Corteva Agriscience

Performance Engineer

Corteva Agriscience • $80K — $95K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 4-year engineering degree in Chemical, Mechanical, Electrical, or Industrial fields preferred
  • Strong leadership and coaching skills
  • Technical excellence with a high degree of ownership
  • Desire to engage with operating teams
  • Effective interpersonal communication skills
  • Initiative and commitment to driving improvement

Responsibilities

  • Support and lead environmental, health and safety initiatives
  • Proactively lead improvement projects, anticipating challenges
  • Eliminate production losses in Utilization, Yield, or Uptime
  • Evaluate and categorize production losses
  • Record and analyze production deviation data
  • Review daily operating logs to identify equipment reliability issues
  • Participate in troubleshooting and coach team members

Benefits

  • Numerous development opportunities to build skills
  • Health benefits for you and your family from day one
  • Four weeks of paid time off and two weeks of well-being pay yearly
  • Excellent parental leave of a minimum of 16 weeks for both parents
  • Competitive retirement savings plan and tuition reimbursement program
  • Contribute to a company with a higher purpose
Full Job Description
The Performance Engineer role ensures opportunities from area losses are captured, evaluated, prioritized and solutions are implemented to maximize the Business Team's P&L.

What You'll Do:
  • Actively support and participate in environmental, health and safety initiatives to drive EH&S excellence. Participates in and/or leads Management of Change Activity.
  • Proactive in leading improvement projects, actively seeking opportunities and anticipating challenges.
  • Understand all applicable process technology, equipment and control technology.
  • Own and eliminate production losses whether Utilization, Yield or Uptime
  • Evaluate and categorize production losses
  • Record and analyze all production deviation data
  • Determine and prioritize corrective actions to close Operational Performance gaps
  • Review daily operating logs to identify equipment reliability issues & determine causes.
  • Work with Operations Capability Leader to determine solutions for mitigating losses due to operating discipline.
  • Participate in advanced trouble shooting and coaches others to learn these skills. Utilizes Root Cause Analysis techniques to identify and drive improvements to prevent recurrent issues.
  • Understand and apply skills and knowledge in Statistical Process Control (SPC) technology, to maximize plant asset utilization and produce low cost, quality products.
  • Network with other engineers on site and within the business to leverage knowledge on plant operations.
  • As required, communicate technical information and issues to plant personnel, Technology or Expertise centers.
  • The Performance engineer must interface often with a variety of personnel, including leadership, operators, maintenance personnel, R&D, auditors, etc. They must have highly effective interpersonal and communication skills.
  • Understand the goals of the organization and aligns individual goals with these objectives. Low value work must be eliminated or altered. Focus on activities that generate the most value for Corteva.
  • Demonstrate strong engineering skills to troubleshoot process bottlenecks, evaluate new opportunities, and prioritize complex issues.


Qualifications

What Skills You Need:
  • 4 year engineering degree (Chemical, Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial preferred)
  • Strong leadership and coaching skills
  • Technical excellence
  • High degree of ownership
  • Desire to engage with operating team
  • Strong Technical and Engineering skills
  • Leadership aptitude in diverse situations
  • High interpersonal effectiveness and communication skills to positively influence others
  • Initiative and commitment to drive improvement

What Makes You Stand Out:
  • Chemical Industry work experience
  • Familiarity with process automation system
  • Team facilitation and leadership skills
  • Continuous Improvement and Six Sigma knowledge
  • Knowledgeable in Corteva Engineering Practices (EP) or equivalent Industry
  • RAGAGEP


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Benefits - How We'll Support You:
  • Numerous development opportunities offered to build your skills
  • Be part of a company with a higher purpose and contribute to making the world a better place
  • Health benefits for you and your family on your first day of employment
  • Four weeks of paid time off and two weeks of well-being pay per year, plus paid holidays
  • Excellent parental leave which includes a minimum of 16 weeks for mother and father
  • Future planning with our competitive retirement savings plan and tuition reimbursement program
  • Learn more about our total rewards package here - Corteva Benefits
  • Check out life at Corteva! www.linkedin.com/company/corteva/life


Are you a good match? Apply today! We seek applicants from all backgrounds to ensure we get the best, most creative talent on our team.

About Corteva Agriscience

Corteva Agriscience brings you the world's most recognized and premium agricultural solutions, featuring Pioneer® and Brevant™ Seeds, award-winning Crop Protection products, Encirca, and Granular software tools and services. they provide agronomic support and services to help increase farmer productivity and profitability. they strive to develop sustainable and efficient global food systems that benefit everyone.

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Learn more about Corteva Agriscience
Size
21,000 employees
Market Cap
$42.3 billion
Industry
Net Income
$681 million
5 Year Trend
+2.4%
Revenue
$14.2 billion
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