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 to our stakeholders. In 2025, Sealed Air generated $5.4 billion in sales and has approximately 16,100 employees who serve customers in 119 countries/territories. To learn more, visit www.sealedair.com.
Job Description
What does a Process Engineer do ? Why you ?
To support the optimisation of co-extrusion and flexographic printing processes through process control, problem-solving, standardisation and continuous improvement. The role works closely with Production, Quality and Engineering teams to improve product quality, reduce waste, increase efficiency and maintain manufacturing standards.
Key Responsibilities
Process Optimisation
- Reduce scrap, internal impounds and quality defects, primarily in extrusion and printing, with scope to support wider plant operations.
- Improve Right First Time (RFT) performance across manufacturing operations.
- Optimise extrusion controls and increase throughput on three-layer co-extrusion lines.
- Improve flexographic printing controls, including ink laydown, run rates, registration and drying performance.
- Establish and maintain robust process windows that deliver consistent performance.
- Provide day-to-day technical support and troubleshoot process deviations, equipment issues and quality concerns.
Standardisation & Technical Standards
Develop, validate, implement, support and audit:
- Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
- Standard Operating Conditions (SOCs)
- Process standards
Troubleshooting & Root Cause Analysis
- Support Root Cause Analysis (RCA) activities for recurring process, quality, waste and productivity losses, including issues reflected in quality and performance KPIs.
- Apply structured problem-solving methodologies, including 5 Why and Fishbone (Ishikawa) analysis.
- Investigate and resolve extrusion process issues, including gel formation, gauge bands, melt fracture, thickness-profile instability, resin degradation, run-rate performance and product-quality issues.
- Develop and implement standard procedures to address issues and prevent recurrence.
- Lead troubleshooting of flexographic printing processes to improve print quality, efficiency and consistency.
Performance Management, Improvements & Trials
- Support process performance KPI reporting.
- Analyse performance trends and identify improvement opportunities.
- Escalate barriers and resource requirements as appropriate.
- Support product development and manufacturing trials.
Qualifications / about you
- A degree in Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, Polymer Science or a related field is preferred.
- Understanding of rheology, including material flow, viscosity, shear thinning, and the effects of temperature and speed.
- Strong understanding of extrusion principles (single-screw, twin-screw, profile or other relevant processes).
Skills & Experience
- Experience in plastics, flexible packaging extrusion and/or flexographic printing.
- Typically 3–5 or more years of direct experience in flexographic printing, packaging manufacturing or a related process engineering role.
- Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma or similar methodologies.
Requisition id: 57281
Relocation: No
Sealed 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.
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