About the Role
Provides Engineering expertise for assigned projects in machine design, plant and facility design/construction, equipment installation, quality improvements, and safety. Offers extensive Engineering support for Maintenance and Production functions, assisting the Plant Engineer with planning and coordinating departmental activities. This role requires a hands-on approach with in-depth knowledge of Electrical or Mechanical engineering principles and trade practices.
Responsibilities
- Provide 'nuts and bolts' level Engineering/Design for daily maintenance and improvement projects.
- Engage hands-on in projects including fabrication, assembly, and installation of apparatus and machinery.
- Understand equipment functionality to assess production needs and improvement possibilities.
- Manage projects, both actual, functional, and financial.
- Provide training for operators, supervisors, managers, and maintenance personnel on machine operation, troubleshooting, and safety.
- Identify repetitive problems through involvement with maintenance personnel and propose resolutions.
- Understand and assist in implementing administrative systems within the Engineering/Maintenance Department.
- Create and/or assist in the creation of manuals.
- Generate project documentation, including drawings, schematics, layouts, and flowcharts.
- Adhere to all company safety guidelines.
- Attend and participate in all company-mandated meetings.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree (B. A.) from a four-year college or university.
- Three years of related experience and/or training, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.
- Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
- Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.
- Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
- Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
- Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, and percentages.
- Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where limited standardization exists.
- Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
- Absenteeism: at work every day on time.
- Accuracy: uncompromised.
- Coaching ability.
- Communication Skills: technical information, internal/external customers, all levels of employees.
- Conflict Resolution.
- Confidentiality.
- Deadlines.
- Detail: attention to.
- Fork truck license.
- Independence.
- Innovation: constantly re-develop systems.
- Motivate: others.
- Multiple projects/priorities/deadlines.
- Negotiation ability.
- Organizational skills.
- Presentation skills.
- Professionalism/professional demeanor.
- Project Management.
- Safety.
- Software: Microsoft Office Suite.
- Team: work as a member with all employees.
- Frequently required to sit, and use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools or controls.
- Occasionally required to reach with hands and arms, stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl and climb or balance.
- Manual lifting not to exceed 50 lbs.
- Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision and the ability to adjust focus.
- Exposure to wet/humid conditions.
- Moderate noise level.
Skills
- PLC based systems
- Process control / instrumentation
- A.C. / D.C. motor control architecture
- Electrical and rotating machinery
- Microsoft Office Suite
Location
- Chili, NY
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 3 years related experience
Education Level
- Bachelor’s degree
Benefits
- Competitive salaries
- Excellent benefits
- 401(k) plans
- Tuition reimbursement programs
About the Company
- American Packaging Corporation (APC) is the leading flexible packaging converter in North America for over a century.
- APC nurtures employees while advancing and promoting diversity and inclusion.
- APC's longstanding success is fueled from the inside out.
- Named a 'Best of the Best' in the Best workplaces in the America’s awards for 12 years in a row.
Equal Opportunity
- American Packaging Corporation is committed to equal opportunity for all, without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic.
- American Packaging Corporation will make reasonable accommodations for known physical or mental limitations of otherwise qualified employees and applicants with disabilities unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business.
- EOE/AA Disability/Veteran.
- If you are interested in applying for an employment opportunity and need special assistance or an accommodation to apply for a posted position, please contact our Human Resources department at: talentacquisition@americanpackaging.com.
