Sr. Package Application Engineer
Summary
The Senior Package Applications Engineer provides technical expertise and support on the entire SIG product offering for existing and potential customers across all industries: beverage, industrial & chemical, aseptic, food service, wine, spirits and processed fruit.
Postion located in Northlake, Illinois
Key responsibilities Lead bag n box and spouted pouch assignments as the primary technical contact to core customers. Technical expert in flexible materials, flexible film manufacturing, film lamination and film converting processes. Provide core customers and new strategic opportunities with proactive technical solutions related to packaging materials, filling, and packaging line equipment to support SIG’s Total System Sell model. Knowledge expert with VFFS, HFFS, flow wrapping, pre-formed bags, and other types of automated packing equipment. Commercialize new products through execution of validation protocol. Provide written technical reports and value-added customer documents. Assist with on-site training for customers. You bring these skills, experience & education 10+ years’ experience with flexible film and converting process as a packaging engineer or engineering role. A Bachelor’s degree is required from a four-year academic institution. Major in Package Engineering, Packaging Development, Mechanical, Chemical, or Material Science is preferred. Familiarity with any of the following is preferred: flexible packaging, aseptic processing and filling, horizontal and vertical form fill seal equipment, injection molding, plastics extrusion or barrier films. Experience interacting with customers preferred. Familiarity with Microsoft Office Suite is required. Must be willing and able to travel up to 35% domestically. May include travel to Canada and Mexico. SIG competencies
We are looking for people who are willing to consistently achieve results, even under tough circumstances, employees who create a climate where everyone is motivated to do their best to help the organization achieve its objectives. If you actively seek new ways to grow and be challenged, if you develop people to meet both their career goals and the organization’s goals, SIG is the place for you. To deliver better for our customers, our future colleagues build strong customer relationships and deliver customer-centric solutions. Finally, we are looking for colleagues who build partnerships and work collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives. Are you someone who applies knowledge of business and the marketplace to advance the organization’s goals? Are you someone who can create new and better ways for the organization to be successful? If the answer is ‘yes’, come and join us.
Our promise
SIG is the place for you to build something incredible. We offer competitive compensation and an opportunity to partially work from home. If you join us, you will be part of a globally successful international company, which is leading its industry in sustainability, technology, and more. We think of ourselves as the career launchpad - a place to develop yourself fast with real work, real experience, real opportunities to build skills. You will be part of a highly motivated and dynamic team, you will have personal development opportunities, trainings and coaching opportunities from senior team members. If you show skill and willingness to learn, we'll back you all the way.
About SIG
SIG is a leading provider of packaging systems and solutions for better. We work in partnership with our customers to bring food products to consumers around the world in a safe, sustainable, and affordable way. We are the only packaging system supplier covering carton, pouch, and bag-in-box. Our versatile technology and product innovation capacity enable us to deliver better for customers, for consumers, and for the world. Sustainability guides us, technology empowers us, but it’s the passion and drive of our people that truly enable us to deliver better. Founded in 1853, SIG is headquartered in Neuhausen, Switzerland, and listed at the SIX Swiss Exchange.
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