Amcor · 1 day ago
Process Engineer Sr - Plant
Mundelein, IL
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$98K/yr - $147K/yr
5+ years expAmcor is transforming the packaging industry and improving lives around the world. The Senior Process Engineer will provide technical and process engineering services, support process improvements, and lead continuous improvement initiatives within the manufacturing environment.
ChemicalInformation TechnologyManufacturingMedicalPackaging ServicesSupply Chain ManagementSustainability
Responsibilities
Provide electrical controls and PLC programming support for manufacturing equipment, process improvements, and new product commercialization efforts
Lead and support PLC-based troubleshooting for complex production, quality, and downtime issues in collaboration with Maintenance and Controls resources
Support the design, modification, and optimization of control systems, including PLC logic, HMIs, sensors, drives, and automation hardware
Partner with Engineering, Maintenance, and OEMs during equipment installations, upgrades, and commissioning, ensuring controls functionality meets process and safety requirements
Support Environmental Health & Safety for the facility, following all current policies and procedures and making an effort to improve the Environmental Health and Safety performance of our facility
Coordinate project orders with Production Planning to best fit production schedule with minimal impact to customer orders
Provide technical guidance to Maintenance operations to make improvements and resolve issues based on process knowledge
Leads change for Troubleshooting production and process problems; communicates with manufacturing, quality, and technical people regarding run problems; investigates root causes and recommends and helps implement corrective actions
Reviews data and trial reports from technical for products being developed and reports concerns and results to the appropriate department managers
Production Trial owner, following and coordination of production trials providing accurate and detailed feedback to Trial owners Manufacturing, Technical Manager and Marketing
Analyze trial quality, output and waste data to determine trial effectiveness / specification commercialization
Monitors and improves product quality. Resolves quality issues and dispositions quarantined product. Researches assignable causes of customer complaints and works closely with customers to resolve and prevent quality issues. Regularly visits customers and coordinates operator visits to customers
Writes, performs, analyzes, and reports on trails, scale-ups, and validations for the manufacturing processes. Makes recommendations based on trails
Generate and gather ideas for product enhancements, cost savings, and new products from all sources (sales, vendors, customers, R&D, manufacturing, journals, and others); able to effectively communicate/interact with Sales, Marketing, and the Customer
Provide suggestions for product enhancements to R&D engineers to improve manufacturing results based on process experience
Operate as a “go-to” for other Engineers, operations, and maintenance for solutions to process or quality issues
Assess current processes to look for areas of improvement in processes (including procedures, conditions, and equipment), and make those recommendations to management
Target/resolve repetitive customer claim issues by working with customers and manufacturing
Lead continuous improvement teams to deliver process and business improvements. Responsible for identifying and resolves issues that impact data aspects through root cause analysis and corrective action management as it relates to specification impacts to all operation resources & departments
Develop and Commercialize New and Improved Products
Develop specifications for new products and update existing specifications
Qualification
Required
Bachelors degree in an Engineering field
Five to seven years experience in an engineering or process role in a flexible packaging converting operation
Training and experience in Lean manufacturing methodologies
Strong electrical and controls engineering aptitude, including PLCs, HMIs, VFDs, sensors, and industrial automation systems
Ability to translate process requirements into effective control strategies that improve safety, quality, throughput, and waste reduction
Strong mechanical and technical ability and aptitude
Strong analytical and problem solving skills
Strong knowledge of processes used to manufacture flexible packaging
Strong knowledge of raw materials to define better solutions
Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
Ability to coach and mentor less senior members of the organization
Must have effective communication skills, both verbal and written, in order to communicate with all levels of resources and managements, both internally and externally
Ability to analyze, problem solve and generate new ideas and be open minded to others' ideas
Benefits
Medical, dental and vision plans
Flexible time off, starting at 80 hours paid time per year for full-time salaried employees
Company-paid holidays starting at 9 days per year and may be slightly higher by location
Wellbeing programs & Employee Assistance Program
Health Savings Account/Flexible Spending Account
Life insurance, AD&D, short-term & long-term disability, and voluntary benefits
Paid Parental Leave
Retirement Savings Plan with company match
Tuition Reimbursement (dependent upon approval)
Discretionary annual bonus program (initial eligibility dependent upon hire date)
Company
Amcor
Amcor is a packaging and container manufacturing company for food and beverage, personal care, and medical industries.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$2.2B2025-03-13Post Ipo Debt· $2.2B
1969-08-28IPO
Leadership Team
Peter Konieczny
Chief Executive Officer
Ron S Delia
Chief Executive Officer
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