Intern (co - op) Improvement Engineer - Fall

Improvement Engineer

The Rockland site engineering team is an organization that provides technical support for site level projects and initiatives. The mission of the team is to maintain our process technology knowledge and ensure a strong technical foundation to enable: safe and reliable manufacture of products that meet our performance requirements, quick and accurate response to business and customer needs, effective execution of capital projects, product scale-ups, and process changes, and continuous improvement in process safety, product quality, and capacity.

As an Improvement Engineer you will work with cross functional teams to ensure alignment between commercial, manufacturing, research & development, safety, health & environmental. You will focus on longer range process improvement initiatives and provide technical support for:

· Process safety assessment and improvement initiatives – implementation of process safety standards

· Development and documentation of process technology information

· Development and execution of quality, yield and capacity improvement initiatives

· Capital project support

· Plant / process start-ups

· Product scale-ups or transfers

· Chronic production issues and process problems

You will be based in Rockland, Maine, and you will report to the site's Operation Manager. Your primary responsibility will be to support the key business segment of carrageenan within the Food & Beverages group. You may also be called upon to support other technologies as needed within the Nutrition & Business division such as alginates, carrageenan, and pectin.

If you're a Chemical Engineer with related technical experience and enjoy supporting and managing projects in a chemical plant environment, this role will afford you the opportunity to manage exciting projects as part of the Nutrition & Biosciences operations team.

Required Education:

· BS in Chemical Engineering

Qualifications:

· 2 – 5 years of continuous processes experience within the chemical industry and demonstrated knowledge of the engineering principles, business processes, technologies and applications

· Competency interacting with internal and external customers

· Strong safety orientation including familiarity with process safety management principles

· A demonstrated history of bringing projects in safely, on time and on budget.

· The ability to effectively present at both informal and formal training settings

· Ability to lead project teams

· Being data based and results driven with strong action orientation combined with practiced risk management abilities

· Strategic agility with foresight and the ability to create alternate plans

Competencies important to the position:

Process safety knowledge

Technical / functional skills

Problem solving

Six Sigma

Action oriented / drive for results

Decision quality and data based decision making

Planning and project management

Customer focus

Interpersonal skills and self-awareness

Approachability

Comfort around higher management

We are a global leader in taste, scent, and nutrition, offering our customers a broader range of natural solutions and accelerating our growth strategy. At IFF, we believe that your uniqueness unleashes our potential. We value the diverse mosaic of the ethnicity, national origin, race, age, sex, or veteran status. We strive for an inclusive workplace that allows each of our colleagues to bring their authentic self to work regardless of their religion, gender identity & expression, sexual orientation, or disability.