Process Engineer - 2026/2027 University Graduate (ETAD program)
About The Position
The Engineering Talent Acquisition & Development (ETAD) program, part of Evonik's NextGen Technologies (NGT), aims to prepare entry-level engineers for future roles within Evonik and serve as a talent pipeline. This three-year program includes two years of broad applied training and one year of focused development in a preferred engineering role. Evonik offers a world of opportunities to shape innovative solutions for a more sustainable world, with attractive career paths, high-quality development programs, performance-based remuneration, occupational health benefits, and flexible working environments. This program specifically allows recent graduates to launch their engineering careers by contributing to process engineering, capital projects, plant operations, and technical improvement initiatives, gaining exposure across Evonik's network. The program combines two years of broad development with one year of focused experience, preparing participants for various technical career paths within Evonik.
Requirements
- Receive a BS degree or MS degree in Chemical Engineering between December 2026 and August 2027.
- Begin employment with Evonik Corporation between January 2027 and August 2027.
- Be agreeable to relocation for support of projects and for other career opportunities.
- Be knowledgeable of engineering fundamentals, process design, standard industry practices, and regulatory issues as well as cost, schedule, and operations management.
- Demonstrate human relation skills with emphasis on verbal and written communication, decision making, and leadership.
- Work, collaborate, and excel in a project team environment with high adaptiveness to variable situations.
Responsibilities
- Provide technical and methodological assistance to production and operations areas to increase plant availability, reduce costs, increase plant capacity, and improve quality.
- Identify and recommend concepts for capacity expansions, quality improvements, increased production availability, and improved operations, taking responsibility for process design, safety, and environmental protection in projects.
- Provide, organize, and coordinate technical support during conceptual engineering, basic engineering, detailed engineering, construction, commissioning, and startup phases of capital investment projects.
- Generate, direct, and approve designs, specifications, drawings, and instructions for capital projects and engineering service requests.
- Apply skills learned from various coordinated trainings.
- Generate and deliver training content for future training offerings.
- Support projects with universities, research institutes, and equipment manufacturers to identify or develop improved technologies and methodologies.
- Facilitate the exchange of information between Evonik plants and business lines to promote best practices.
- Collaborate globally with other departments within NextGen Technologies.
- Discuss, analyze, and prepare process engineering proposals, including scope definition and development of budgets and schedules.
- Act in assigned roles within capital investment projects (e.g., Process Engineer).
- Support, train, and develop other engineers and designers across various engineering disciplines.
Benefits
- performance-based remuneration
- occupational health benefits
- hybrid and flexible working environments with #SmartWork
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
