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Process Engineer - North Kansas City, MO

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Ingredion

Ingredion

Process Engineer - North Kansas City, MO

National
Full Time
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    Develop innovative solutions and new approaches to engineering problems to determine the sequence of steps or processes required to fabricate and assemble products that meet the organization's standards of quality and cost.

    As a Process Engineer, your responsibilities will include:

    • 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.
  • Qualifications

    Qualified candidates will have:

    • Bachelor degree in Chemical or Mechanical Engineering with 3-8 years manufacturing experience.
    • Ability to successfully implement capital projects/permits, and perform engineering functions in a manufacturing environment. Demonstrate completed projects meet the design objectives.
    • Project Management training and/or certification, a plus.
    • Lean Six Sigma Certification, a plus.
  • Desired skills

    The Process Engineer position is well-suited for you if you have:

    • Experience in executing projects or process improvements and troubleshooting in a manufacturing environment.
    • Strong communication skills, with the ability to present technical information and prepare concisely written reports.
    • Ability to work effectively in a team environment, build consensus, and foster relationships at multiple organization levels and across different organizational functions. Is self-directed and demonstrates high level of initiative.
    • Demonstrated degree of sound judgment, resourcefulness, and innovation in handling complex technical assignments, with minimal supervision.
  • Industry
    Food and Beverages
  • About Us

    Ingredion is a leading global ingredients solutions company. We make sweeteners, starches, nutrition ingredients and biomaterials that are used by customers in everyday products from foods and beverages to paper and pharmaceuticals.

    We turn grains, fruits, vegetables and other plant materials into ingredients that make crackers crunchy, candy sweet, yogurt creamy, lotions and creams silky, plastics biodegradable and tissues softer and stronger. Our innovative ingredient solutions help customers stay on trend with simple ingredients and gluten-free or high-fiber foods that appeal to today's consumers.

    Grounded in our values of Care First, Be Preferred, Everyone Belongs, Innovate Boldly and Owner's Mindset, we employ approximately 11,000 employees around the world. Our customers operate in more than 120 countries and represent 60 diverse sectors, including food, beverage, paper and corrugating, brewing and other industries.