Technical Projects Engineer

ALPLA is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of innovative rigid plastic packaging. We produce packaging systems, bottles, caps, and injection- molded parts of highest quality. The company founded in 1955 in Austria, we now work together with 21.600 colleagues in 178 production facilities in 45 countries. ALPLA entered Turkish market in 1992 and has opened its production facilities in 5 different locations.

Your responsibilities:

• In this position, you will be part of and support the team that manages and coordinates technical projects throughout the entire product development phase of plastic packaging (plastic bottles and plastic caps).

This includes the following tasks:

• You will develop molds for plastic bottles, plastic caps and preforms,
• You will coordinate the testing of the molds on extrusion blow molding machines, stretch-blow molding machines or injection machines,
• You will support the team on development projects, coordinating activities from design to pilot tool until production start-up of the production mold,
• You will coordinate product-tests with the quality assurance team,
• You will effectively communicate internally and externally with customers, suppliers and vendors to determine project requirements.

Technical Projects Engineer coordinates activities during the development from project start up to project implementation in production sites to meet customer requirements. 

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering,
• At least 2 years of experience, preferably within project management/packaging development,
• Technical knowledge of materials and mold construction is a plus,
• Basic quality management knowledge including SPC,
• Good organizational and planning skills,
• Proficiency in MS Office applications,
• Excellent written and verbal interpersonal skills in English&Turkish,
• Good communication skills and teamwork ability.