Job Summary:
Leads and implements machine vision system design, changes, and best practices in our Youngstown plant and relative to product categories of Aerosol and Beverage. These efforts include driving changes that align with all cross functional departments, best practice management, and productivity improvement efforts that ensure we are the highest quality, lowest cost producer in the market. In addition will provide systems, methods, and training to ensure team members have the appropriate information, knowledge, and skills to deliver best in class machine vision capability to the marketplace.
Job Duties:
- Works closely with technical leadership team to drive cross functional and divisional projects and solutions for their assigned category and division.
- Drives efficiency improvement and scrap reduction efforts through the application of continuous improvement tools and system designs.
- Provides design solutions and training for the effective implementation of center lining, pinning, and run to target processes using all available systems and resources.
- Implements standards and design practices for vision system and quality inspection measurements that align with all other Absorbent Hygiene (AbHy) divisions of the company.
- Drives and owns productivity projects and involves plant personnel to achieve targets across all departments.
- Provides system design expertise, training, and guidance on all machine vision systems.
- Delivers excellence in service and project coordination for machine vision systems within assigned division.
- Plays a key role in partnering with cross functional teams to ensure raw materials and processes are meeting specifications and design parameters.
- Ability to operate as an individual contributor and leader as needed based on business dynamics and facilitation needs.
- Supports and promotes safe practices and environmental commitments in alignment with company commitments, policies, and compliance requirements.
- Develops proposals, budgets, Capital Equipment Requests (CERs), and electronic requisition (ereq) recommendations as needed.
- Develops, implements, and facilitates training programs in machine vision system processes.
- Delivers machine vision system improvement objectives and content to meet business needs.
- Facilitates and performs machine vision system training workshops.
- Additional duties as required.
Qualifications and Experience Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or related engineering principles strongly preferred. Associate degree or technical certification with combined experience in quality assurance, process improvement, data analytics, and leadership in a high-volume manufacturing environment.
- Experience in understanding camera vision systems and executing quality policies, systems, and procedures.
- Ability to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction.
- Able to present ideas / issues effectively, actively listen, and work across functional boundaries with the ability to effectively communicate with coworkers, customers, and vendors.
- Intermediate to advanced user in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, SharePoint
- Ability to write, edit, and understand sequences of operations.
Work Environment:
This position will perform job duties in an office and manufacturing environment. This position will use computers, telephones, printers as well as technical equipment on the manufacturing floor where machinery produces loud noises.
Trivium Packaging is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.