Senior Packaging Engineer

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Job Title: Senior Packaging Engineer
Location: Amsterdam, International/Other

Company: Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM)
Industry Sector: Agribusiness
Industry Type: Input Retail, Cooperative and Related Crop Services
Career Type: Engineering
Job Type: Full Time

Job Description: Job Description

Senior Packaging Engineer - Packaging Technology Center - EU

Location: Amsterdam (Capriweg), NL or any ADM EU location with Packaging, including Europoort, NL and Oss, NL

This position is part of the Packaging Technology Center and reports to the Director of Global Packaging.

Job Description

The Senior Packaging Engineer is primarily a technical support role within the Packaging Technology Center, part of the Operational Transformation Team.

The role will support all ADM business units as needed, primarily within their region, and collaborate with Operations, Technology teams, Procurement, Strategic Sourcing and Commercial to capture value, ensure best practices and standards are deployed, and align with business priorities.

The Packaging Engineer uses their expertise in packaging systems to provide technical and operational performance leadership. The role is responsible for key performance indicators and measures of success, applying safety and food safety/quality standards and best practices across all packaging technologies. It is also a key link between the Packaging Technology Center and the deployment of standards, best practices and continuous improvement opportunities to create value within the region and globally, as applicable, interlinked with Performance Excellence principles and tools.

Packaging Engineers apply their expertise to monitor production processes, select packaging equipment, optimize packaging systems based on packaging material cost and quality, solve production and packaging problems, support capital projects and contribute to process and packaging continuous improvement projects. This may include equipment sizing, identifying capacity requirements, developing process control systems, increasing packaging line efficiency and working with packaging material suppliers.

The role also involves supporting the installation of new equipment and modification of existing equipment, including related training and start-up activities, in line with best practices and standards. The Packaging Engineer will write technical reports following plant visits and support follow-up actions, monitor and, in some cases, guide cost-saving projects, and initiate and manage supplier relationships in conjunction with Strategic Sourcing efforts.

ADM's dry packaging operations involve multiwall bags, drums, totes, pouches and boxes. Liquid packaging operations involve PET, glass, jerry cans, aseptic and UHT, bag-in-box and HDPE containers.

The candidate must be able to troubleshoot packaging equipment and implement sustainable corrective actions, optimize and operate packaging equipment. A hands-on mentality and experience, as well as strong interpersonal skills, are essential.

Key Accountabilities and Ownership

Packaging strategies
Packaging equipment efficiency improvements
Knowledge management
Innovation leadership
Value creation and sustain the base
Develop, coach and lead others
Support capital and NDE projects
Support continuous improvement through Performance Excellence methodologies
Technical support for quality complaints
Safety and food safety standards improvements
Utilize KPIs and metrics to identify improvement areas and sustain value through continuous improvements
Develop and deploy best practices and packaging standards, including performance guarantees
Collaborate with Operations to capture value, ensure best practices and standards are deployed, and align with business priorities
Capture areas to digitalize metrics
Drive value by overseeing packaging and warehousing systems and cost-saving initiatives
Develop and optimize packaging processes
Function and collaborate as a team; provide or receive coaching and develop other team members
Define and build a prioritized global pipeline of packaging savings and improvement projects that drive costs out of packaging materials and operations, aligned with agreed packaging strategies with Strategic Sourcing
Support plant teams with packaging-related troubleshooting to help identify causes and solutions
Packaging materials specification support, testing and analysis
Any other duties as assigned
Travel: 25-50%

Qualifications

B.S. in Engineering or Packaging Technology
8+ years of operations experience
4+ years of direct packaging experience
Hands-on troubleshooting experience with mechanical and/or electrical systems
Organized, detail-focused and methodical
Project management skills
Preferred experience with Performance Excellence
Strong analytical and problem-solving ability
Basic knowledge of Process Safety and its applications for the design of packaging equipment
Knowledge of Food Safety best practices as they apply to packaging food products
Strong verbal and written communication skills

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Job Post Date: 09/10/26