Reporting to the Operations Manager, the Engineering & Continuous Improvement Coordinator is responsible for coordinating the technical group of processes. In support of process engineers, he follows and supports capital requests for process optimization. In collaboration with the Operations Manager, he establishes the needs and direction of the processes for the short and medium term in order to achieve objectives. He will instill a culture of continuous improvement using different methodologies by working closely with the process team.
Management and technical know-how
- Coordination of the technical process team.
- Ensure a high technical level of competency, by providing training and continuous improvement tools to the operations group.
- Support the Operations Manager in achieving performance indicators for the various processes through statistical process control processes, through the implementation of continuous improvement methods.
- Analyze performance and determine their capacity.
Production support
- Participate in daily production meetings.
- Identify recurring problem that leads to quality non-conformities and production losses.
- Investigate and provide solutions following the identification of these problems.
- Review the validity of NCR reports and provide support if required.
- Identify opportunities to improve productivity in terms of start-up times and production speed.
- Make time and motion studies.
Processes
- Set up and execute reject reduction projects.
- Support the organization with the introduction of new processes.
- Participate in reviews of new technologies.
- Establish the new critical parameters to be evaluated.
- Improve the performance of existing products by proposing and supporting changes in manufacturing processes in order to reduce production costs.
- Research new trends in the industry.
- Develop links and identify the best suppliers of flexographic products in order to have access to the best technologies in our industry.
- Make recommendations relating to equipment modifications and investments.
- Revision of the CAPEX of the various projects.
- Follow up on the new products in the different departments and discuss the problems encountered.
Continuous improvement management
- Support the organization with continuous improvement initiatives.
- Perform capacity analyzes.
Skills Required
- Bilingual
- Experience coordinating technical/process teams
- Knowledge of continuous improvement methodologies (Lean/Six Sigma or similar)
- Experience with Statistical Process Control (SPC)
- Ability to perform time and motion studies and capacity analyses
- Root cause analysis and problem-solving for quality non-conformities (NCR support)
- Experience supporting CAPEX reviews and recommending equipment modifications/investments
- Experience implementing reject reduction, new process introduction, and process optimization projects
What We Do
Hood Packaging is a quality manufacturer of packaging materials with 23 production facilities located in the United States and Canada. We have grown by acquisition and innovation. Our oldest, continuously running business, started over 100 years ago in the Jute and Cotton trade and we have expanded our flexible packaging skills into Paper, Plastic, and Woven packaging substrates as more advanced technology has developed for these products. A brief history to our growth: + TC Transcontintental (Multiwall Operations) acquired in 2020 + Bemis Corporation (Multiwall Operations) acquired in 2014 + Glopak Inc. acquired in 2006 + Bonar Packaging acquired in 2000 + Charleston Packaging acquired in 1986 + Southern Bag began in 1978 Each operation brings a particular skill, product, or other strength to our company – Liquid VFFS filling from Glopak and High Density printing are just a few of our innovative technologies. We are organized along two product types – Paper and Plastic. The Paper Division has 15 geographically diverse locations across the United States and Canada making flexible paper packaging structures with a very wide range of types, formats and closures. The Plastics Division has 8 production locations, again with the broadest possible selection of structures and many with unique applications. Cross selling our products allows us to develop unique product and supply arrangements. We plan to continue to innovate, to acquire and to develop strong industry relationships that will advance our technology, our skills and our products.
