Process Engineer

Ingredion • North Kansas City, MO

20d • Onsite

About The Position

Ingredion is hiring a Process Engineer to join our team and drive innovation within our operations. In this role, you will develop creative solutions and new approaches to complex engineering challenges, determining the most efficient sequence of steps and processes for fabricating and assembling high-quality products. You will play a key part in ensuring our processes meet rigorous standards for quality and cost, while continuously identifying opportunities to enhance performance, efficiency, and overall operational excellence.

Requirements

• 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.
• Bachelor’s 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.

Nice To Haves

• Project Management training and/or certification, a plus.
• Lean Six Sigma Certification, a plus.

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.
• Supporting the response to day-to-day operational issues by coordinating within and across units and departments and providing troubleshooting support.
• Utilizing historical data to analyze and monitor key efficiencies and parameters against process design to assist with troubleshooting and deliver on cost and production goals.
• Solving problems through development of creative and innovative solutions and challenging traditional methods of accomplishing tasks.
• Using technical expertise and collaboration to identify improvement opportunities, developing projects and implementing them using project management best practices.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and performance-based pay recognizing your contributions to our success.
• Health, long-term savings, and resources for your physical, mental, and emotional well-being.
• We value flexibility to support you both professionally and personally.
• Learning, training, and development opportunities, including tuition reimbursement.
• A culture of real-time appreciation, with personalized recognition rewards globally.
• Provides exclusive discounts on everyday products, services, and travel.
• medical, dental and vision coverage
• 401(k) plan with an competitive company match.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level