Technical Applications Engineer

ALPLA is a global family-owned, privately held company that makes innovative, customized, recycled packaging for top companies such as P&G, Unilever, L'Oréal, Pepsi, and more. ALPLA values their employees, work-life balance, personal growth, compensation and sustainability.

As the Technical Applications Engineer reporting to the Head of Packaging Management, you'll play a key role in supporting technical initiatives for new product development, innovation, process optimization.

Main Responsibilities:

• Applies engineering, design, process knowledge to the development of new products pertaining to ISBM – IM-Pre and SBM technologies
• Provides engineering leadership and support to process techs for ISBM, and related innovation, process improvements
• Responsible for utilizing DOE, Statistics, process development
• Supports technical project development with a team player attitude working with Packaging Managers, Process Techs, and QA
• Learns Technical feasibility analysis and platform selection in ISBM
• Understanding of New Mold Qualification and Validation, including AQP (Alpla Qualification Process), Mold Vendor Qualification, coordination with operations, data analysis and validation
• Understanding of new ISBM technologies and related equipment.  Resource for new technologies, innovations and process development methods
• Works with the supervision and coaching of Technical Applications Manager, and learns to support sales from Technical perspective
• Technical Resource for raw materials, additives, Materials

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Education / Experience

• 4 year technical/Engineering degree
• Min 3-5 years experience in Packaging field

Skills

• Skilled in basic ISBM processes
• Engineered DOE, Statistics – Regression, ANOVA Methods
• Excellent reputation for building relationships, organized, on-time, and detailed skills
• Empathy for Sales team, communicate with situation based self awareness. Able to look at the big picture and balance details
• Thorough understanding of ISBM designs and concepts
• Understanding of Mold components, Mold design, ISBM construction
• Excellent Project Management Skills - proven ability to complete projects on-time and within budget
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Possess excellent analytical problem solving and trouble-shooting abilities
• Travel up to 30%

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.  While performing the duties of this job the employee is:

• Frequently required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk and hear
• Frequently required to stand; walk; climb stairs
• Occasionally lift and/or move up to 30 pounds
• The noise level in the work environment is usually low