Graduate Process Engineer

Graduated already in chemical engineering or chemistry mechanical or industrial engineering Wanting a career within the Hygiene or Paper manufacturing sector Are you looking for an engineering opportunity that will inspire you and allow you to develop your process engineering as well as people management skills Then Essity as a health and hygienefast-paced global manufacturer which produces market-leading tissue products such as Tork is the right company for you!

About the Role

Essity is looking for a talented and self-motivated graduate in the field of process engineering to join one of largest paper manufacturing sites in Menasha WI. This position is suitable for those who have already completed their studies or will be graduating in 2026 or 2027. You will be part of the team working on the tissue paper manufacturing machines and in our Menasha location.

Working at Essity is not just a career; it is a chance to directly make the world a healthier more hygienic and safer place through our blockbuster innovations coupled with sustainable solutions. We want you to help shape the future of Essity through contributing your technical knowledge developing our processes and being part of our network of leaders.

Were looking for people who embody our values arent afraid to challenge innovate experiment and move at a fast pace. Were always looking for ways to improve our products and ourselves. If this is you wed love to talk.

What You Will Do

As a graduate engineer you will play a central role in challenging the status quo driving change and making a positive impact by delivering concrete results within our global hygiene and health business. You will be joining our professional production team at Menasha where you will work closely with experienced colleagues and develop your knowledge and skills as follows:

• Manage safety-oriented processes for yourself and others;
• Learning to follow established engineering principles to determine the sequence of steps or processes required to manufacture tissue-based consumer products that meet the organizations high standards of quality and cost;
• Performing standard technical tasks and preparing standard operation sheets;
• Monitoring production processes and work methods; collecting compiling and analyzing production data to identify opportunities to improve production processes;
• Learning to troubleshoot (for example following root cause analysis methodology);
• Driving projects to support continuous improvements and deliverables;
• Driving your own continued learning and complete industry-specific in-house training modules

Who You Are

You will be a recently graduated engineer or will be completing a technical engineering degree (bachelors or masters degree qualified) who has a natural focus on the environment and a compulsive curiosity about how engineering can play its part in delivering for the future. You should be a data driven and a process-improvement enthusiast who can demonstrate that you are a successful team player have a passion to lead others and manage responsibilities given to you. Work experience is not required but internships within a manufacturing environment is an advantage.

What We Can Offer You

We offer you a challenging job in a global company with many strong international brands. We offer a permanent contract with a competitive salary investment and retirement plan bonus opportunity as well as paid holidays PTO (plus bank holidays) from the get-go.

Please note this graduate program specific to our Professional Hygiene talent development program within our Midwest operations.

Were looking for people who embody our values arent afraid to challenge innovate experiment and move at a fast pace. Were always looking for ways to improve our products and ourselves. If this is you wed love to talk so dont miss your chance to apply!

At Essity we believe every career is as unique as the individual and empower employees to reach their full potential in a winning culture motivated by a powerful purpose.

If you apply for a job at Essity you can be sure that the only criteria we consider for selection are professional experience qualifications key job-related attributes and working values.

Collaborative and caring Work Environment Empowerment Job Impact Work with a Powerful Purpose Individual Learning and Development Health & Safety Social Responsibility Innovation

Additional Information

The Company is committed to equalemployment opportunity and providingreasonable accommodations to qualifiedcandidates and employees pursuant toapplicable law. We value and encouragediversity and solicit applications from allqualified applicants without regard to racecolor gender sex age religion creednational origin ancestry citizenship maritalstatus sexual orientation physical or mentaldisability medical condition military andveteran status gender identity or expressiongenetic information or any othercharacteristic protected by federal state orlocal law.

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Together we are improving lives every day

Working at Essity is not just a career; it is a chance to directly make the world a healthier more hygienic and safer place. With impactful innovations coupled with sustainable solutions we strive to reach more people every year with the necessary and essential solutions for well-being.