We bring the potential of people, nature and technology together to make life better.

That’s our purpose. We are all IN to make life better!

Every day, Ingredion employees bring their skills, creativity, and passion together to deliver ingredient solutions that enhance people’s lives. We are innovators who combine the power of technology with the best of nature to delight our customers and consumers. We hold ourselves to the highest standards in ethics, safety, quality and sustainability. Unlocking the potential of people, nature and technology to make life better is what drives us in every aspect of our business.

If you are interested in making life better, we are all IN to learn more about you! A bit about what you can expect from the employee experience at Ingredion:

The chance to make a difference

No matter where you work in the company, you’ll have an opportunity to make life better… for our colleagues, customers, communities, and the world.

Passionate people, motivated to excel

Our highly talented people have a passion for learning and achievement and are driven by our inspiring purpose to make life better and our core values: Care First, Be Preferred, Everyone Belongs, Innovate Boldly, and Owner’s Mindset.

A warm, welcoming environment

At Ingredion, everyone belongs! We embrace diversity and foster an inclusive work environment where individuals feel supported and enabled to contribute their very best every day.

A place where you can grow personally and professionally

We believe everyone has great potential, and we strive to nurture that potential into great personal and professional achievements.

An environment that enables innovation and collaboration

We are creating the conditions that inspire and enable innovation - in our products and services, as well as in how we do our work day-to-day.

The Engineering Manager role manages the Engineering aspects of the Cedar Rapids plant to achieve Safety, Quality, Environmental, Production, and Cost goals.  The Engineering Manager provides leadership to ensure a safe work environment and the safe design and implementation of capital projects. This role collaborates with operations management in the development and implementation of methods to drive continuous improvement in systems and processes throughout Cedar Rapids.  This role evaluates technological and process advances from around the Ingredion network and industry to assess applicability at Cedar Rapids. The Engineering Manager develops and maintains an organization which is highly skilled, motivated and performs as a results-oriented team ensuring stability of current and future plant operations.

Core Responsibilities:

• Promoting a safe work environment and safe work practices as a plant staff leader at all levels of the organization. Integrate safety and environmental aspects into all capital projects.
• Establishing ambitious goals for personal and team accomplishment. Formulate measures and systems to monitor progress toward goal attainment.  Initiate different and innovative approaches to addressing organizational opportunities. Evaluate technological and process advances from around the Ingredion network and industry to assess applicability at Cedar Rapids.
• Managing engineering activities that support the continuous improvement and ongoing operation of the plant. Direct and oversee the development, planning, and execution of the Capital Expenditure Program (CEP), including preparation of the CEP plan for corporate review ensuring budget is maintained and proper designs; implementation and schedules are met for each project.  Lead the preparation and updating of a five-year capital strategy for Cedar Rapids.
• Overseeing supplies and capital purchasing programs and initiatives that effectively support plant operations and its Capital Expenditure program. Align goals and initiatives with North American and Global Procurement.
• Managing controls engineering resources to ensure the overall instrumentation, control systems, and documentation systems are capable of supporting quality and production goals of the plant to meet business needs.
• Manage the engineering and purchasing teams to drive continuous improvement and process innovation in order to meet or exceed production and cost goals, that in turn lead to meeting or exceeding plan profit performance. Establish clear and meaningful ambitious goals for the organization that are linked to the strategies for the corporation.
• Direct, manage and develop a team that is recognized as technical leaders in Ingredion. 
• Create team environment that delivers innovative process improvements and provides process troubleshooting to resolve complex facility issues. 
• Create plans to ensure development of technical bench strength for the future. 
• Assist direct reports with appropriate coaching to build their skills and decision-making process. 
• Complete effective performance appraisals for direct reports and give regular and proper feedback.
• Develop leadership and management skills in the team required to foster commitment, accountability, and professionalism within and organization.
• Created a talent culture founded on a strong conviction that superior talent delivers superior results; they scout to find the best people, drive performance, coach transparently, and build strong teams globally
• Pushed to continually drive personal and organizational results, make timely decisions that benefit Ingredion globally, take educated risks on business opportunities and benchmark external best practices to outperform the competition
• Shaped shared value and mutual growth by engaging customers in developing solutions to make Ingredion their partner of choice 
• Challenged the status quo and promote bold thinking in order to create value in new ways across customers, processes, products and solutions to stay relevant and competitive in changing markets

Qualified candidates will have:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or related field.
• 10-15 years of significant experience managing in a manufacturing plant, or a major operation within a manufacturing plant.
• LSS or Six Sigma background, a plus. Strong financial acumen.
• Demonstrated ability to successfully manage all engineering activities including multiple capital projects and permits in a plant environment. Demonstrated ability to select, develop, and coach employees. Knows how to work effectively with people from different cultures to accomplish business objectives.
• Able to understand and integrate technical and business need into all activities. The ability to identify connections between situations that are not obviously related, grasp keep issues in complex situations and translate into action plans.
• Ability to link long range visions and concepts to daily work. Awareness on the impact of external events (Macroeconomics, Industry, Competition, Local Communities, etc.) and internal events on the strategy and tactics.