Graham Packaging · 6 hours ago
Operations Engineer
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$95K/yr - $142K/yr
8+ years expGraham Packaging is a leader in sustainable packaging manufacturing, committed to a people and values-based culture. The Operations Engineer will collaborate with plant operations to drive excellence through proactive maintenance and project management, while also engaging in problem-solving and technical support to enhance operational efficiency.
Manufacturing
Hiring Manager
Jacob Rosen
Responsibilities
Drive operations excellence: The Operations Engineer collaborates with plant operations to implement the best maintenance and reliability practices, emphasizing proactive and predictive maintenance and developing plant technical teams
Project leadership and management: The role requires disciplined project execution, including scope development, bidding, business case presentation, timeline management, and project tracking to meet plant goals on specific projects assigned
Problem solving and technical support: The engineer applies critical problem-solving tools such as A3, 8D, and FMEA to resolve complex technical issues and supports innovation and maintenance standardization efforts
Acts as support role for significant projects to support technical innovation
Use critical problem-solving tools (8D, A3, FMEA) to resolve technical problems
Acts as leader for assigned plant reviews by GPC’s leadership
Works with Teams to shape and develop strategic decisions
Utilizes Engineering Fundamentals of design to develop specification and scope of work documents
Prioritize and work independently on a variety of assignments with minimal supervision
Works with assigned plants to develop capital spending plans to exceed the plants AOP commitments
Develops scope of work, bid documents, and assembles and presents business case to GPC leadership for key plant improvement initiatives
Uses project management tools such as FMEA, MS Excel, MS Project, and action lists to track successful project execution to project closure including clear delivery of the project commitments and lessons learned
Manage projects, including timelines, resources and budgets
Develops positive working relationships to effectively coordinate work activities
Use strong influencing and communication skills to understand unique site needs and to effectively partner in delivering solutions
Demonstrates effective oral and written communication skills
Maintains detailed accurate records and files
Documents issues and create action plans to solve issues in a short term and long-term manner
Work with plant and corporate support groups to drive improvement projects
Work with OEM, and third-party equipment vendors to develop technical solutions to persistent mechanical, quality, and process issues
Participate in Maintenance Standardization efforts across the business units
Analyze equipment and functional location work history data in the SAPPM system to assess opportunities to increase reliability and reduce maintenance costs, Predictive Maintenance
Assess and execute technical solutions to improve machine efficiency and effectiveness and/or reduce downtime
Ensure maintenance managers are engaged in the PM/PdM process and understand the options available from Operations Engineering
Create training programs to address specific needs of individuals and groups in plants
Train in one on one and group environments, both on the floor and in the classroom
Coach and mentor plant maintenance personnel
Evaluates/confirms the impact of corrective actions that impact availability and/or reliability and leverages solutions across plants/site if appropriate
Use data effectively to track progress and sustain results
Traveling up to 75% of the time, some international travel may be required
Qualification
Required
B.S. In a technical or engineering field preferred or equivalent relevant experience 8 years plus
8 + years' experience as an operations manager, maintenance manager, process engineer, project manager, plant engineer or equivalent
Proficient in problem solving and decision making, 8D, A3, RCA, FMEA
Must have excellent understanding of industrial safety policies and practices
Strong working knowledge of statistics and analytical tools associated with quality systems
Ability to write technical documents and create step by step instruction sets for complex operations
Preferred
Prior work experience with the following equipment is preferred
Extrusion Blow Molding: Blow Molders: Wheels, Shuttles, HRs, IML, and other automated downstream equipment
Injection Molding: Huskies/Uniloy, Robots, Dryers, Resin Conveying, Blending systems
Stretch Blow Molding: Single Stage and Two Stage equipment
Container Handling: Conveyors, Palletizers, Strappers, Wrappers, Bottle Unscramblers
Utilities support systems: Compressors, Pumps, Chillers, Towers, Water Treatment
Inspection Systems: Vision, Leak Detection
Labeling Systems: Pressure Sensitive, Heat Transfer, In Mold, Shrink label
Benefits
Medical
Dental
Vision
Basic life insurance
401K Employee Saving Plan
Employee Wellness Program
Paid time off
Company
Graham Packaging
Graham Packaging is a global leader in plastic packaging solutions.
5001-10000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
unknown2010-02-11IPO
Leadership Team
Chad Stephens
Chief Technology Officer
Kristin Warfel
CFO
Recent News
2025-08-01
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