Cement Development Engineer Program - Process Engineer

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Ash Grove family of companies, including Ash Grove Cement Company, Ash Grove South Texas, LLC, Sapphire Americas LLC, Oldcastle Cement Holdings, Houston Cement Company, and Suwanee American Cement Company, is one of North America’s leading cement manufacturers, with a legacy of innovation and excellence dating back to 1882. The company operates 12 world-class cement plants and a vast network of 41 terminals across the United States and Canada.

Renowned for its forward-thinking approach, Ash Grove combines technical expertise, robust safety standards, and empowered talent to deliver high performance and better serve our customers. At Ash Grove, we stand together to reinvent the way our world is built.

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• Health Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Retirement Plan
• Paid Time Off, Paid Holidays
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Employee Assistance Program
• Disability Pay
• Life Insurance
• Growth Opportunities and more!

The Cement Dev. Engineer is a learning and training position with the engineer expected to develop leadership, technical and organizational skills while performing a variety of assigned job functions. This position works from a mentoring relationship with a key staff member, who themselves have developed their careers along a hierarchy of acquired skills. The position is available for frequent exchange and feedback with this individual.

The Cement Dev. Engineer may be required to work rotating shifts and should have the ability to relocate to any plant with the Company.

• Promote and follow all plant safety guidelines.
• Performs a variety of subjective fundamental skills to measure development and advancement in the role
• Understands the organization and reporting responsibilities within the environment, the typical staff roles by position, and interpersonal relationships among co-workers.
• Deals with the public, regulatory community, vendors, customers, non-union, and off-hour demand unique to continuous process industries.
• Develops safe work habits, leadership skills, effective communication, professional networking, budgeting, and cost control.
• Develops an understanding of the cement production process - raw materials to finish milling - quality.
• Participates in process activities with departments.
• Learns how to conduct mass and heat balances, air flows, circuit efficiency studies, and any related testing necessary to maintain operating efficiencies.
• Engages in study to understand the programming of the plant’s programmable logic control (PLC) and distributed control systems (DCS)
• Completes performance testing and measurements on production equipment.
• Completes MDE training matrix.
• Additional duties as assigned by supervisor.

• Ability to read, write and understand warning labels, instructions, signs, etc.
• Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering required.
• Minimum 3.0 GPA or above preferred
• Previous work experience is preferred, but not required
• Proficient analytical and problem-solving skills with high attention to detail and accuracy
• Knowledge of pyro processing, thermodynamics, heat transfer, airflow, inorganic chemistry, and related principles.
• Knowledge of desktop and LAN data processing. Demonstrated understanding of popular spreadsheet, word processing, and database software.
• Ability to refer to supervisor when clarification of organization policy is needed.

Work to be performed in a shop environment as well as outdoor exposure throughout the plant. Mild exposure to cement dust, heat, cold, and noise requires compliance with specified safety guidelines and procedures. Exposure to high elevations of up to 250 feet in height. Exposure to all weather conditions. Normal operation of mobile equipment may result in jarring and vibratory exposure.

We provide stability and advancement opportunities across North America. Use our tuition reimbursement program to help you meet your career goals.

The above duties and responsibilities are representative of the nature…