MCP Manufacturing Engineer

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Huhtamaki is a key global provider of sustainable packaging solutions for consumers around the world, enabling wellbeing and convenience. Our innovative products protect on-the-go and on-the-shelf food and beverages, ensuring hygiene and safety, and help prevent food waste.

We are committed to protecting food, people and the planet and are on the lookout for passionate and consummate professionals to join our growing team to help us deliver on our ambitious 2030 Strategy. We look for colleagues who Care, Dare and Deliver.

Description For Job Posting

Position Purpose

• Optimizes manufacturing processes and/or completes manufacturing projects, to provide sustainable gains in cost effectiveness and product performance through daily production process interaction, capital projects, statistical analysis, designed experiments, and procedural changes. To be technical resource for Department Manager in assigned production department.
  
  

Huhtamaki’s North America business segment is a leading manufacturer of consumer goods packaging as well as tableware, cups, folding cartons, containers, trays and service ware for the foodservice industry and retail markets. Our product portfolio includes Chinet®, the leading brand of premium tableware. Huhtamaki North America with sales of $1.3B employs approximately 4,200 people in 18 manufacturing locations with its US Headquarters in De Soto, KS. The parent company, Huhtamaki Oyj, has its head office in Espoo, Finland. Huhtamaki Oyj is the #1 globally operating foodservice packaging and molding fiber company in the world.

We're looking for professionals to join our team of approximately 17,000 people in 34 countries. You'll think creatively about making our business and those of our customers' more effective and successful. You'll always be looking for new ways of working. And along the way you'll be making a difference to some of the world's biggest brands, by helping great products reach more people, more easily.

EEO/AA Employer/Veterans/Disabled

Job Requirements

• Maintains safety, product quality, and manufacturing effectiveness through daily troubleshooting and resolution of process difficulties, assigned process area.
• Manages assigned project to effectively complete in a timely manner and meet project goals.
• Works with internal and external customers to resolve technical/quality issues.
• Participates in and/or leads multi-functional teams (Operators, Mechanics, Quality, Industrial Staff, R&D, Marketing, Vendor and Customer) to resolve problems and develop new products.
• Starts-up new products and equipment (supervises installation, troubleshoots initial production, ensures new processes and products meet requirements, documents and transfers to Production).
• Incorporates Continuous Improvement, Six Sigma and Lean Manufacturing principles into projects and operations.
• Develops and implements system component measurements to ensure operational discipline, repeatability and efficiency.
  
  

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Industrial, Mechanical Engineering.
• Self Motivated.
• Demonstrated problem solving skills.
• Excellent oral and written com
  
  

Join us to shape the future together!