Packaging Engineer

Job Description

The Packaging Engineer role provides technical support within the Packaging Technology Center of Excellence (EMEA), part of the Process Optimization Team.

The position supports all ADM business units as needed within the region, collaborating with operations, technology, procurement, sourcing, and commercial teams to capture value, ensure best practices, and align with business priorities. The engineer applies packaging expertise to drive technical and operational performance, focusing on safety, food safety, quality, and key performance metrics.

This role connects the Packaging Technology Center with regional sites to deploy standards, best practices, and continuous improvement initiatives, creating value in line with Performance Excellence principles.

Packaging Engineers monitor production processes, optimize packaging systems, solve production and equipment issues, support capital projects, and contribute to continuous improvement. Activities include equipment sizing and capacity planning, process control, and efficiency improvements on packaging lines. The role also involves working with packaging material suppliers, supporting equipment installation and start-up, preparing technical reports from plant visits, and monitoring cost‑saving projects in cooperation with Strategic Sourcing.

ADM’s dry packaging operations involve the use of multiwall bags, drums, totes, pouches and boxes. In the liquid packaging operations involves the use of PET, glass, Jerry Cans, Aseptic and UHT, Bag in box and HDPE containers.

Candidate must be able to troubleshoot packaging equipment and make corrective actions. Optimize and ability to run packaging equipment. Hands on mentality and experience.

• Support capital and NDE projects
• Support continuous improvement through Performance excellence methodologies
• Technical support for quality complaints
• Safety and Food safety standards improvements
• Utilize KPI’s and metrics to identify improvement areas and sustain value for continuous improvements
• Develop and deploy best practices and packaging standards, including performance guarantees
• Collaboration with operations to capture value, ensure best practices and standards are deployed and align with business priorities
• Capture areas to digitalize metrics
• Drive value by overseeing packaging and warehousing systems and cost savings initiatives
• Develop and optimize packaging processes
• Function and collaborate as a team; provide or receive coaching and develop other team members
• Define and build a prioritized global pipeline of packaging savings and improvement projects that drive costs out of our packaging materials and operations aligned with the agreed packaging strategies with strategic sourcing.
• Support plant teams with troubleshooting problems related packaging to help identify causes and solutions.
• Packaging materials specification support, testing and analysis
• Any other duties as assigned

This position will be part of the Packaging Technology Center and reports to Director of Global Packaging.

International travel: 25‑50 %

• B.S. in Engineering or Packaging Technology
• 8+ years operations experience.
• Inclusive 4+ years direct packaging experience
• Hands on troubleshooting experience of mechanical and/or electrical systems
• Organized, detail focused and methodical.
• Project management skills
• Preferred experience with Performance Excellence.
• Strong analytical and problem solving ability
• Basic knowledge of Process Safety and applications for design for packaging equipment.
• Knowledge of Food Safety best practices as it applies to packaging food products.
• Strong communication skills, verbal and written.

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