Beverage Packaging Engineer - Line Optimization & Lean

Evolving Solution Services; Glendale (WI); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Sprecher's Beverage seeks a Manufacturing Engineer to enhance safety, quality, throughput, and cost performance in beverage manufacturing. You will provide hands-on floor support and engineering analysis to optimize bottling/canning lines and drive sustainable process improvements.

Collaborating with Operations, Maintenance, Quality, Safety, and vendors, you will develop practical standards, test equipment settings, and implement corrective actions while sustaining GMPs and food safety

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or related field.
• Three+ years of manufacturing engineering or continuous-improvement experience in high-speed production.
• Direct experience supporting bottling and/or canning lines in beverage/food or related CPG operations.
• Ability to troubleshoot equipment, sensors, conveyors, and controls.
• Knowledge of Lean, root-cause analysis, and data-driven process improvement.
• Ability to read manuals and process documentation and understand basic electrical/control information.

Responsibilities

• Lead continuous-improvement projects across bottling, canning, packaging, and related processes from definition to verified results.
• Analyze line performance using OEE, throughput, downtime, scrap, yield, changeover time, labor utilization, and quality data.
• Troubleshoot and optimize fillers, rinsers, cappers/crowners, seamers, labelers, coders, and packing equipment.
• Improve changeovers with standardized work to reduce downtime without compromising quality and food safety.
• Develop, test, and document optimal equipment settings and process controls for packaging.
• Facilitate root-cause analysis and implement corrective actions to prevent recurrence.

Skills

Lean manufacturing

OEE analysis

Root-cause analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Project management

Excel/data analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in Manufacturing/Mechanical/Industrial Engineering

Tools

PLC/HMI equipment

Packaging equipment

Job description

Sprecher's Beverage seeks a Manufacturing Engineer to enhance safety, quality, throughput, and cost performance in beverage manufacturing. You will provide hands-on floor support and engineering analysis to optimize bottling/canning lines and drive sustainable process improvements.

Collaborating with Operations, Maintenance, Quality, Safety, and vendors, you will develop practical standards, test equipment settings, and implement corrective actions while sustaining GMPs and food safety