Senior Packaging Process Engineer - Team Lead Improvements

Sigmar Recruitment; Dublin; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

Sigmar Recruitment is seeking a Senior Process Engineer - Packaging to lead a team delivering Safety, Quality, Delivery, and Cost results in the packaging cell. You will be the SME for fully automated, high-volume packaging machines and drive day-to-day production support and continuous improvements.

You will champion data‑driven problem solving, optimize maintenance, work with suppliers, coordinate handovers with development teams, and lead CAPA investigations while ensuring safety and

Qualifications

• At least 10 years process engineering experience with people management.
• Strong practical knowledge of packaging equipment and packaging processes is desirable.
• Experience in improving maintenance programmes and driving overall equipment effectiveness.
• Strong data analysis skills and experience applying Six Sigma or equivalent structured problem-solving approaches.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of technicians to provide direct support to the production and maintenance teams to resolve daily issues and assist with troubleshooting.
• Champion a data-driven approach to investigate and resolve process issues. Drive structured problem-solving with the technicians.
• Carry out frequent reviews of the preventative maintenance schedules to ensure that they are effective at mitigating equipment failure and improving uptime.
• Work closely with material suppliers to match machine and process capability, and ensure controls are robust throughout the value chain to maintain high levels of process stability and equipment uptime.
• Work closely with the development team on new equipment or processes to establish robust process windows and effective handover to production.
• Lead QN, Customer Complaint and CAPA investigations.
• Responsible for the change control process in the assigned area and ensuring that appropriate documentation and approvals are followed.
• Lead the training and development of technicians in the assigned process engineering area.
• Ensure that associates are working in a safe manner and that existing and new tasks are risk assessed.
• Ensure that all group activities are fully compliant with the Business Quality Policy
• Carry out performance reviews, set objectives, and follow the absence management process for direct reports.
• Any other reasonable duties commensurate with the level and scope of the role as required by management from time to time.

Skills

Team leadership

Data analysis

Six Sigma

Problem solving

Maintenance optimization

Job description

Sigmar Recruitment is seeking a Senior Process Engineer - Packaging to lead a team delivering Safety, Quality, Delivery, and Cost results in the packaging cell. You will be the SME for fully automated, high-volume packaging machines and drive day-to-day production support and continuous improvements.

You will champion data‑driven problem solving, optimize maintenance, work with suppliers, coordinate handovers with development teams, and lead CAPA investigations while ensuring safety and