Senior Process Engineer - Packaging

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Based at our Heusenstamm location, we are seeking a Senior Process Engineer – Packaging & Material Handling (m/f/d) for our Manufacturing & Process Engineering team. As technical authority within our global Centre of Excellence, you will define global equipment standards, lead CAPEX vendor evaluations, packaging materials benchmarking and optimize End-of-Line packaging, wrapping, and palletizing operations across our worldwide manufacturing plants.

Your key responsibilities:

• Technical Governance & Global Standards: Define and maintain global equipment specifications for collators, strapping and pallet wrapping systems, high-level layer palletizers, articulated robotic palletizers, and stretch/shrink hooding machinery and packaging materials.

• CAPEX Projects & OEM Management: Lead technical vendor evaluations, machinery and material selection, oversee Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT) and Site Acceptance Testing (SAT) for newly commissioned packaging lines worldwide.

• Materials sustainability: Conduct Packaging materials benchmark, and analyse for fit, form, function, cost and compatibility with transport and environmental legislation. 

• Operational Excellence & OEE Optimization: Undertake data-driven root cause analyses to resolve line bottlenecks, maximize Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE), and minimize material wastage (paper sacks, films) while ensuring high load stability.

• Audits & Technical Coaching: Perform technical site audits across global manufacturing plants, enforce gap-closure action plans, and coach local plant engineers and operators.

Your Profile:

• Education: Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Packaging Engineering, Process Engineering, or Automation.
• Professional Experience: Minimum 6+ years of direct engineering experience in industrial End-of-Line packaging, bagging, or material handling systems.
• Technical Expertise: Proven hands-on proficiency in at least two specialized domains:
  • Packaging materials, performance and environmental footprint
  • Bagging & Sealing Systems
  • Palletizing Automation (high-level layer palletizers, robotic pick-and-place)
  • Load Securing & Film Packaging (stretch wrappers, shrink wrappers, strap banding)
• Work Permit & Residence: Valid work permit and current residency within the European Union or United Kingdom.
• Mobility & Languages: Willingness to travel internationally (25–40%); full professional fluency in English (C1/C2).
• Desirable / Plus:
  • Experience within building materials, dry mortar, minerals, cement, or bulk chemical industries.
  • Conversational to fluent German language skills (B2+).
  • Lean Six Sigma certification (Green/Black Belt).

What we offer: - based on hiring location it would include a range of the following:

• Future-Proof Compensation: Attractive salary package & company pension scheme
• Work-Life-Balance: 30 days of vacation, flexible working hours & primarily office-based work with a regular mobile office option
• Diverse Mobility Solutions: Job bike (JobRad), commuting allowance & free parking
• Support for Families: Childcare cost subsidy & pme Family Service
• Focus on Further Development: Individual development and training opportunities
• Health Matters: Health benefits & BMI supplementary health insurance fund (Zuschusskasse)

Find your new professional home with us and apply now through our online application system. We look forward to receiving your application! If you have any questions beforehand, please feel free to reach out to [email protected]. 

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