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Description:
American Packaging Corporation (APC) is one of the top flexible packaging converters serving customers throughout North America. We are always seeking to improve our operations, deliver more innovation and value, and give back to our local communities. Our longstanding success as customer flexible packaging suppliers has been fueled by our commitment to providing more innovation, more quality, and more responsive customer service, along with our strategic investments in the latest technology.
SUMMARY: A Technical Position reporting to the COE Technical Manager. Primary Responsibility is project management in new product development activity, supporting manufacturing and quality relative to technical needs, and supporting the Center of Excellence (COE) needs for production, planning, and continuous improvement. Additionally, this role will collaborate with technical resources outside the COE regarding New Business Opportunity (NBO) activity, specification development, and material development initiatives.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following:
Project Management & Ownership of COE specific needs regarding NBO activity, manufacturing and quality support, budgeting, and continuous improvement.
Material and process research regarding technologies that match the COE’s capabilities or initiatives.
Collaborate with external technical resources on NBO activity, specification development, and material development initiatives.
Ensure the COE has all the necessary information, specifications, and knowledge to meet customer expectations.
Product Development, Customer interface, presentations, and primary responsibility for technical support of assigned accounts.
Participate in customer visits to the facilities.
Apply regulatory evaluations pertaining to packaging food safety.
Maintain an updated file on finished rollstock, pouch, die-lines, third party, perforation, and other required specifications as well as the particular inspection/testing procedures associated with each product.
Maintain an updated specification file on all raw materials (papers, films, inks, adhesives, etc.) used in their respective production process.
Prepare and manage in-plant technical trials through conducting pre-trial planning meetings, directing on-line manufacture of trial materials, documenting results of trials and ensuring trial results are met.
Research and qualify new and alternate materials.
Interacting with Customers, Management, Marketing, Sales, and Suppliers
Participate in training, embrace concepts of and actively practice the STOP Safety Program fundamentals to aid APC’s efforts to achieve a zero accident rate.
Attend and participate in all company mandated meetings.
Business travel required.
Other Duties as Assigned
. Requirements:
QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE
Bachelor’s degree (B. A.) in a Technical Field (Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemistry, Packaging Science, etc.) from a four-year college or university; or equivalent combination of education and experience. Experience with printing laminating, and co-extrusion for flexible packaging using materials such as papers, films, foils, and sealants is desired.
LANGUAGE SKILLS
Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information predominantly technical in nature and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public. Skillful in presentation skills both in preparation and delivery is preferred.
COMPUTER SKILLS
Good general computer literacy and ability to learn new systems for ERP, project management, specification control, and the like. Also, competency in standard Microsoft programs and internet research.
MATHEMATICAL SKILLS
Ability to apply mathematical operations to such tasks as frequency distribution, determination of test reliability and validity, analysis of variance, correlation techniques, sampling theory, and factor analysis.
REASONING ABILITY
Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, sit, and talk or hear. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include color vision.
WORK ENVIRONMENT: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
American Packaging Corporation is committed to equal opportunity for all, without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic. American Packaging Corporation will make reasonable accommodations for known physical or mental limitations of otherwise qualified employees and applicants with disabilities unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business. If you are interested in applying for an employment opportunity and need special assistance or an accommodation to apply for a posted position, please contact our Human Resources department at APC-Careers@americanpackaging.com. |
