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American Packaging Corporation · 5 hours ago

Process Engineer

American Packaging Corporation (APC) is the leading flexible packaging converter in North America. The Process Engineer will monitor and measure process and product performance, implementing recommendations for improvements to ensure optimal production.

ManufacturingPackaging ServicesPrintingSupply Chain Management
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Responsibilities

Analyze processes and products using statistical techniques to identify opportunities for improvement and measure process/product performance, ensuring continual improvement
Participate in the gathering of information needed to establish process conditions for new and developing products and processes. This involves observing trials/developmental orders, production runs, and communicating with team members from manufacturing, scheduling, sales, graphics, and the supplier
Ownership of CI projects as assigned. Lead projects, provide data, and set up projects to achieve CI goals
Organize and lead process and product improvement teams/initiatives, utilizing established project management techniques, to improve product quality and process performance, and lead the implementation of those improvements
Ensure that manufacturing specifications are known, understood, and communicated
Provide engineering expertise as needed
Analyze production and test data to establish consistent production results
Utilize data to recommend design changes to correct/resolve problems and contribute to the optimization of products to the required technological specifications or end uses
Ability to work and communicate with all levels of the organization as required. This will range from hourly production employee up to and including the Operations Director
The work schedule must be flexible to accommodate attendance at trials/production during nights and/or weekends as needed
Investigate for Root Cause Corrective Actions of both Customer and Internal quality findings
Travel as needed to suppliers and/or customers

Qualification

Statistical analysisProcess improvementProject managementPackaging converting experienceMathematical skillsCommunication skillsProblem-solving skills

Required

Associate's degree (A. A.) or equivalent from two-year college or technical school; with two years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience
Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations
Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals
Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the public
Ability to apply advanced mathematical concepts such as exponents, logarithms, quadratic equations, and permutations
Understand and apply statistical techniques for process improvement
Ability to apply mathematical operations to such tasks as frequency distribution, determination of test reliability and validity, analysis of variance, correlation techniques, sampling theory, and factor analysis
Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions
Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables
Ability to apply principles of logical or scientific thinking to a wide range of intellectual and practical problems
The physical demands described here are representatives of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear
The employee frequently is required to sit and reach with hands and arms
The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl
This position may require manual lifting not to exceed 50 lbs
Specific vision abilities required by this job include color vision

Preferred

Packaging converting experience is highly desirable
Knowledge of testing performed in a converting operation and knowledge of statistics and the ability to apply and interpret statistic to a manufacturing situation is desired
Project management experience is preferred

Benefits

MEDICAL/HEALTH INSURANCE
DENTAL - EMPLOYER PAID
VISION - EMPLOYER PAID
SHORT/LONG TERM DISABILITY - EMPLOYER PAID
HSA W/EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS
FSA - HEALTH AND/OR CHILDCARE
11 PAID HOLIDAYS
PTO - INCREASED IN 2026!
401(k) - EMPLOYER MATCHING!
+ BONUSES INCLUDING QUARTERLY PRODUCTION, YEARLY HOLIDAY AND QUARTERLY PRODUCTION!
AND MORE!

Company

American Packaging Corporation

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American Packaging Corporation is a packaging company that offers custom packaging solutions for companies.

H1B Sponsorship

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2024 (1)
2021 (1)

Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage

Leadership Team

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Peter Schottland
CEO/Co-Chairman of American Packaging Corp.
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