Engineering Talent Acquisition and Development Program in the United States

ETAD aims to make Evonik better by providing technical leadership with valuable contributions. Participants in the program will undergo targeted technical training and development, where they will learn the skills needed to participate in work such as plant design, process improvement, and capital projects.

Benefits of joining ETAD

• You will be learning and using valuable technical skills to solve complex problems at Evonik production sites
• Opportunities to visit and work with various sites across the region
• Be part of a global network, with access to subject matter experts in all areas of industry
• At the Mobile site, you will be part of a community with your fellow ETADs as you learn and work together

Majors Accepted

• Chemical engineering (BS, MS, PhD)

ETAD is a key source of engineering talent for Evonik, with engineers from ETAD going on to lead businesses, operations, supply chains, and innovation globally. They have achieved great feats such as inventing new processes, constructing plants, and utilizing AI in diverse fields. Graduates of the program hold positions across the company, in a variety of fields such as plant engineering, research and development, and global resource support.

Join the ETAD program where you develop a diverse skillset in your first two years of the program, then have an opportunity to receive focused development in a specific role of your choosing within another department of Process Technology and Engineering – North America (TE-NA). Your first two years in ETAD will be in Mobile, AL, while the third year offers the possibility to relocate dependent upon the role you select within TE-NA.

When you work in specialty chemicals, you work across so many other sectors. From sustainable nutrition to healthcare solutions, from advanced food ingredients to membranes, from care solutions to additive manufacturing, you’ll play an essential part in helping the world’s most essential industries succeed. Because we see the big things in the smaller details. To create a bigger impact. For people and the planet. 

For over a century, innovation at Evonik has enabled innovation elsewhere. We’ve helped the world’s leading companies create more sustainable, more efficient, more reliable products. So we’ll keep doing what we do best. And when you join Evonik, you’ll do it too.