Jobs at Magnera

Leads innovation and product development projects for film-based materials from concept through commercialization. Develops resin formulations, multilayer structures, and manufacturing processes; conducts laboratory, pilot, customer, and commercial trials; analyzes material performance data; supports scale-up and commercialization; and works with customers to validate products, troubleshoot issues, and identify opportunities.

Identifies emerging technologies, market signals, and growth opportunities using hypothesis-driven innovation. Designs experiments, validation plans, prototypes, and learning cycles to reduce uncertainty and support decision-making. Analyzes results, develops actionable recommendations, facilitates ideation and co-creation workshops, and collaborates with consumers, customers, suppliers, startups, universities, and technology centers. Leads selected disruptive innovation projects and communicates findings to project teams and leadership. Requires approximately 15–25% travel.

Set up, operate, and monitor extrusion machinery during night shifts. Maintain production quality and safety standards, troubleshoot equipment, make operational adjustments, handle materials up to 70 pounds, and keep the work area organized. Collaborate with team members to meet production goals while working scheduled shifts and overtime as needed.

Administers multi-state payroll, employee benefits, and compensation programs. Responsibilities include payroll processing and reconciliation, benefits enrollments and compliance, compensation cycle support, HR reporting, employee inquiry resolution, vendor coordination, audits, and maintaining confidential employee records. The role also supports regulatory filings, open enrollment, salary reviews, market benchmarking, and process improvements.

Leads the site Quality function and quality management system, ensuring product consistency, regulatory compliance, customer satisfaction, and continuous improvement. Manages Quality staff, audits, corrective actions, supplier quality, customer complaints, KPIs, process specifications, and quality plans. Applies Six Sigma, SPC, DOE, FMEA, and statistical methods to improve process capability, reduce defects, strengthen risk mitigation, and maintain ISO 9001 and other applicable standards.

Serves as the primary contact for customer questions, concerns, orders, and service issues. Processes incoming calls, emails, and orders accurately; monitors order reports, inventory, and delivery risks; and coordinates with Sales, Production Planning, Distribution, and manufacturing teams. Maintains customer communication, manages expectations, escalates risks, and supports positive customer relationships through professional, empathetic service.

Plans and schedules production across manufacturing lines, external converters, and imported finished goods to meet customer demand, delivery goals, capacity needs, and inventory objectives. Enters SAP production and purchase orders, maintains planning data, monitors line performance, leads scheduling meetings, coordinates with manufacturing and supply chain teams, communicates delays, and supports inventory disposition and demand prioritization.

Drives continuous improvement of manufacturing processes to improve safety, quality, throughput, reliability, and cost efficiency. Partners with production, quality, maintenance, and EHS teams to identify bottlenecks, optimize process parameters, develop procedures and control plans, lead trials and validations, conduct root-cause investigations, and implement Lean and Six Sigma improvements. Provides process training, supports equipment upgrades, analyzes process capability and downtime, and helps direct process technicians.

Supports broad HR functions including employee relations, policy administration, compliance, investigations, recruiting, onboarding, benefits, payroll processing, reporting, HR database maintenance, employee engagement, and HR system administration. Advises employees and supervisors, coordinates benefits enrollment, supports unemployment claims, and partners with training teams in a manufacturing plant environment.

Leads the EMEIA Wipes sales organization, setting commercial strategy and directing team performance against growth, sales, EBITDA, and profitability targets. Develops customer relationships, business plans, pipeline discipline, and new market opportunities. Collaborates cross-functionally with product, operations, finance, development, and HR teams. Supports investment and transformation initiatives while ensuring compliance with EHS, regulatory, safety, and quality requirements.

Supervises multiple non-woven production lines, coordinating operators, schedules, safety, quality, maintenance, production targets, and resource utilization. Leads daily meetings, audits, troubleshooting, process improvements, documentation, and employee training. Ensures compliance with safety procedures, production standards, preventive maintenance schedules, housekeeping expectations, and key performance measures including safety, quality, uptime, and yield. Operates forklifts and supports routine equipment maintenance.

Maintains and improves manufacturing quality systems, monitors production quality, analyzes process capability, leads audits and corrective actions, investigates customer complaints, and drives continuous improvement. The role uses Six Sigma, SPC, DOE, DMAIC, FMEA, Lean, and Kaizen methodologies while partnering with engineering, operations, product development, sales, customers, and vendors. It also supports product specifications, process changes, equipment improvements, SOPs, and plant investment projects.

Lead Magnera’s European nonwovens innovation platform across spunlace, airlaid, through-air, and spunmelt technologies. Set innovation priorities, drive commercially relevant product and process development, translate technical capabilities into scalable products, and ensure industrialization. Build high-performing teams, partner with commercial, operations, marketing, and R&D stakeholders, manage roadmaps and resources, and align innovation with customer needs, market dynamics, and business strategy.

Maintain the site's business management and quality systems, support ISO certifications and audits, manage non-conformities and corrective actions, coordinate product and compliance documentation, monitor quality data and KPIs, oversee calibration records, and promote continuous improvement, training, safety, and regulatory compliance across the business.

Maintains and improves manufacturing quality systems through statistical analysis, process capability reviews, validation, auditing, nonconformance disposition, corrective actions, and continuous improvement. The role supports ISO 9001 compliance, customer and vendor technical interfaces, raw material reviews, process transitions, metrology studies, and manufacturing waste reduction. It also leads quality programs, audits, Gemba walks, and improvement initiatives while partnering with engineering, product development, research and development, and manufacturing teams.

Leads environmental, health, safety, and security programs across a large manufacturing and warehouse site. Develops safety culture initiatives, manages compliance with OSHA and EPA requirements, oversees training and safety programs, conducts audits and incident investigations, administers workers’ compensation activities, maintains regulatory records, and drives corrective actions and continuous improvement. Partners with site leadership, HR, safety committees, and employees to reduce workplace risks and environmental impacts. Travel is approximately 10%.

Supports HR policy compliance, employee data maintenance, reporting, hourly recruitment, university partnerships, onboarding and orientation, employee engagement activities, and training initiatives. The intern also helps administer HR processes, track applicants and new hires, maintain confidentiality, and promote a safe and healthy workplace.

Leads manufacturing departments and directs daily operations across safety, quality, productivity, cost control, compliance, staffing, and continuous improvement. Oversees production schedules, manufacturing records, quality systems, budgets, labor utilization, supply chain coordination, employee development, and facility or capacity projects. Supervises direct reports, supports strategic planning and operational excellence, and serves as backup for the Site Leader.

Develops and launches nonwoven fabrics, laminates, and related products. Responsibilities include planning laboratory and pilot studies, conducting design and process optimization, leading scale-up and production trials, evaluating raw materials and competitors, developing laboratory capabilities, analyzing costs and market opportunities, and managing project milestones. The role requires expertise in spunlace and high-performance nonwoven technologies, converting processes, statistical analysis, design of experiments, and regulations for surgical and infection-prevention products.

Installs, troubleshoots, repairs, and improves plant electrical and control systems. Responsibilities include PLC programming, equipment startups, wiring, CAD documentation, contractor coordination, system backups, electrical parts standards, and support for production equipment upgrades. The role works with engineers, maintenance teams, suppliers, and contractors while providing technical training and emergency breakdown support. Familiarity with plastic processing equipment, electrical controls, and industrial automation is required.