Process Engineer

Sealed Air designs and delivers packaging solutions that protect essential goods transported worldwide, preserve food, enable e-commerce and digital connectivity, and help create a global supply chain that is touchless, safer, less wasteful, and more resilient. We strive to foster a caring, high-performance growth culture that will deliver consistent, sustainable profitable growth and accelerate our performance – a culture where accountability is clear and aligned, and where we reward business outcomes and impact. That culture guides everything we do, including how we partner with our customers and suppliers, how we attract and retain top talent, and how we create and deliver value for our stakeholders. In 2024, Sealed Air generated $5.4 billion in revenue and had approximately 16,400 employees distributing products and services to 117 countries/territories around the world. To learn more, visit www.sealedair.com.About The RoleThe Process Engineer (PE) will work to optimise the operations by implementing and maintaining process controls maximise safety, quality and profitability. You will focus on business improvement, process technologies and delivering improvements in customer quality and efficiencies.With an understanding of the overall process, the PE will identify areas of loss and opportunities and then deliver value to the business. You will also actively identify, participate in process improvements and monitor improvements/solutions in the plant post implementation in support of Operational Excellence program.Scope: This role will support Porirua site and adjoining Supply Chain.What You'll DoMaintain a culture of safety first always, including participating in hazard assessments, wearing appropriate PPE, report all incidents, near misses and cooperate in accident investigations and supporting procedural updates and implementation where required.Develop processes to be trouble free and strive for ensure success every time (zero defects, zero unfavourable variances).Troubleshooting technical issues when production and quality experience exhausted. Support team with escalated trouble shooting including on more complicated issues and working to analyse and resolve processing problems in a structured manner.Owns Loss Analysis of the Line/s and engages the line team in loss analysis, deploying loss elimination targets, and manages loss elimination activities of the line working the line teams.Through analysis and co-ordination of wider business resources achieve agreed targets in reduction of; waste, yield optimization (end-to-end), efficiencies process improvements, recovery of waste, sustainability improvements etc.Identify process bottlenecks and develop improvements to maximise product yield, minimise operational costs and customer impact.Using LEAN and Six Sigma methodology and a close liaison with operations, lead cross functional teams to deliver resultsWrite/present/publish reports on findings and outcomes as required to support wider business engagement and improvement.In line with business objectives, perform other duties as assignedKnowledge / Experience / Person profileRequiredAbility to participate in and lead multi-disciplinary teamsAbility to manage multiple projects and priorities on an ongoing basisAbility to communicate clearly at all levels of the organizationA high level of personal organization to allow success in a fast moving and demanding environmentAble to travel for short / periods of time, intrastate/interstate/overseas.Good understanding of financial measurementsEssentialCommitment to safetyStrong Leadership SkillsBusiness acumenDesign of experimentsTechnical learning capability“Can do” attitudeCustomer focusedWritten communicationManaging through systemsMotivating othersEducation / TrainingEngineering/Technical and/or Chemical/Plastics degreeSix Sigma TrainingStatistical Process Control (SPC)Failure mode and effect analysis (FMEA)Root cause analysis (RCA)Requisition id: 54012Relocation: NoSealed Air is committed to attracting, selecting, and developing talent that reflects the diversity of the communities and customers we serve. We take pride in our selection process to identify, infuse, and grow talent to align with our culture, values, and norms. Sealed Air prioritizes talent development, fostering a culture of continuous growth and career progression. The company is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants for employment and to all employees, without regard to race, color, religion, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, protected disability, veteran status, or any other protected status in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.Please be cautious of fraudulent recruiting efforts using the Sealed Air name or logo. Sealed Air will never request private information during the application process, such as a Driver's License or Social Security Number. If you have any concerns about information received from SEE during the application process, please reach out to us directly at globalta@sealedair.com.LINK1 MON1