Utilities Plant Engineer
- Location
- Lafayette, IN
- Listed
- 3 days ago
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Job Summary
The Utilities Plant Engineer provides engineering leadership and technical expertise to support both capital projects and critical site utility systems. This role is responsible for leading small- to medium-sized capital projects, supporting the Ascent Project, and ensuring the safe, reliable, and compliant operation of Site Services Utilities. The position partners closely with Operations, Maintenance, Quality, ESHS, and Project teams to improve equipment reliability, infrastructure performance, and overall plant efficiency.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead capital projects from scope development through design, construction, commissioning, qualification, and startup.
- Provide engineering support to strategic site projects, including design reviews, technical evaluations, commissioning, and startup activities.
- Manage project budgets, schedules, contractors, vendors, and engineering documentation to ensure successful project execution.
- Provide day-to-day engineering support for utility systems, including steam, water, HVAC, power distribution, and supporting infrastructure.
- Troubleshoot equipment and system issues, conduct root cause analyses, and implement sustainable solutions to improve reliability.
- Develop and enhance maintenance and reliability strategies to optimize equipment performance and asset lifecycle management.
- Collaborate with Operations, Maintenance, Quality, and EHS teams to drive continuous improvement and operational excellence initiatives.
- Ensure compliance with applicable safety, quality, environmental, and engineering standards and procedures.
- Provide technical leadership, support engineering best practices, and contribute to long-term infrastructure and asset management strategies.
Qualifications & Experience
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related technical discipline.
- Experience in plant engineering, manufacturing engineering, utilities, maintenance, reliability, or capital project environments.
- Exposure to managing engineering projects, including design, construction, commissioning, or startup activities.
- Familiarity with utility systems such as steam, water, HVAC, power distribution, or other industrial infrastructure systems.
- Experience supporting manufacturing, chemical, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, food processing, or other regulated industrial operations is beneficial.
- Knowledge of maintenance, reliability, asset management, or continuous improvement methodologies.
- Understanding of engineering standards, process safety, quality systems, and regulatory compliance requirements.
- Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving capabilities with the ability to identify and implement practical solutions.
- Effective communication and collaboration skills with the ability to work across multiple functions and manage competing priorities in a dynamic environment.
Your Application
- To ensure that your application is proceeded as quickly as possible and to protect the environment, please apply online via our careers portal.
- Please address your application to the Talent Acquisition Manager, stating your earliest possible starting date and your salary expectations.
- Your Talent Acquisition Manager: Bhawna Kapur [C]
- Company is
- Evonik Corporation
Equal opportunity and legal notices
The Evonik Group adopts an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) approach. Candidates are assessed based on their educational qualifications, experience, job competencies and potential and shall not be discriminated against on the basis of race, ethnicity, age, gender, religion, nationality, disability or sexual orientation or other classifications protected by local, state, or provincial regulations.
From Evonik's careers page, first listed on Rolev.ai on November 6, 2026. Rolev.ai is not the employer.
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