Packaging Equipment Technical Leader

3 days ago


Chicago, Illinois, United States Affinity Executive Search Full time
Job Title: Principal Engineer, Packaging Equipment

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Principal Engineer, Packaging Equipment to join our team at a leading Fortune 500 Food manufacturer. In this pivotal role, you will provide technical leadership to identify and develop strategies and projects that deliver the highest business value to manufacturing plants.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Strategic Leadership and Governance: Create and manage important plans and policies for manufacturing.
  • Feasibility Analysis: Evaluate if new packaging ideas are practical and cost-effective.
  • Automation and Technology Expertise: Develop systems that reduce labor and save costs.
  • Project Development and Management: Prepare detailed initial project plans, write detailed instructions for how systems and operations should work, and check the initial plans to make sure they are correct and effective.
  • Continuous Improvement and Troubleshooting: Lead efforts to improve machinery and make modifications, fix and improve current packaging operations, and identify other options, requirements, risks, and opportunities for improvement.
Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Robotics Engineering, or Packaging Engineering.
  • 9+ years experience with packaging system design.
  • Ideally seeking 10+ years of Food Manufacturing experience. Alternatively, 5 years of Food manufacturing experience, and 5 years of Beverage/Consumer Packaged Goods/Pharmaceutical experience.
  • Subject matter expertise (SME) in food production line packaging equipment.
  • Experience in USDA/FDA manufacturing environments.
  • Packaging Machine design expertise.
  • Proficiency in developing and implementing automation/robotic solutions.
  • Experience leading teams.
  • Ability to translate project requirements into technical solutions.
  • Knowledge of continuous improvement in engineering design.
  • Willingness to travel up to 50% of the time (domestic travel mostly Midwest).


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