18+ month renewable term contract. Potential to extend multi-year/option to hire.
Client: A major global corporation and a leader in their industry operating over 350 manufacturing plants, earning annual revenue over $19 B and employing over 15,000.
Overview:
Seeking a Senior Packaging Engineer with expertise in secondary packaging to ensure the appropriate selection of equipment technologies to fulfill the requirements of addition of a new packaging line.
Role:
Plan, conduct, and coordinate packaging process engineering functions covering all aspects of packaging equipment from primary packaging through secondary packaging and process unit operations as applied in the production of food products.
Apply expertise in all aspects of food processing technology in terms of production systems, quality/sanitation, equipment design and application.
Provide packaging engineering process design and review for capital projects including detailed phases of the engineering work, related documentation and field support.
Coordinate work by outside consultants and suppliers and apply broad knowledge of standards, principles and practices in packaging specialties.
Support divisional continuous improvement efforts and technical assistance to operating facilities, including investigation and analysis of problem areas and opportunities for packaging and process enhancements.
Apply expert understanding of line balancing, equipment specification, vendor coordination, factory acceptance testing and site acceptance testing.
Assist in the development and modification of department technical guidelines, standards, and specifications.
Communicate and collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.
Qualifications:
Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or related field desired.
7 - 10+ years of packaging equipment engineering experience in a food, consumer packaged goods or pharmaceutical manufacturing environment.
Strong experience in secondary packaging to ensure the appropriate selection of equipment technologies to fulfill the requirements of packaging line deployment.
Strong project management experience.
Proficient in project portfolio management tools such as Primavera P6 or MS Project, layout software such as AutoCAD or PackML, and process flow diagrams (e.g. Visio).
OHSA, Project Management (e.g. PMP/PMI), LEAN Manufacturing or Continuous Improvement (e.g. Six Sigma, Green/Black Belt) is a plus.