Product Development Engineer (Escanaba, MI)

Qualifications

• Key Accountabilities:
• Product development including new product development, refinement and improvement of current receipts, cost reduction with new suppliers and reduction of chemicals, trial development and scheduling trials with machines, point person to work with Corp PD to ensure continuity of product development. Review and develop resolutions for large quality issues.
• Manage trial records.
• Participate in customer visits.
• Lead Kaisen on Quality and machine uptime.
• Continue skills training and participate in teaching of new engineers.
• Approve of FDA portion for new chemicals.
• Personal qualities
• Required Experience and Education:
• Minimum Required Experience and Education:
• Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering, Paper Engineering or equivalent experience.
• Minimum two years’ experience in Process Engineering, Product Development and operational support.
• Required skills:
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong problem-solving skills.
• Ability to contribute to and lead teams.
• Strong interpersonal, analytical and critical thinking skills.
• Solid presentation and facilitation skills.
• Attention to detail is critical.
• Prior paper making industry experience.
• Experience in developing and running trials.
• Preferred Skills:
• Black Belt in Six Sigma.
• Knowledge of PVR, Parcview and Foxboro.
• Statistical Analysis.
• Collecting and analyzing Lab data.

Benefits

• Impactful Work – Contribute to meaningful sustainability initiatives.
• Career Growth – Access development programs and internal advancement opportunities.
• Education Support – Tuition reimbursement + certificate programs through partner schools.
• Competitive Compensation – Performance based bonus eligibility (role dependent).
• Comprehensive Benefits –
  • Multiple medical plans with virtual care options
  • Generous 401(k) offerings
  • HSA contribution match + additional preventive exam contribution
  • Dental & vision coverage
  • Company paid disability insurance
  • Prescription benefits

Why us?

• We are fully committed to reduce our and our customers carbon footprint by offering high-performance paper and packaging materials.
• We are convinced that the right solutions can be important tools to help fight climate change.
• We serve customers in more than 100 countries through our three business areas Liquid Packaging Board, Paper and Paper Board.
• We have nine production units located in Sweden, USA, and Finland and around 5,200 employees in 16 countries.
• Our annual turnover is approximately SEK 40.5 billion and the share is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm.
• We always put safety first, care for each other, and do what we say.