Division Engineer - Thermoformed & Flexible Packaging (TFP)

From a small family business to a multi-billion-dollar global company, Sonoco has been changing the face of products and packaging since 1899 — all while keeping the heart of “People Build Businesses” alive.

Our talented people are at the core of our growth, constantly reinventing the Sonoco wheel with brilliant solutions every year. Today we are a world leader in global packaging solutions with diversified operations in over 34 countries. We're extremely proud of our portfolio of brands, our achievements in sustainability and industrialization and the groundbreaking work accomplished by our people. 

Reporting directly to the Division SPS / Project Manager as the Division Engineer is responsible for maintaining consistent awareness of global laws, regulations, and consumer demands that impact food contact, food additive, pharmaceutical, and medical device categories. In this role, he/she will also provide tactical and strategic product safety/regulatory details/direction and identify process improvements, policies and protocols as they relate to product safety activities within the business units and customer requests.

What you’ll be doing:

• Design, implement and manage project to ensure that all equipment is compliant with applicable federal, state, and local regulatory requirements both domestically and internationally.
• Support the plants with on site prep, install and start up of equipment
• Create migration plans where needed and collate regulatory documentation.
• Provide project updates to Stakeholders
• Work with suppliers to define scope of work, pricing, training and ongoing support
• Be knowledgeable of ever changing regulatory requirements both at local, state and national levels
• Lead Division MET team through monthly calls, plant support and sharing of best practices
• Execute projects with Safety first mentality all the while staying in budget and on schedule
• Provide strategic planning proposals for equipment that will become obsolete and recommendations on equipment replacement to meet new regulations.

This position is a remote opportunity.

We’d love to hear from you if:

• Bachelors degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering with 5 plus years of project management experience.
• Communicates Effectively - developing and delivering multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences
• Manages Complexity - Make sense of complex, high quantity and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems
• Plans and Aligns - planning and prioritizing work to meet commitments aligned with organizational goals
• Optimizes Work Processes - knowing the most effective and efficient processes to get tasks completed.
• Experience/desire to manage/lead people.
• Global regulatory experience in a food contact application.
• Preferred:  Working knowledge of required compliance test requirements for food contact and/or pharma/med device.
• Strong prioritization skills.
• Capability to handle multiple tasks.
• Able to work independently and make recommendations and decisions.
• Willing to take challenges, hardworking, self-motivated, and dependable.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Proficient in MS Office, Word, Excel, CAD along with the ability to learn other systems as needed
• Extensive knowledge of one or more of the following regulatory bodies; US, South Africa, EU, South America, and/or Asia, specifically as it relates to Food Contact regulations.

Compensation:

The annual base salary range for this role is from $131,920 to $148,410, plus an annual target bonus of 12.5% of base salary. 

We are an equal opportunity employer, and we strictly prohibit and do not tolerate discrimination against employees, applicants or any other covered persons because of race, color, religion, national origin or ancestry, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, marital status, gender identity or expression, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any legally protected characteristic.