What will you do as a Project Engineering Manager at Sealed Air?Under the direction of the Regional Engineering and Maintenance Manager, the
Project Engineering Manager leads capital projects, automation initiatives, controls upgrades, and budget management while providing leadership and technical guidance to a team of high-performing Process Engineers. This role drives continuous improvement, supports organizational change, and ensures the successful execution of critical manufacturing initiatives and performance objectives.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:ENGINEERING:- Direct and manage multiple concurrent engineering projects while ensuring their success in meeting their respective objectives
- Provide process-engineering support to operations and maintenance organization locally and across the organization
- Define and implement process improvements to improve operations and unit cost
- Identify and prepare test authorizations and run plant tests in support of various experimental programs
- Provide process-engineering support for high level projects and maintain schedules for major area projects
- Identify and improve data collection to investigate abnormal conditions and find root cause
- Lead production teams to define and implement improvement projects for capacity, yield, cycle time, and cost
Internal Interaction Required With:Production Departments- Support Personnel (i.e., Production Control, Process Engineering, Training, People and Performance (HR), Accounting/Finance, etc.)
External Interaction Required With:- Customer Service, Sales, Vendors
- Other SEE locations
MANAGES:- Project Engineering function
What will you need to succeed?EXPERIENCE:- Leadership - the ability to energize and direct group efforts
- Teamwork - understands the strength and importance of how team goals support the ultimate achievement of company goals
- Customer focus - constantly works to exceed expectations and creates consistent value for customers
- Communication - possesses strong interpersonal skills and demonstrates the ability to express thoughts / opinions with clarity, accuracy and attention to detail
- People Leadership/ coaching - ability to provide effective and constructive feedback and jointly establish clear expectations
- Results focused - shows a documented track record of consistently using data based decision making to achieve desired results
- Sound business judgment - understands the overall picture and what drives the business
- Good understanding of lean manufacturing principles and Six Sigma tools
- Good understanding of team based self-managing principles
- Experience with high volume operations
EDUCATION: - 8-10 years manufacturing experience
- Bachelor's Degree and/or Master's Degree
- Lean/Six Sigma black belt desired
OTHER REQUIREMENTS:- Follow all applicable EHS, Quality and Food Safety procedures and protocols, and reports any incident to his/her supervisor
- Complete all EHS, Quality and Food Safety applicable training
- Support implementation of the Quality and Food Safety program and comply with the expectations if this role is included as part of the Food Safety or Internal Audit team
- Able to operate with considerable latitude
- Able to work both independently and within a team, generating results with general/minimal guidance from management
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills along with professional presentation and negotiation skills
- Strong technical skills relative to computing technology and basic statistical understanding
- Must be flexible, innovative and comfortable in setting own priorities
- Polished presentation, business acumen and facilitation skills
Requisition id: 56834
Relocation: Yes
