Global Process Engineer – Packaging & Material Handling

Aero Alliance; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 104,600 - 174,400; Full time

Job summary

Aero Alliance seeks a Global Process Engineer to define and deploy global manufacturing standards that improve equipment reliability and process performance. You will lead standardized practices across factories, implement proactive maintenance plans, and introduce new technologies such as automated material transport.

The role requires strong lean skills, data analysis, and collaboration with cross‑functional teams to reduce downtime, improve quality, and shorten lead times while building a

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited university.
• 7+ years of industrial experience in manufacturing or quality.
• 5+ years in a technical role with expertise in Packaging, Material Transport, and Material Handling.
• Strong knowledge of engineering concepts and quality processes.
• Ability to interpret blueprints, specifications, drawings, and schematics.
• Project Management skills and experience.

Responsibilities

• Develop packaging, material transportation, material handling process & equipment standards; deploy global standards across Aero Alliance factories, partnering with local factory technical leaders.
• Lead the transformation toward automated material transportation solutions, including AGVs.
• Define, control, and communicate global processes for manufacturing assets, including facility integration, acceptance testing, machine health checks & calibrations, preventive maintenance plans, spare parts strategy, and technical & technology training.
• Validate engineering specifications and shop floor application of new processes in collaboration with EHS, Manufacturing Engineers, Engineering, Quality, Materials, Industrialization, and Sourcing.
• Develop and implement reliability improvement strategies using industry best practices such as FMEA and RCA.
• Collaborate with maintenance, operations, engineering, and safety teams to design and implement preventive and predictive programs.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives aimed at reducing equipment downtime and improving quality processes.
• Lead investigations into failures and chronic issues, identifying root causes and implementing robust corrective actions to eliminate recurring problems.
• Provide technical support for asset management, including equipment life cycle analysis and spare parts optimization.
• Train local factory manufacturing engineers to deepen their expertise in process and equipment.
• Participate in the design and installation of new equipment and implementation of processes, ensuring reliability is considered from the outset (Design for Reliability).
• Interpret internal and external business challenges and recommend best practices to improve products, processes, or services; stay informed of industry trends that may inform work.
• Use a high level of judgment to make decisions and handle complex tasks or problems in areas of operational, product management, manufacturing, technology, or engineering; assess quality of information, ask pertinent questions, offer new solutions, and construct recommendations using internal and external sources.
• Lead functional teams or projects with minimal resource requirements, risk, and/or complexity; communicate difficult concepts and influence others’ perspectives.

Skills

Packaging

Material transport

Material handling

Blueprints & drawings

Project management

Engineering knowledge

Quality processes

Industrial experience

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Job description

Aero Alliance seeks a Global Process Engineer to define and deploy global manufacturing standards that improve equipment reliability and process performance. You will lead standardized practices across factories, implement proactive maintenance plans, and introduce new technologies such as automated material transport.

The role requires strong lean skills, data analysis, and collaboration with cross‑functional teams to reduce downtime, improve quality, and shorten lead times while building a