Sr. Engineer - Paper

Novolex is hiring an Engineering Center of Excellence Lead to develop and lead a team of engineers across business and operating units. The role establishes technical standards and enterprise capabilities, integrates new technologies, drives continuous improvement, and develops specialized engineering talent.

Responsibilities:

• Drive innovation, establish technical standards, and mentor Center of Excellence experts across the team
• Oversee definition, documentation, and socialization of standardized workflows and best practices to increase organizational maturity
• Lead evaluation, prototyping, and integration of new technologies into the business
• Drive continuous improvement and structured problem-solving
• Mentor, coach, and develop a team of specialized engineers
• Manage knowledge sharing and hand-off of capabilities to BU Engineering teams
• Ensure shared ownership of tools and processes between the Engineering Center of Excellence and BU Engineers
• Monitor compliance, operational efficiency, and identify opportunities for optimization
• Perform additional duties as assigned

Requirements:

• 5+ years of manufacturing engineering, process engineering, reliability engineering, or technical operations experience
• 3+ years of leadership experience leading engineering or technical organizations
• Strong management and prioritization skills
• Deep understanding of manufacturing processes
• Executive communication and stakeholder alignment capability
• Proficiency using common office technology and tools
• Experience supporting packaging, plastics, extrusion, thermoforming, molded fiber, paper, and/or related manufacturing operations
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related technical discipline highly preferred