Hood Packaging Corporation has a rich history in North America as a leader in the packaging industry. From day one, our company has been at the forefront in the design and manufacture of a wide range of packaging materials. Our goal at Hood Packaging is to provide a product that is manufactured in a safety conscious environment with attention to high quality, timeliness, and that consistently exceeds customer expectations. We are able to meet our goal every day because we employ some of the best packaging people in the industry. We couldn't succeed without our dedicated employees. If you are looking for more than just a job and you want a career, consider Hood Packaging Corporation.

Hood Packaging is currently recruiting for a Process Engineer for our Burlington Paper Division.

Functional Responsibilities

• Identifies, develops, and manages process improvement projects specifically aimed at improving operational efficiencies (waste, productivity, costs). This includes the ongoing development and training of required methods and procedures
• Troubleshoots daily production and process problems
• Investigates root causes and recommends and implements corrective actions
• Works in conjunction with manufacturing and maintenance personnel to ensure consistent operation of equipment to prescribed conditions
• Identifies set-up and run parameters, maintenance intervals, and material specifications
• Develops supporting set up, run and change over documentation and facilitates all training
• Writes, performs, analyzes, and reports on validations to support process standardization
• Develops project justifications, ROI analysis and capital requests consistent with company policy
• Assist in ensuring HACCP, GMP’s and SQF requirements are in compliance.
• Takes lead on management and implementation of safety initiatives
• Assists in preparing SOPs with the input from the machine operators, supervisors and technical personnel
• Assists Sales and Tech Service in the development of customer specifications
• Acquires knowledge of procedures, work instructions, and associated forms
• Supervises assigned projects

Education & Experience

• Must hold a degree in Industrial, Electrical, Mechanical or Manufacturing Engineering and be registered or eligible for registration as a Professional Engineer with PEO.
• 2-3 years of related experience in manufacturing.

Skills

• Knowledge in statistical methods, Root Cause Analysis (RCA), and other Lean Manufacturing tools
• Effective communication, planning and organizational skills
• Great interpersonal skills
• Must be able to meet target dates, prioritize and practice excellent time management skills
• Attention to detail
• Should have considerable skills in problem solving, administration, supervision, planning, communications, decision making and follow up
• Proficient in MS Office
• Professional verbal and written communications and interpersonal skills
• Project management skills
• Strong understanding of various trades
• Ability to use AUTOCAD and create/modify drawings
• Strong mechanical, electrical and process knowledge understanding

This is a great opportunity offering company paid medical and dental benefits, extended health, vision care and a pension plan.