Senior Engineering Leader, Beverage Carton Systems

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

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) plan with company match

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Job summary

Novolex is seeking a Senior Manager, Operating Unit Engineering – Beverage to provide technical leadership across multiple gable-top carton facilities. This role drives safety, quality, throughput, uptime and process standardization, serving as the technical authority for printing, coating and related tooling.

The position leads engineering activities, supports capital projects, and advances Lean/Six Sigma initiatives to improve manufacturing performance and reliability.

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 technical leadership to plant engineering and operations teams; support capital projects, equipment commissioning, and process optimization efforts.
• 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.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related technical discipline

Job description

Novolex is seeking a Senior Manager, Operating Unit Engineering – Beverage to provide technical leadership across multiple gable-top carton facilities. This role drives safety, quality, throughput, uptime and process standardization, serving as the technical authority for printing, coating and related tooling.

The position leads engineering activities, supports capital projects, and advances Lean/Six Sigma initiatives to improve manufacturing performance and reliability.