Sr. Engineering Manager, Film

Novolex•Lake Forest, IL

26d•$155,000 - $170,000•Remote

About The Position

The Senior Manager, Operating Unit Engineer, is responsible for leading engineering activities supporting blown film extrusion, inline converting, printing operations, roll stock production, and downstream converting processes. This role provides technical leadership across multiple manufacturing facilities, driving improvements in safety, quality, operational reliability, throughput, yield, scrap reduction, and manufacturing performance. The position serves as the primary technical authority for blown film extrusion, tube-on-roll products, single wound sheeting, inline bag converting, flexographic printing, shuttle bag machines, rotary bag machines, wicket converting systems, and roll-to-roll printing operations.

Requirements

5+ years of manufacturing engineering, process engineering, reliability engineering, or technical operations experience
Experience supporting high-volume manufacturing operations across 5 - 8 plants
Experience improving operational performance related to throughput, uptime, reliability, yield, scrap reduction, and process capability
Experience supporting process troubleshooting, operational stabilization, commissioning, startup, and manufacturing readiness initiatives
Experience supporting execution of capital projects within manufacturing operations
Experience driving engineering standardization and best practice adoption across manufacturing operations
Strong technical problem-solving, troubleshooting, and operational support capability
Strong communication, organizational, and cross-functional coordination capability
Ability to coach, train, and support plant engineering teams across 5 - 8 plants
Proficiency using common office technology and tools.
Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related technical discipline highly preferred

Nice To Haves

Blown film extrusion, multilayer coextrusion, polyethylene processing, barrier film technologies, flexographic printing, bag manufacturing, wicket operations, shuttle bag machines, rotary bag machines, capital project management, reliability engineering, and continuous improvement leadership.
Proficiency using common office technology and tools.

Responsibilities

Ensure compliance with company safety standards, engineering standards, and operational procedures
Lead engineering activities across assigned operating unit manufacturing operations.
Subject matter expertise for LLDPE, HDPE, MDPE, and barrier film structures including nylon-based constructions
Technical authority for inline flexographic printing and roll-to-roll flexographic printing operations.
Lead troubleshooting for complex operational, technical, process, and reliability issues across manufacturing sites
Technical leadership for inline converting systems, shuttle bag machines, rotary bag machines, wicket bag operations, sealing systems, perforation systems, stacking systems, registration control systems, and downstream bag converting technologies
Provide day-to-day technical leadership, coaching, training, capability-building, and support for plant engineering teams across plants
Drive engineering performance across plants, including uptime, throughput, yield, scrap reduction, and operational reliability.
Partner with Center of Excellence teams to drive adoption and implementation of enterprise engineering standards, tools, governance, and best practices across manufacturing sites
Lead execution of capital projects within the operating unit.
Develop equipment specifications, project scopes, technical justifications, and implementation plans.
Lead equipment evaluations, FAT/SAT activities, startup support, commissioning activities, and technology implementation projects
Partner with Plant Operations teams to support manufacturing readiness, startup stabilization, process performance, and operational improvement initiatives
Perform additional duties as assigned