Job Description

Packaging Engineer

Glasgow OR Fife

Permanent

Excellent Salary & Benefits

Nine Twenty are delighted to be supporting our Global Spirits Manufacturing client in their need for a Packaging Engineer to join them permanently

The role is positioned in Global Engineering \xe2\x80\x93 Packaging Transformation Team, providing specialist engineering functional support, leadership, and guidance to our Global Packaging Operations, Brand Change Technical Centres, and Procurement Functions.

The core purpose of this team is to ensure our packaging asset base is aligned to business requirements. This involves setting and maintaining technical standards for new equipment procurement, scoping and developing strategic projects, development and introduction of brand change and new product innovations, and providing specialist support to our operations teams for performance improvement and issue resolution.

In this role, you will work alongside the Operations, Brand Change, and Procurement teams to support delivery of business goals. Working with other members of the Global Engineering team, this role must ensure delivery of the overall business and strategic priorities.

The role holder will be supporting packaging sites globally, and this will require a degree of mobility. The frequency and duration of time spent \xe2\x80\x9cout of office\xe2\x80\x9d will be determined by business priorities.

Responsibilities:

• Specialist packaging knowledge and technical expertise to scope, develop, evaluate, and cost, major Packaging and Automation (mechanisation) projects across our Spirits and Beer Packaging footprint.
• Identification and development of opportunities and innovations that will drive efficiency benefit across our Global packaging and associated logistics supply base, including Third Party Operations.
• Provide functional and leadership capabilities within the Global Engineering team.
• Support Global Technical in design and execution of >800 brand change and innovation projects per year.
• Build and manage effective relationships with Key Stakeholders, and Packaging Equipment Suppliers

Experience required:

• Degree level or similar qualification in an engineering discipline.
• Strong Health & Safety experience and/or relevant qualification i.e., NEBOSH.
• Relevant experience and professional development in a packaging environment to specialist level is required with excellent knowledge of packaging materials, Packaging equipment and line design.
• Good networking to establish excellent relationships, effective influencer, with excellent communication skills.
• A full UK driving license is necessary for this role.

Interested?

Please apply directly or contact Caroline Strachan:

cstrachan@weareninetwenty.com

07825 450 978

Nine Twenty