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Job Description
Position Summary
The Plant Engineer is responsible for leading the engineering, maintenance, reliability, utilities, and continuous improvement activities required to ensure safe, reliable, and cost-effective plant operations. This position provides technical leadership for plant equipment, manufacturing processes, infrastructure, automation, reliability improvement, preventive and predictive maintenance, capital projects, and production performance. The Plant Engineer partners closely with Operations, Maintenance, Quality, Safety, Supply Chain, and Finance to eliminate chronic losses and improve safety, uptime, run rate, yield, quality, and overall equipment effectiveness.
The successful candidate will establish a proactive engineering and reliability culture that moves the facility from reactive problem solving toward planned maintenance, predictive maintenance, root-cause elimination, standardized work, and sustained process capability.
Key Responsibilities
1. Engineering & Plant Reliability2. Preventive & Predictive Maintenance
3. Production Performance & Run-Rate Improvement
4. Root Cause & Continuous Improvement
5. Capital Projects & Engineering Projects
6. Automation & Controls
7. Critical Spares & Asset Management
8. Safety & Compliance
9. Standard Work & Technical Documentation
Qualifications
Education
• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial, Manufacturing Engineering, or related field preferred.
• Equivalent technical/engineering experience may be considered.
Experience
• 5+ years of manufacturing engineering, plant engineering, maintenance/reliability, or related experience.
• Experience in an extrusion, continuous manufacturing or high-speed production environment strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated experience improving equipment reliability and manufacturing performance.
• Experience with CMMS systems such as Maximo preferred.
• Experience with preventive and predictive maintenance programs.
• Experience with capital projects and equipment installations.
• Experience with root-cause analysis and continuous improvement.
Technical Skills
• Mechanical systems
• Electrical systems
• Industrial controls/PLC
• Motors/drives
• Instrumentation
• Pneumatics/hydraulics
• Process equipment
• Reliability engineering
• Preventive/predictive maintenance
• Data analysis and Pareto methodology
• Project management
• CMMS/Maximo
• OSHA/LOTO and machine safety principles
Leadership Competencies
The ideal candidate demonstrates:
• Hands-on technical leadership
• Strong problem-solving capability
• Data-driven decision making
• Accountability for results
• Ability to work effectively across Operations and Maintenance
• Strong communication skills
• Ability to prioritize competing plant needs
• Ability to develop technical talent
• Bias toward permanent corrective action
• Ability to translate technical problems into business/financial impact
• Strong change-management skills
Pay Transparency
Salary Range: $81,900-$141,335
The range disclosed complies with applicable state and local pay transparency laws. Offers within this range will be determined by considering relevant factors including education, experience, and internal alignment. This position may also be eligible for annual performance bonuses and other incentive programs. Sealed Air offers a competitive benefits package that includes health, dental, vision, 401(k), paid time off, and other benefits designed to promote well-being.
Requisition id: 56876
Relocation: No
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