Job Description

Greif offers a great working environment and the opportunity to make an immediate impact at a company where your ideas are always welcome.

Job Requisition #:

Job Description:

Greif is a leading supplier of industrial packaging products and services, growing from its beginnings in Cleveland, Ohio, to a global footprint across more than 30 countries and 200-plus locations.

OUR VISION:

Be the best performing customer service company in the world.

OUR PURPOSE:

We create packaging solutions for life’s essentials.

ROLE OVERVIEW:

Applies knowledge of mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic, and electrical controls and PLC programming to support projects for repairing, upgrading, or replacing facility equipment and controls. Conducts process optimization trials, performs troubleshooting and analysis, and develops strategies to reduce product variability, waste, and operating costs. Create statistical analysis, charts, drawings, and reports to help illustrate and showcase potential issues within a product lifecycle or business process and how to improve it. Works on projects of large scope and complexity and resolves problems where precedent may not exist. Often leads the work of small project teams and may formally train less experienced engineering colleagues.

Key Responsibilities

• Participates in projects that support the maintenance, repair, upgrade, or complete replacement of facility controls and equipment.
• Manages projects and provides scope development, cost and time estimates, evaluation of costs and benefits, tracking, controlling, and reporting.
• Programs manufacturing equipment PLCs and other controls and provides equipment controls technical support to project engineers, vendors, facility managers, and internal maintenance on projects.
• Conducts design reviews to ensure components and assemblies comply with customer specifications.
• Creates training manuals and conducts training for machine operators and maintenance teams.
• Prepares equipment and control specifications and places orders. Evaluates existing equipment and controls regarding productivity, cost-efficiency, and safety and makes recommendations for possible improvements.
• Conducts process optimization trials, performs troubleshooting and analysis, and develops strategies to reduce product variability, waste, and operating costs.
• Maintains complete and accurate work records and prepares monthly quality and production reports.
• Prepares and ships samples for compliance testing and analyzes outside lab compliance tests.
• May support visible emissions evaluation, inspections, or chemical inventory duties.
• Stays current on engineering technologies and trends for process improvement potential.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Education and Experience

• Typically possesses a Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) and 4-8 years of experience.
  

Knowledge and Skills

• Possesses a thorough understanding of electrical engineering with experience in machine controls, system analysis, design, development, and troubleshooting.
• Possesses working knowledge of cost estimation, specification, and codes.
• Possesses strong interpersonal, communications, project management, and time management skills.
• Demonstrates strong written and oral communication skills.
• Possesses technical acumen and understanding of financial concepts (cost analysis, budgets).
• Demonstrates strong CAD and PLC programming skills.
• Engineering degree preferred.

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EEO Statement:

https://www.greif.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/HR-101-Equal-Employment-Opportunity-Policy-English.pdf

We offer a competitive salary, excellent benefits and opportunity for growth. Greif, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. We will not discriminate against any applicant or employee on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, race, gender, religion, age, national origin, color, disability, or veteran status. EOE/Minority/Female/Disabled/Veteran. For more information read Greif’s Equal Opportunity Policy.