Senior Process Engineer — Lean Six Sigma & Process Excellence

Smurfit Westrock; Woodridge (IL); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Smurfit Westrock is seeking a Process Engineer to join the Operations Excellence team at our manufacturing site. You will lead and participate in production and process improvement activities, collaborating with suppliers, employees, and customers to move projects from concept to implementation.

The role emphasizes safety, quality, cost reduction, and productivity, with opportunities to mentor teams, justify capital projects, and develop new procedures while delivering training to staff.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering.
• Ability to gather, organize, analyze, and interpret data.
• Lean Six Sigma certification within two years.

Responsibilities

• Develop and lead process improvement project teams.
• Provide technical troubleshooting to solve process and product problems.
• Perform periodic reporting and deliver presentations of key project updates, performance metrics, action items and results.
• Serve as a facility-wide technical resource to provide general technical support to all departments.
• Assist in capital project justifications and installs as applicable.
• Create new process procedures and deliver related training as needed.

Skills

Data analysis

Project leadership

Change management

Communication

Independent work

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor of Science in Engineering

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

PowerPoint

WestRock software systems

Job description

Smurfit Westrock is seeking a Process Engineer to join the Operations Excellence team at our manufacturing site. You will lead and participate in production and process improvement activities, collaborating with suppliers, employees, and customers to move projects from concept to implementation.

The role emphasizes safety, quality, cost reduction, and productivity, with opportunities to mentor teams, justify capital projects, and develop new procedures while delivering training to staff.