Company Overview
Why Choose Us?
Novolex is a leading manufacturer of food, beverage, and specialty packaging that supports multiple industries including foodservice, restaurant delivery and carryout, food processing, grocery and retail, and industrial sectors. Novolex manufacturing and sourcing expertise spans a diverse range of substrates including resin, paper, molded fiber, aluminum and more. We provide customers a broad array of stock and customized solutions with 120 product categories, 250 brands and over 39,000 SKUs.
Our Sustainability Commitment
The Novolex sustainability vision is built upon three pillars: our products, our operations and our people. Each is critically important to our growth and future as a business. These pillars form the foundation of our company-wide commitment to sustainability, helping us achieve our ambitious goals through our wide-ranging initiatives.
Job Description
Position Summary:
The Senior Manager, Operating Unit Engineer – Flexibles is responsible for leading engineering activities across an assigned operating unit supporting blown film extrusion, inline converting, printing operations, roll stock production, and downstream converting processes. This role provides technical leadership across multiple manufacturing facilities and drives improvements in safety, quality, operational reliability, throughput, yield, scrap reduction, and manufacturing performance. The position serves as the primary technical authority for blown film extrusion, tube-on-roll products, single wound sheeting, inline bag converting, flexographic printing, shuttle bag machines, rotary bag machines, wicket converting systems, and roll-to-roll printing operations.
Key Responsibilities:
Lead engineering activities across multiple blown film and converting facilities. Establish engineering standards and best practices. Support plant engineering teams, drive performance improvements, lead troubleshooting activities, implement continuous improvement initiatives, and support capital project execution and operational readiness.
Technical Leadership – Blown Film Extrusion
Provide subject matter expertise for LLDPE, HDPE, MDPE, and barrier film structures including nylon-based constructions. Support mono-layer and multi-layer blown film extrusion, resin handling, blending systems, extrusion screws and dies, air rings, bubble stability, gauge control, profile optimization, and process standardization.
Film Products Supported
Tube-on-roll products, single wound sheeting, center-fold products, printed roll stock, bag-on-roll products, industrial packaging films, consumer packaging films, and specialty barrier film structures.
Printing Technologies
Serve as the technical authority for inline flexographic printing and roll-to-roll flexographic printing operations. Improve print quality, registration control, color consistency, ink transfer performance, and press uptime while reducing print-related waste and downtime.
Converting Technologies
Provide technical leadership for inline converting systems, shuttle bag machines, rotary bag machines, wicket bag operations, sealing systems, perforation systems, stacking systems, registration control systems, and downstream bag converting technologies.
Manufacturing Excellence
Drive improvements in OEE, throughput, scrap reduction, yield, changeover performance, labor productivity, process capability, and equipment reliability. Lead Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, SPC, and root-cause problem-solving initiatives.
Reliability and Operational Support
Lead troubleshooting of complex extrusion, printing, converting, controls, and material-related issues. Develop reliability improvement strategies, support preventive and predictive maintenance programs, and improve operational stability across manufacturing sites.
Capital Projects and Technology Development
Develop equipment specifications, project scopes, technical justifications, and implementation plans. Lead equipment evaluations, FAT/SAT activities, startup support, commissioning activities, and technology implementation projects.
Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Plastics Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or related technical discipline. Minimum 10 years of manufacturing engineering experience with significant experience supporting multi-site blown film extrusion and converting operations.
Preferred Experience
Blown film extrusion, multilayer coextrusion, polyethylene processing, barrier film technologies, flexographic printing, bag manufacturing, wicket operations, shuttle bag machines, rotary bag machines, capital project management, reliability engineering, and continuous improvement leadership.
Travel Requirements
Up to 75% travel to manufacturing facilities, suppliers, and equipment vendors.
Success Metrics
Safety performance, OEE improvement, throughput gains, scrap reduction, yield improvement, reliability improvement, startup success, project execution, print quality, process standardization, engineering capability development, and cost reduction performance.
A reasonable estimate of the current range is $145,000-$165,000 + bonus + benefits. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target salaries for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. At Novolex, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case.
The benefits for this role include 401(k) plan with company match, comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance, flexible spending and health savings accounts, paid vacation, and sick days, paid parental leave, paid holidays and wellness program.
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Company Benefits
What You'll Get From Us
Benefits
With safety as our top priority and a commitment to employee well-being an important focus, we offer comprehensive and competitive benefits that include medical, dental and vision insurance as well as a variety of other well-being resources focused on mental, physical and financial health. Specific benefits and well-being programs may vary depending on where you work.
Community Engagement
At Novolex, giving back to the local communities that support us is important. Our Focused Giving Program prioritizes support for organizations whose missions promote sustainability initiatives or address food and hunger needs. We also encourage facility level support of activities in the communities where our employees live and work.
Training and Development
We offer constant opportunities for advancement. From skills development to advanced education programs, training and development programs and courses are available through MyLearning. Programs include company and industry training curricula, support for formal education through the Tuition Reimbursement Program (Non-Union), and a Learning Management System that supports and enhances employee skills at all levels of the organization.
Novolex is committed to providing equal employment opportunity in all employment practices, including but not limited to selection, hiring, promotion, transfer, and compensation to all qualified applicants and employees without regard to age, race, color, national origin, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, handicap or disability, genetics, citizenship status, service member or veteran status, or any other category protected by federal, state, or local law. Any individual who, because of his or her disability, needs an accommodation in connection with an aspect of the Company's application process should contact myHRservices@novolex.com.
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