We are seeking a skilled a Process Engineer who will lead process-engineering initiatives across multiple manufacturing sites. This role goes beyond the traditional Process Technician scope, focusing on standardization, optimization and continuous improvement of processes across plants. The successful candidate will design and improve production workflows to maintain efficiency, reduce cost, improve sustainability, and maximize profitability?while ensuring consistency in equipment utilization and secondary processes across multiple locations. Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in engineering (preferred) or equivalent experience. 
• 5+ years of technical printing experience as a process or manufacturing engineer in a printing, manufacturing, or packaging environment. 
• Experience in printing technologies (flexographic, offset, rotogravure, lithographic, and digital) with a focus on continuous improvement in a fast-paced Lean environment. 
• Experience with validation, installation, troubleshooting, and setup processes, layouts, and equipment. 

salary: $120,000 - $150,000 per year
shift: First
work hours: 8 AM - 4 PM
education: Bachelors

Responsibilities

• Drive process standardization across multiple plants to ensure alignment and operational excellence. 
• Leverage learnings from other facilities to reduce redundancy and accelerate implementation. 
• Understand equipment and secondary processes to engineer scalable solutions across locations. 
• Recommend equipment improvements and new technologies to enhance manufacturing processes. 
• Work with Technical Development, Engineering, Quality, Production, Graphic Engineering, Reliability Engineering, Procurement, Sales, and Vendors to onboard new and existing products with a focus on safety, quality, performance, delivery, and inventory. 
• Represent Operations on New Product Development teams, ensuring new products are manufactured  to accepted specifications. 
• Develop, configure, and optimize print and convert processes from ideation through post-delivery application by Customers. 
• Continuously evaluate and improve manufacturing methods, product design, material use and yield, tooling and equipment capabilities, and quality control standards. 
• Use fact-based analysis to identify gaps and develop corrective and preventative actions; ensure timely implementation of countermeasures. 
• Optimize utilization of workforce, workspace, and equipment across sites. 
• Identify and implement improvement projects using Lean methodologies and tools. 
• Coordinate investigations into new processes, materials, and technologies; provide training for operations as required. 

SkillsProcess ImprovementContinuous ImprovementManufacturingPrinting IndustryProcess CostingProcess CostPrinting TechnologyPackaging
QualificationsYears of experience: 5 yearsExperience level: Experienced