Global Process and Support Engineer

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as the global subject matter expert for the New Air inflatable bubble extrusion process and related capital equipment.
• Lead process optimization efforts to improve throughput, yield, product consistency, energy efficiency, and scrap reduction.
• Own technical standards, process parameters, and equipment specifications for the platform.
• Support the design, development, installation, commissioning, and qualification of new capital equipment.
• Drive equipment reliability, uptime, and maintainability through root cause analysis and corrective action implementation.
• Partner with manufacturing sites to troubleshoot process and equipment issues and implement sustainable solutions.
• Lead or support capital projects, equipment upgrades, line relocations, and process transfers.
• Develop and maintain standard operating procedures, training materials, and technical documentation.
• Collaborate with suppliers and internal stakeholders to improve machine design, controls, and automation.
• Evaluate and recommend process or equipment changes to improve safety, quality, and total cost of ownership.
• Support global rollout of best practices, standards, and lessons learned across all applicable sites.
• Analyze process data and performance trends to identify improvement opportunities.
• Provide technical leadership during trials, validations, and scale-up activities.
• Lead the industrialization of HRC efforts globally, understanding formulations and their impacts on the plants.
• Identify Maintenance best practices and define global maintenance standards including predictive, preventative, and reactive.
• Create roadmap of KPIs to be tracked and monitored as well as industry4/5.0 roadmap for the platform.
• Ensure compliance with safety, quality, regulatory, and corporate engineering standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or Electro-Mechanical Engineering.
• 7+ years of experience in process engineering, capital equipment engineering, or manufacturing engineering.
• Strong background in extrusion, film processing, converting, or related continuous manufacturing processes preferred.
• Experience with capital equipment design, specification, installation, and commissioning.
• Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot complex process and equipment issues.
• Strong analytical skills with experience using data to drive process improvement.
• Experience working in a global manufacturing environment preferred.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills across functions and levels of the organization.
• Ability to travel significantly, including globally.

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of PLCs, controls, automation, sensors, and machine safety systems.
• Experience in lean manufacturing, Six Sigma, or structured problem-solving methodologies.
• Familiarity with project management for capital equipment and manufacturing expansion projects.