Director, Process Engineering & Ops Excellence

Pregis LLC; Chicago, Northern (IL, KY); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

Pregis LLC is seeking a Director of Process Engineering to define and deploy an enterprise strategy across a multi-site manufacturing network. You will establish standards, governance, and roadmaps to improve safety, quality, and EBITDA while partnering with Operations, Quality, CI, Product Development, Supply Chain, and Finance.

You will lead cross-functional initiatives, drive capital projects, and champion data-driven optimization to sustain manufacturing excellence and growth across all

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Industrial, Chemical, Manufacturing Engineering, or related discipline, required.
• 15+ years of progressive manufacturing, process engineering, or operational excellence leadership experience.
• Experience leading engineering organizations within a multi-site manufacturing environment.
• Proven success developing and deploying enterprise-wide engineering strategies.
• Experience supporting large-scale operational transformation, capital investments, and manufacturing modernization efforts.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute the enterprise Process Engineering strategy aligned with Pregis growth objectives.
• Establish engineering standards, governance, and best practices across the manufacturing network.
• Build a multi-year roadmap focused on process capability, automation, technology adoption, and operational excellence.
• Serve as the Process Engineering subject matter expert to executive leadership.
• Develop organizational capabilities, technical standards, career paths, and succession plans.
• Create consistency in engineering practices while supporting the unique needs of individual business units.
• Deploy technical resources against the company's highest-value improvement opportunities.
• Lead network-wide initiatives focused on safety, quality, productivity, reliability, and cost reduction.
• Drive Process Engineering support for the Pregis Production System (PPS).
• Identify and scale best practices across manufacturing locations.
• Champion data-driven problem solving, process optimization, and continuous improvement.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Executive communication

Influencing stakeholders

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical/Industrial/Chemical/Manufacturing Engineering

Job description

Pregis LLC is seeking a Director of Process Engineering to define and deploy an enterprise strategy across a multi-site manufacturing network. You will establish standards, governance, and roadmaps to improve safety, quality, and EBITDA while partnering with Operations, Quality, CI, Product Development, Supply Chain, and Finance.

You will lead cross-functional initiatives, drive capital projects, and champion data-driven optimization to sustain manufacturing excellence and growth across all