Process Engineer - Cottage Grove, MN
The Impact You’ll Make in this Role
As a Process Engineer, you will have the opportunity to tap into your curiosity and collaborate with some of the most innovative and diverse people around the world. Here, you will make an impact by:
- Leading Continuous Improvement teams and Product and Process Understanding (PPU) efforts to improve safety, increase yields, improve productivity and raise the bar for process capability on manufacturing equipment
- Creating and maintaining standard operating procedures, work instructions and test methods
- Efficiently troubleshooting defects and variation, performing root cause analysis and applying systemic problem-solving skills and robust solutions
- Proactively communicating at all levels of the organization to drive direction and positive change
- Supporting a dynamic 24x7 operation through a willingness to be on-call
Your Skills and Expertise
To set you up for success in this role from day one, 3M requires (at a minimum) the following qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in an engineering or science discipline (completed and verified prior to start) from an accredited institution
- Three (3) years of process engineering experience in a private, public, government or military environment
Additional qualifications that could help you succeed even further in this role include:
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Chemical Engineering
- Five (5) years of process engineering experience in a private, public, government or military environment
- Excellent mechanical and/or chemical aptitude and problem-solving skills; practical and hands-on, with analytical comprehension and data driven decision making
- Experience with Lean Six Sigma, Design of Experiments (DOE), and Statistical Analysis
- Ability to work both independently and in cross-functional teams from multiple locations and divisions
- Ability to navigate through ambiguity and change
Work location:
Must be legally authorized to work in country of employment without sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H1B status).
Responsibilities of this position may include direct and/or indirect physical or logical access to information, systems, technologies subjected to theregulations/compliancewith U.S. Export Control Laws.
Please note: your application may not be considered if you do not provide your education and work history, either by: 1) uploading a resume, or 2) entering the information into the application fields directly.
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