Finishing Process Engineer

Avery Dennison • Peachtree City, GA

25d • Onsite

About The Position

As a Finishing Process Engineer at Avery Dennison in Peachtree City, Georgia, you will join the plant engineering team and focus on optimizing and advancing finishing processes. This onsite manufacturing role supports day-to-day operations in a fast-paced production environment, investigates and resolves customer quality concerns, and contributes to site safety initiatives. Working with operations, maintenance, and divisional engineering resources, you will identify, prioritize, and execute continuous improvement projects to enhance safety and product quality, reduce costs, and maximize process capabilities.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical, Mechanical, Electrical, or a related engineering discipline.
• 2–4 years of process engineering experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Knowledge and hands-on experience with statistical analysis, Statistical Process Control (SPC), Design of Experiments (DOE), and Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA).
• Strong project management capabilities and experience managing multiple concurrent projects.
• Experience leading cross-functional improvement teams, developing functional improvement plans, and applying change management principles.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills and ability to collaborate and influence across plant levels and with divisional resources.
• Ability to compile data-driven technical reports.
• Willingness to work flexible hours and weekends as needed.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and improve winding performance for current products, new product introductions, and production trials.
• Develop and optimize equipment recipes and standard operating conditions, and implement process preventative maintenance routines to improve winding reliability.
• Identify, prioritize, and execute process improvement projects that advance safety, product quality, operational efficiency, and cost reduction.
• Apply statistical improvement techniques, including SPC, DOE, and FMEA, to assess and improve process and product capabilities and ensure customer specifications are met.
• Implement corrective actions for internal operational issues and customer complaints.
• Partner with Maintenance and technicians to keep equipment in optimal operating condition.
• Provide actionable feedback to Coating Department Process Engineers to support incoming material quality improvements.
• Document process and equipment changes and update standard work instructions and operations training documentation in compliance with ISO 9001:2015.
• Prepare capital investment justifications and participate in the site safety process.

Benefits

• Inclusive healthcare support with access to medical and behavioral health professionals.
• 401(k) retirement savings plan with an automatic contribution of 3% of eligible pay and a matching contribution of 50% on the first 7% of eligible pay contributed.
• Healthcare and insurance options to support employees and their families.
• Paid time off, with vacation varying based on experience and position.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level