Rotational Program Participant – Engineering

Job Description

Evonik Rotation Program – Early Career Engineers | Evonik

The Tone:
This is a two-year Rotational Program at Evonik for early career engineers, requiring mobility and willingness to relocate across North America and internationally. Evonik, an organization of 33,000 colleagues, develops innovative solutions to make the world more sustainable, healthier, and more comfortable. This role offers the chance to explore, thrive, and grow by contributing fresh perspectives and developing strengths in a dynamic chemical manufacturing environment.

The TL;DR
• Role: Rotational Program Participant
• Type: Full-time
• Location: Willing to relocate (NA and/or internationally)
• Pay: $85000–$90000 yearly
• Mission: Support process optimization, capital projects, and operational excellence initiatives to improve process performance, equipment reliability, product quality, and production efficiency in chemical manufacturing.
• Tech Stack: Microsoft Office applications

What You’ll Actually Do
• Technical Support: Provide technical and methodological assistance to production and operations areas to increase productivity or reliability of processes and equipment.
• Project Evaluation: Support the evaluation of concepts for expansions, including capital investment projects, quality increases, production availability, and operations management.
• Engineering Development: Provide technical support in basic engineering, detail engineering, process development, and scale-up of customer or production projects.
• Data Analysis: Analyze, monitor, and document data using defined tools, methods, and formats to improve processes and increase reliability or quality of processes and products.
• Cross-functional Collaboration: Collaborate with departments such as procurement, plant engineering, supply chain, EHSQ, HR, controlling, and regulatory to support project or task execution.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering, received in Spring 2027. This is an Entry-Level position.
• Experience: Knowledge of engineering fundamentals, standard industry practices, and regulatory requirements or operations management. Previous work experiences, such as Co-Op or internships, in the chemical industry are preferred.
• Skills: Excellent written, verbal, and organizational skills; ability to interact and communicate effectively with all levels of the organization; demonstrated ability to think critically and solve problems; proficiency in Microsoft Office applications; highly organized and efficient in time management.