Remote Beverage Packaging Engineering Lead

Novolex; United States; On-site; USD 145,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with company match

Medical, dental and vision insurance

Paid vacation and holidays

Wellness program

Job summary

Novolex is seeking a Senior Manager, Operating Unit Engineering – Beverage to lead engineering across multiple gable-top carton plants. You will drive safety, quality and productivity while guiding capital projects and process improvements.

Responsibilities include providing SME in printing and die-cut tooling, pursuing Lean Six Sigma initiatives, and ensuring standardization across sites with up to 75% travel in the US. A strong engineering background is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related technical discipline.
• Minimum 10 years of manufacturing engineering experience with at least 5 years supporting carton converting, packaging, printing, or paperboard manufacturing operations.
• Experience with gable-top beverage packaging preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead engineering activities across beverage carton manufacturing operations; drive safety, quality, throughput, yield, uptime, and scrap reduction initiatives.
• Provide subject matter expertise in Lithographic Offset Printing, Conventional Flexographic Printing, HD Flexographic Printing, Rotary Die Cutting and Scoring, Flatbed Die Cutting and Scoring Tooling, Gable-Top Carton Converting, Water-Based Ink Systems, UV Ink Systems, EB Ink and Coating Systems, and Color Management Processes.
• Optimize print quality, color consistency, registration control, tooling performance, carton dimensional accuracy, coating performance, and manufacturing efficiency. Lead root-cause analysis and corrective actions for process defects and quality issues.
• Drive OEE improvement, downtime reduction, yield improvement, scrap reduction, changeover optimization, standardization, and continuous improvement initiatives using Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma methodologies.
• Develop scopes of work, equipment specifications, business cases, and implementation plans. Support FAT/SAT activities, commissioning, startup, and commercialization of new products and technologies.

Skills

Manufacturing engineering

Process optimization

Lean Six Sigma

Print/Packaging knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related technical discipline

Job description

Novolex is seeking a Senior Manager, Operating Unit Engineering – Beverage to lead engineering across multiple gable-top carton plants. You will drive safety, quality and productivity while guiding capital projects and process improvements.

Responsibilities include providing SME in printing and die-cut tooling, pursuing Lean Six Sigma initiatives, and ensuring standardization across sites with up to 75% travel in the US. A strong engineering background is required.