Production Engineer Co-op

As a world market leader in crop protection, we help farmers to counter these threats and ensure enough safe, nutritious, affordable food for all – while minimizing the use of land and other agricultural inputs. Syngenta Crop Protection keeps plants safe from planting to harvesting.  From the moment a seed is planted through to harvest, crops need to be protected from weeds, insects and diseases as well as droughts and floods, heat and cold. Syngenta Crop Protection is headquartered in Switzerland. 

As the HPF Production Engineer Co-op, you will provide technical support to the Herbicide Production and Formulations Unit. 

• Currently enrolled in an undergraduate engineering degree program
• Provide process/production engineering support to achieve performance targets in efficiency, production, and compliance
• Identify improvement opportunities through data sourced from interactions with Operations personnel, from process historians, and through daily Tier meetings.
• Responsible for OEE and Continuous Improvement Efforts for the HPF unit
• Participate in site wide initiatives that will deliver reliability improvements, reduce energy usage, and increase production
• Support of month-end accounting closure for consumption of raw materials and energy
• Support unit through real time production reporting, yield and raw material efficiency monitoring.
• Support environmental improvements, reporting and calculations with regards to permitting and release reporting.
• Support the Capital Projects Group (CPG) in early project scope development.
• Support unit operations in incident investigations related to production processes.
• Provide PRA assistance for the Site as a unit representative.
• Participate in cross-functional teams to address HSE and process safety, and other regulatory requirements.
• Provide training and coaching to operations personnel on process changes and improvement initiatives.

• Currently enrolled in a Bachelor’s Degree in Chemical Engineering
• Two years of experience in a manufacturing setting as Production or Process Engineer preferred
• Equipment troubleshooting experience
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.  Ability to communicate at multiple levels throughout the site organization
• Demonstrated understanding of best engineering practices and the application of RAGAGEPs to assets and processes

Additional Knowledge, Skills, Traits & Abilities:

• Strong personal accountability
• Six Sigma or Lean Manufacturing experience a plus
• Prior experience leading cross-functional teams would be a plus    
• Have a high level of ownership in making a measurable positive impact to plant performance and Syngenta profitability. Demonstrated ability to develops plans to attain targets
• Be a team player in a team environment
• Be a self-starter and self-motivator
• Have good computer skills including Microsoft suite
• Working knowledge of PI, SeeQ, or other Data Historian and ability to design and interpret trends
• Experience with both continuous and batch chemical production processes and technology
• Six Sigma Black belt or Lean Manufacturing experience a plus

Syngenta is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, or any other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status. 

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