Plant Engineer: Reliability & Continuous Improvement

Sealed Air; Valmead (NC); On-site; USD 82,000 - 141,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

401(k) plan

Paid time off

Job summary

Sealed Air in North Carolina seeks a Plant Engineer to lead engineering, maintenance, reliability, and continuous improvement for safe, reliable, cost-effective plant operations. You will drive reliability programs and capital projects while collaborating across Operations, Maintenance, Quality, Safety and Finance to improve uptime, yield and overall equipment effectiveness.

The role requires a Bachelor's in engineering and 5+ years in manufacturing/plant engineering, with CMMS/Maximo experience

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical, electrical, industrial, or manufacturing engineering, or related field.
• 5+ years in manufacturing/plant engineering, maintenance/reliability in extrusion or high-speed production.
• Experience with CMMS/Maximo; preventive and predictive maintenance.
• Experience with capital projects and root-cause analysis.
• Strong leadership and cross-functional collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Lead engineering, maintenance, reliability, utilities and continuous improvement activities.
• Partner with Operations, Maintenance, Quality, Safety, Supply Chain and Finance to reduce losses.
• Develop proactive maintenance, predictive maintenance, and standardized work.
• Manage capital projects and equipment installations.
• Oversee automation, controls, asset management and spares.
• Ensure safety, compliance and documentation standards.
• Drive improvements in uptime, run-rate and process capability.

Skills

Hands-on technical leadership

Problem-solving

Data-driven decision making

Accountability for results

Strong communication skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Project management

Reliability engineering

Root-cause analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial, Manufacturing Engineering, or related field

Tools

CMMS/Maximo

Job description

Sealed Air in North Carolina seeks a Plant Engineer to lead engineering, maintenance, reliability, and continuous improvement for safe, reliable, cost-effective plant operations. You will drive reliability programs and capital projects while collaborating across Operations, Maintenance, Quality, Safety and Finance to improve uptime, yield and overall equipment effectiveness.

The role requires a Bachelor's in engineering and 5+ years in manufacturing/plant engineering, with CMMS/Maximo experience