Process Engineer - Fostoria, OH
ADM · Fostoria, OH
- Level
- Engineer
- Team
- Process
- Degree
- Required
- Experience asked
- 3+ years
- Industry
- Food & beverage
- Posted
- 25 days ago
The role in 30 seconds
An engineer-level process role at ADM (food & beverage) in Fostoria, OH. You will play a pivotal role in managing day to day operations.
- They ask for
- 3+ years · degree required
- Day to day
- some off-shift / weekend coverage
Read from the posting. The full description is below.
From the plant jobs report · week of November 2, 2026
Process Engineer roles in Ohio: typical posted base $83k–$115k.
Median of the low and high ends of 9 live postings that list pay, out of 44 process engineer openings in Ohio, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
Ohio plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →
How this role compares
Against 43 other live process postings in Ohio.
- Base pay
- Not listed in this posting
- Experience asked
- Less than usual (3+ vs 5+)
Typical $83k–$115k, from 9 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- Lean 55%
- Root cause 43%
- Six Sigma 36%
- Tooling 34%
- Team leadership 30%
- FMEA 23%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
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How to get in at this plant
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- 1
Pick 2–3 people on the Process team at ADM
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- 2
Send a short, curious note
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- 3
Turn a reply into a short call
Questions worth asking about this team:
- What does a normal week look like on your team?
- Is the work mostly new product launches or sustaining existing lines?
- How much time do you spend on the floor versus at a desk?
- How does off-shift and weekend coverage work?
- How did you land the job? What stood out in your interviews?
- 4
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If the call went well, ask whether they’d pass your résumé to the hiring manager. Send your résumé link, apply that day, and let them know.
- 5
Bring proof to the interview
One page of before-and-after numbers from projects you led: scrap, OEE, cycle time, cost. Plant managers hire on results.
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Responsibilities
- ◆Oversight of specific processes and projects
- ◆Project management may require purchasing of materials and supplies, equipment installation, budget tracking, employee training, and startup of projects
- ◆Manage day-to-day operations which will may also include shift coverage if needed
- ◆Project design, development, and management that are specific to the operations of an operating department
- ◆Conduct optimization assessments to identify existing and potential opportunities, propose solutions to improve performance primarily in the areas of energy, chemicals, product yields, and reliability
- ◆Support capital projects including control strategy development, P&ID management, administration of process control narratives suitable for control application development and process start up
- ◆Training and mentoring of colleagues, with the potential of indirectly managing 10 to 30 hourly colleagues.
- ◆Maintain a high degree of availability to a 24/7 operation.
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Requirements
- ✓B.S. in Engineering (Chemical, Mechanical, or Ag Preferred) or equivalent experience
- ✓3+ years of experience in a food processing production environment or similar industry
- ✓Previous leadership experience
- ✓Strong commitment to safety and quality
- ✓Demonstrated leadership, strong problem-solving skills
- ✓Ability to manage personnel and work closely with corporate departments
- ✓Ability to look beyond the task at hand, to anticipate challenges and develop options to overcome them
- ✓Subject matter expert knowledge level of a variety of process unit operations
- ✓Ability to work extended hours when required, including nights, weekends, and holidays, to support production operations
Excited about this role but don’t think you meet every requirement listed? We encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this role or another one of our openings.
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Process Engineer - Fostoria, OH
This is a full-time, exempt position.
As the Process Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in managing day to day operations. Your mission is to dive deep into tracking, and understanding department costs, yields, quality, process performance to ensure processes and projects are completed to enable efficient plant production.
As a mentor to front-line teammates, you’ll be nurturing talent as you work with both contractors and ADM colleagues as well as ADM leadership other stakeholders. This is not just a job—it’s your chance to lead, innovate, and fine-tune for success in our dynamic production ecosystem.
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