Provide recommendations regarding near term capital planning to support equipment reliability
• Serve as process engineer supporting a project responsible (PR) to implement improvements as identified above.
• Stay current on regulations, engineering standards, policies and procedures and good engineering practice
• Support continuous improvement of business processes within the engineering functions
• Performs minor modifications and technical review of production policies and procedures

Quality:

• Adherence to all written instructions.
• Timely reporting of all deviations to supervision.
• Training on each activity is completed and current and that each employee understands their assigned duties.
• Strick documentation practices are followed to ensure that all steps of the operations are appropriately documented.
• Ensure to maintain the work area in a state of cleanliness and sanitation through good housekeeping practices.
• Ensure the security and safety of the product through the reporting of any potential risk to supervision immediately.
• Ensure the safety of the personnel and product by wearing proper PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) according to the operation being executed.
• Each individual should report any action that they believe could impact the SISPQ of any product immediately to supervision.
• A senior plant engineer could be assigned as lead of root cause investigator for equipment related quality events.
• Senior Plant Engineer would be expected to participate and/or lead Quality Risk Assessments for equipment.

Environmental, Safety, Health & Security (ESHS):

• Adhere to ESHS programs, rules, & procedures.
• Assume personal accountability for individual behaviors related to ESHS activities.
• Have the appropriate knowledge and tools prior to performing a task.
• Complete all required ESHS training and remain current with applicable learning plans at all times.
• Report all injuries to Employee Health Services or Security and supervision within the same shift of the incident occurring.
• Inform direct supervision of any ESHS hazards or concerns in the workplace.
• Provide feedback and coaching to coworkers on both safe and unsafe behaviors and conditions.
• Actively participate in the ESHS management system as directed by supervision.
• Initiate and lead projects based on inherently safer design concepts.
• Participate in Process Hazard Analysis (PHA) and participate or lead Equipment Hazard Analysis (EHA)
• Associates Degree in science or engineering discipline, completion of some science or engineering coursework, or equivalent relevant experience
• Any chemical or pharmaceutical engineering manufacturing experience (preferred)
• Skills in successfully overcoming challenges and identifying opportunities for improvement
• Possess practical skills to solve process engineering issues
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Strong technical problem-solving ability
• Ability to influence groups without having supervisory responsibility
• Strong Computer skills in a variety of software packages
• Ability to apply fundamental engineering and business principles
• Strong teamwork and interpersonal skill

Requirements

• Associates Degree in science or engineering discipline, completion of some science or engineering coursework, or equivalent relevant experience
• Any chemical or pharmaceutical engineering manufacturing experience (preferred)
• Skills in successfully overcoming challenges and identifying opportunities for improvement
• Possess practical skills to solve process engineering issues
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Strong technical problem-solving ability
• Ability to influence groups without having supervisory responsibility
• Strong Computer skills in a variety of software packages
• Ability to apply fundamental engineering and business principles
• Strong teamwork and interpersonal skill

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.

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