Overview
Based in Franklin, KY, with additional facilities in Riverhead, NY, and Bristol, RI, the Berry Global Tapes business is a leading manufacturer of pressure-sensitive tapes (specialty, foil, film, and duct) and adhesives. Offering more than 1,500 specialty SKUs across 500+ distinct product families to its diverse base of 1,500+ customers, the Tapes Business provides specialty tapes and adhesives products to top customers serving the HVAC, Building & Construction, Industrial, Retail, Medical, Aerospace, Automotive, and other specialty industries. Berry Global recently announced that Nautic Partners, LLC will acquire the Tapes business in early 2025.
Responsibilities
- Execute capital projects including:
- Generate ideas based on business needs and opportunities
- Estimate project costs
- Justify project by benefits to achieve approval of funds
- Complete engineering designs and planning
- Specify and purchase equipment. Design and build specialized equipment if required.
- Manage resources to complete project installation and startup
- Provide training as needed to maintenance & operations
- Identify and lead Continuous Improvement Projects (CIP) to:
- Improve safety
- Reduce cost by improving productivity and reducing waste
- Improve product quality and resolve reoccurring quality complaints
- Improve equipment reliability
- Assume a leadership role providing technical expertise to handle the most challenging problems
- Assist production and maintenance in solving difficult technical problems
- Support Quality in the root cause analysis of complaints
- Support manufacturing improvements through project management and engineering expertise
- Generate ideas and solutions to specific problems and plant improvement opportunities
- Investigate new processes, equipment, and methods to provide competitive advantages
- Continually develop and improve process knowledge and continuous improvement skills
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Science in an Engineering Discipline (Mechanical required)
- 10+ years Engineering with significant project engineering experience
- Strong leadership, people, and communications skills
- Strong technical problem solving skills
- Strong AutoCAD skills
- Experience and understanding of process systems, metrics, Continuous Improvement Projects and SPC
- Six Sigma training preferred
