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The Packaging Engineer I is responsible for supporting the Company's strategic objectives through development of the optimum, most cost-effective packaging technologies used to manufacture Hilmar's products to enhance profitability, market position, and growth. This position will provide Packaging Engineering support on all aspects of the manufacturing process: maximizing productivity, reducing operating costs, and improving process sustainability through energy and material usage reduction, while incorporating the voice of the customer. The work includes troubleshooting problems in existing manufacturing processes, finding optimization opportunities that improve packaging line capability, and evaluating new technologies to determine their applicability, cost, and benefits to Hilmar. The Packaging Engineer I will support regional manufacturing sites as well as develop specialties based on business needs and accumulated work experience.

• Be a critical contributor to cross-functional site Productivity teams to deliver industry leading products and processes that help drive the business forward in its quest for operational excellence.
• Spends time in production plants reviewing and understanding opportunities to improve yield, quality, and throughput by improving packaging line performance.
• Lead troubleshooting of persistent, complex packaging issues, providing win:win solutions that balance multiple KPIs and optimize total cost of ownership. Implement these in a manner that makes it easier for the business to execute and deliver value successfully and sustainably.
• Works with appropriate cross-functional teams such as Operations, FSQA, Training, Maintenance, Engineering, or Operational Technology to implement changes.
• Develop and implement process control strategies aimed at improving results and reducing process variability. Collaborate with Controls Engineers to test, debug, and deploy control programs effectively.
• Guide and support packaging system components of new product development, experimental equipment and design, and plant trials. Utilize insights gained to provide guidance to project engineering on final system design and commercialization.
• Effectively collaborate with both internal and external stakeholders on cross-functional project teams, providing technical input to obtain desired operational Project outcomes.
• Stay up to date on latest available technologies, industry direction, and voice of customer to continuously improve HCC's technology portfolio. Manage Hilmar's trade secrets and competitive advantage appropriately.
• This role supports a primary manufacturing region and may require 40 - 60% travel depending on business need and project activity. 

• B.S. in Mechanical, Industrial, or Packaging Engineering, or related field; or High School Diploma plus 2 years' experience with Packaging systems.
  
• Ability to effectively summarize and present technical information to a variety of audiences
  
• Ability to complete material balances and collect and analyze production data using statistical techniques
  
• Ability to connect the dots between multiple plant processes to arrive at optimized solutions
  
• MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint at intermediate level

• B.S. in Mechanical, Industrial, or Packaging Engineering, or related field plus 2 years' manufacturing experience; or M.S. in Mechanical, Industrial, or Packaging Engineering, or related field; or High School Diploma plus 4 years' experience with Packaging systems.
  
• Knowledge and/or experience with packaging equipment commonly found in the food and dairy industry
  
• Certification or direct experience with Problem Solving methodologies (ex: Root Cause Analysis)
  
• Experience with statistical analysis software
  
• Leadership and teambuilding skills

The work is primarily performed in an office environment and the physical demands are characteristic of a mostly sedentary role.  Specific details of the essential functions of the position is available in the Job Safety Analysis, made available on request.