Packaging Engineer for CCL Label Food & Beverage

Our cutting-edge technology makes the labels and packaging for the world's biggest and most famous brands.

Who is CCL Label Food and Beverage?

A global supply chain leader and specialty packaging pioneer, CCL is the largest label company in the world and provides innovative premium packaging solutions to the Home & Personal Care, Premium Food & Beverage, Healthcare & Specialty, Automotive & Durables and Consumer markets worldwide. CCL Label is the world's largest converter of pressure sensitive and extruded film materials for decorative, functional and information labels.

What do we do?

We begin with Innovation. We specialize in making the labeling and packaging that helps you choose the best products every day. A variety of decoration technologies exist at CCL including digital, screen, offset, flexo, and rotogravure printing. We also utilize combination presses that can combine the different printing technologies and run them together with cold and hot foil. CCL has state-of-the-art finishing equipment in place to supply labels that live up to, and even exceed, customers' expectations. Included are process parameters like the reel winding and slitting tolerances. Material and/or printing defects can be detected by automatic camera inspection systems and are easily eliminated by the operators.

Our product line includes:

• Pressure Sensitive Labels
• Shrink Sleeves
• Sustainability Labels
• Special Effects Labels

We make packaging solutions for:

• Premium Food and Beverage
• Home Care & Laundry
• Beauty & Personal Care

What we offer

We have an extensive benefits package that includes: vacation and paid personal off, health, dental and vision insurance, 401(k) match up to 8%, company-paid life insurance and disability insurance, employee assistance program, flexible spending account, and tuition reimbursement.

Job Summary:

Based at the customer location in Plainfield, IL, this role will provide customer support for spirits and alcohol printing and packaging by being a shared technical resource and print specialist. This position will work closely alongside our customer's brand and marketing teams as part of the innovation trial process with exposure to brand owners design creation and intent and act as representative of the CCL facilities to develop and implement optimal packaging solutions.

Supervisory Responsibilities: None

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Provide support to CCL facilities: Portland, OR, Sonoma, CA, Sioux Falls, SD, Cold Spring, KY, Mexico City, & Robbinsville, NJ and to customer bottling halls: Plainfield, IL, Montgomery, AL, Valleyfield, CA, and Amherstburg, CA.
• Represent CCL while managing key stake holders as a full onsite representative with the customer
• Provide support for new packaging design and development or improvement of current ones
• Drive current cost saving initiatives and identify new ones
• Work to optimize cost while maintaining quality standards
• Be an onsite support to assist with managing quality, application issues, and onboarding new projects.
• Lead core cost saving project focused on OEE improvement and label optimization
• Be a key player in assisting with the development and launch of new innovations
• Hold a strong understanding of the printing process, materials, bottling lines and label application
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including product designers, manufacturing engineers and marketing professionals
• Contributes to team efforts by accomplishing related tasks as needed
• Other duties as assigned

Required Skills/Abilities:

• Understanding of digital, offset, flexography, gravure and screen-printing processes
• Basic knowledge of pre-press, color separation and file building
• Basic knowledge of color management strategies reprographics and color measurement
• Understanding of pressure sensitive films, pressure sensitive papers and shrink sleeve films
• Understanding of plate-making, screen-making, cylinder etching in the job preparation process
• Knowledge of printing economics and what press technologies should be used
• Knowledge of OEMS, Krones, PE, and LabelAire
• Strong end to end knowledge of spirits bottling lines
• Understanding of how print materials interact with line conditions
• Strong analytical, conceptual thinking and problem-solving skills
• Ability to trouble-shoot, solve complex problems and deal with a variety of variables in situations where standard and non-standard issues exist
• Ability to work as part of a team and provide a positive work environment
• High ability to be self-driven to recognize and accomplish projects
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills CCL Label Sioux Falls, SD
• Ability to appropriately apply principles and concepts to area of specialization
• Detail oriented and highly organized
• Skilled in time management and prioritization
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Applications and other systems as required
• Ability to travel up to 50%

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in packaging science, engineering, or related field.

Physical Requirements:

• Regularly use hands to finger, handle or feel and reach with hands and arms above and below shoulder level
• Regularly stand and walk for extended periods of time
• Regularly communicate in some manner either by speech/hearing or through written communication.
• Regularly use of vision abilities including close, distance, color and peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.
• Regularly work around moving machinery and heavy equipment.
• Frequently required to push/pull.
• Frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• Frequently exposed to high-speed moving mechanical parts.
• Frequently exposed to UV, strobing or flashing light.
• Occasionally exposed to fumes, dust or airborne particles.
• Regularly exposed to moderate noise level in the work environment.