For more than 50 years, Silgan Plastics has defined the plastic bottling industry from technical innovation to creative packaging solutions. No matter what your packaging needs, Silgan can and will handle them. From creation to commercialization, our customized approach to each customer's requirements is what sets us apart from the rest.
Silgan offers employees cross functional career opportunities, competitive benefits, and the ability to work on innovation, new business, and employee driven cost savings projects. There is never a typical day or project, and our engineering projects range from customer driven to proposed, scoped, and run by the engineering team.
SUMMARY DESCRIPTION:
This position provides engineering support and project management for large capital projects for new and existing business, full line automation, infrastructure projects, and cost reduction initiatives. The manufacturing engineer will use data analytics tools to identify continuous improvement opportunities, reduce waste, and support return on investment justification.
MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES:
Identify and execute continuous improvement activities to improve safety, quality, labor, and OEE. Includes opportunities in infrastructure, bottle making, end of line automation, packaging, and warehouse.
Own project management and execution for engineering and automation projects including quoting, ROI justification, financial forecasting, installation, start-up, and project reporting.
Provide trip agendas, request for quotes, competitive bids, vendor analysis (cost/benefits), project closure, lessons learned, and cost tracking for all projects.
Proactively ensure project scope is accurate and updated for financial impact.
Drive culture of standardization in safety, automation, equipment selection, and project management.
Lead complex equipment moves to facilitate new business.
Collaborate with cross functional teams such as quality, sales, production operations, and warehouse.
Lead projects with external vendors and take initiative in new equipment vendor identification.
Technical SME for external customer communication
Development of training, SOP, PM, LOTO, and validation documents for equipment including best practices.
Support the design, improvement and fabrication of internally developed and purchased blow molding and auxiliary equipment.
AUTHORITY LEVEL (if applicable):
LOCATIONS:
Ottawa, Ohio, Monroe, Georgia, and North East, Pennsylvania
TRAVEL:
50% travel pending on project assignments and home plant location.
EDUCATION:
Required: BS Engineering (Electrical, Mechanical, or Industrial) or 10-15 years of experience in manufacturing and maintenance
EXPERIENCE/SKILLS:
Required: Minimum 5 years of experience in manufacturing engineering, plant engineering, automation engineering or Maintenance Engineering.
Preferred: Plastics packaging experience - bottle making, filling, or supply. Experience in Robotics, AGV, control systems, and facilities equipment installations across multiple applications, and platforms. Experience in plant layout design, bulk material handling, and utility audits. Experience in equipment troubleshooting and RCA. Ability to read and generate electrical schematics and mechanical prints. Experience in sustainability and energy reduction initiatives. Experience in blow molding technologies. General knowledge of OSHA safety standards. General knowledge of LEAN manufacturing principles.
Drawing Skills: 2D CAD drawing skills for plant layouts and equipment requests. 3D
modeling capability is a plus
Computer Skills: MS Excel, MS Project
Industrial Electricity and Controls:
Strong knowledge of industrial power distribution
Strong knowledge of industrial infrastructure equipment (Compressed Air, Process Water, Switch Gear, HVAC)
Basic understanding of ladder logic, control systems, HMI, robotics
LIMITATIONS & DISCLAIMER:
The above job description is meant to describe the general nature and level of work being performed; it is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required for the position.
Silgan will provide reasonable accommodation for qualified applicants and employees with disabilities unless doing so would cause undue hardship.
This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the associate occupying this position. Associates will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform other job-related duties requested by their supervisor in compliance with Federal and State Laws.
Requirements are representative of minimum levels of knowledge, skills and/or abilities. To perform this job successfully, the employee must possess the abilities or aptitudes to perform each duty proficiently. Continued employment remains on an "at-will" basis.
Silgan Plastics is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We consider applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, or the presence of a disability, which would not prevent the performance of essential job duties with, or without reasonable accommodation of any other protective status.