Engineering Talent Acquisition & Development (ETAD) Program

Job Description

Process Engineer – 2026/2027 University Graduate (ETAD program) | Evonik

The Tone:
This is a full-time entry-level graduate position within Evonik’s Engineering Talent Acquisition & Development (ETAD) Program, offering global exposure with required relocation for project support and career opportunities. Evonik is a global organization of 33,000 colleagues, dedicated to shaping innovative solutions that make our world more sustainable and life healthier, more vibrant and more comfortable. This three-year program is crucial for launching future engineering careers, providing broad technical training and hands-on project experience, and serving as a vital pipeline for future engineering talent within the company. It prepares entry-level engineers for their future roles with Evonik.

The TL;DR
• Role: Entry-level Engineer (ETAD Program)
• Type: Full-time
• Location: Flexible (relocation required)
• Team: NextGen Technologies (NGT), Evonik’s preferred internal technology & engineering partner
• Mission: To make Evonik better through a variety of engineering activities that create value, preparing entry-level engineers for future roles as a pipeline of future talent.

What You’ll Actually Do
• Technical Assistance: Provide technical and methodological assistance to production and operations areas, contributing additional value by increasing plant availability, reducing investment and operating costs, increasing plant capacity via debottlenecking, and improving quality.
• Project Leadership: Identify and recommend concepts for capacity expansions, quality improvements, increased production availability, and improved operations, acting in a leading engineering role with responsibility for process design, process safety, and environmental protection within projects of small to medium investment volume.
• Capital Project Coordination: Organize and coordinate technical support throughout all phases of capital investment projects, including conceptual engineering, basic engineering, detailed engineering, construction, commissioning, and startup.
• Design & Approval: Generate, direct, and approve designs, specifications, drawings, and instructions for capital projects and various engineering service requests.
• Training & Development: Support, train, and develop other engineers and designers across various engineering disciplines, applying skills learned from coordinated trainings and contributing to future training offerings by generating and delivering content.

The Must-Haves
• Background: An entry-level engineer receiving a BS or MS degree in Chemical Engineering between December 2026 and August 2027.
• Experience: Begin employment with Evonik Corporation between January 2027 and August 2027, demonstrating knowledge of engineering fundamentals, process design, standard industry practices, regulatory issues, cost management, schedule management, and operations management.
• Skills: Demonstrated human relation skills with an emphasis on verbal and written communication, decision making, and leadership, coupled with the ability to work, collaborate, and excel in a project team environment with high adaptiveness to variable situations.
• Bonus: Must be agreeable to relocation for supporting projects and pursuing other career opportunities within Evonik.