Process Engineer, Utilities — Onsite Cedar Rapids

Ingredion Incorporated; Cedar Rapids (IA); On-site; USD 84,000 - 113,000; Full time

Job summary

Ingredion Incorporated in Cedar Rapids, IA, is hiring a Process Engineer - Utilities to optimize manufacturing processes and improve efficiency, quality, throughput, cost, and sustainability. You will identify and implement improvements and manage capital projects from concept to startup on an onsite plant.

The role requires a bachelor's degree in engineering, a background in process improvement, and experience with capital projects in manufacturing.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering-related discipline or equivalent technical experience.
• Chemical, Mechanical, and Industrial Engineering degrees preferred.
• Process improvement experience in manufacturing operations environment.
• Ability to successfully implement capital projects/permits and perform engineering functions in a manufacturing environment.
• Knowledge and expertise of the corn wet milling process, and the systems and fundamentals involved in its operation preferred.

Responsibilities

• Executing projects (establish and meet budget and schedule, supervise construction, train personnel, supervise startup, coordination with QC/QA, safety, health and environmental, and maintenance) up to $10M or to be a member of a project team that executes projects.
• Providing technical support/expertise to the plant safety professional on facility safety initiatives when designing and/or redesigning work processes to eliminate workplace injuries and illnesses.
• Troubleshooting, identifying opportunities for improvement, and implementing action plans and follow-up to ensure effective results.
• Providing engineering studies, designs, and justifications for approval to support Operations’ goals.
• Keeping historical data, to analyze and to monitor key efficiencies and parameters against design to assist Operations with troubleshooting and meeting costs and production goals.
• Evaluating, seeking approval, and executing improvements to the plant’s safety, reliability, capacity, operating costs, maintenance, product quality.
• Keeping current in discipline, to assess new technologies and ideas, to develop, evaluate, and seek approval for new concepts to improve the efficiency and the capability of the process, the life of the facility, and the product quality.
• Conducting process training and ensures documentation is up to date when projects are complete.
• Assisting operations in continuous training to maintain Operator’s proficiency.

Skills

Troubleshooting

Process improvement

Capital projects

Engineering knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering-related discipline

Chemical, Mechanical, and Industrial Engineering degrees preferred

Job description

Ingredion Incorporated in Cedar Rapids, IA, is hiring a Process Engineer - Utilities to optimize manufacturing processes and improve efficiency, quality, throughput, cost, and sustainability. You will identify and implement improvements and manage capital projects from concept to startup on an onsite plant.

The role requires a bachelor's degree in engineering, a background in process improvement, and experience with capital projects in manufacturing.