Process Converting Expert – Remote w/ Travel

Cascades Inc.; Rockingham (NC); Remote; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Profit sharing

Employee stock purchase plan

Full benefits

Flex-pay allowance

Wellness program

Employee assistance program

Job summary

Cascades Inc. is seeking a Process Converting Expert to lead tissue converting initiatives across our mills.

You will provide technical leadership, drive best practices, and support capital projects while coaching production and maintenance teams. The role covers the Eastern or Central United States with travel up to 50%, requires 8–10 years of equipment experience, and a track record of solving complex equipment and process challenges.

Qualifications

• 8–10 years of experience with tissue converting equipment.
• Deep technical knowledge of converting and packaging operations.
• Experience troubleshooting complex manufacturing equipment.
• Experience developing and implementing corrective action plans.
• Strong problem-solving and root cause analysis skills.
• Experience training and coaching production teams.
• Ability to influence across multiple sites.
• Strong communication and documentation skills.
• Experience with OEM equipment, field service, or technical services is a plus.
• Experience with tissue converting equipment manufacturers is required.
• Engineering education or an equivalent combination of technical training and experience.
• Experience supporting operational excellence and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Ability to work independently in a highly collaborative environment.
• Professional English communication skills.
• Willingness to travel extensively within the United States.

Responsibilities

• Diagnose issues affecting tissue converting and packaging equipment.
• Develop corrective action plans to improve equipment performance.
• Provide technical expertise on manufacturing and process challenges.
• Support mills in resolving equipment reliability issues.
• Partner with production leaders to identify improvement opportunities.
• Build and support operational improvement plans.
• Train and coach production and maintenance teams.
• Deploy equipment standards and operational best practices.
• Lead the identification, development and deployment of converting best practices and technical standards across the network.
• Support capital projects, equipment startups and major process optimization initiatives across manufacturing sites.
• Support the implementation of operational excellence initiatives.
• Conduct regular site visits to assess equipment performance.
• Identify opportunities to improve efficiency and reliability.
• Monitor corrective actions and ensure timely completion.
• Document findings, recommendations, and follow-up activities.
• Share technical knowledge and best practices across facilities.
• Travel approximately 50% of the time across U.S. operations.

Skills

Tissue converting

Technical leadership

Root cause analysis

Equipment troubleshooting

Training & coaching

Cross-site influence

Documentation skills

English communication

Travel readiness

Education

Engineering education

Job description

Cascades Inc. is seeking a Process Converting Expert to lead tissue converting initiatives across our mills.

You will provide technical leadership, drive best practices, and support capital projects while coaching production and maintenance teams. The role covers the Eastern or Central United States with travel up to 50%, requires 8–10 years of equipment experience, and a track record of solving complex equipment and process challenges.