Director, Process Engineering

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Chicago, IL, USAPosted:
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Product Engineering Job Function:
Product Engineering

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Salary We're Not Just in the Packaging Business–We're in the "Wow" Business Pregis is Hiring! Why Join Pregis? Pregis is in the packaging business to protect what matters. We are committed to providing our customers and employees sustainable growth through purpose-driven innovation and customer-centric packaging solutions. If you are looking for a company that is thriving across various high growth industries and is innovative, customer focused, high integrity, believes in strong teamwork and collaboration, Pregis is the company for you.

Check out the Pregis Purpose to learn how sustainability and social responsibility is at the very core of our company DNA. Position Summary The Director, Process Engineering is an enterprise leadership role responsible for defining and deploying Pregis' Process Engineering strategy across a multi-site manufacturing network. As a leader within the Operations Center of Excellence, this role will establish the vision, standards, capabilities, and roadmap needed to improve manufacturing performance, accelerate growth, and drive operational excellence across all business units.

This position serves as a key strategic partner to Operations, Quality, Continuous Improvement, Product Development, Supply Chain, and Finance. Success requires the ability to influence across the organization, align diverse stakeholders, and drive adoption of common engineering standards and best practices while improving safety, quality, service, productivity, reliability, and EBITDA performance.

Key Responsibilities:

Strategic Leadership Develop and execute the enterprise Process Engineering strategy aligned with Pregis growth objectives.

Establish engineering standards, governance, and best practices across the manufacturing network.

Build a multi-year roadmap focused on process capability, automation, technology adoption, and operational excellence.

Serve as the Process Engineering subject matter expert to executive leadership.

Center of Excellence Leadership Develop organizational capabilities, technical standards, career paths, and succession plans.

Create consistency in engineering practices while supporting the unique needs of individual business units.

Deploy technical resources against the company's highest-value improvement opportunities. Operational Excellence & Continuous Improvement Manufacturing Transformation Lead network-wide initiatives focused on safety, quality, productivity, reliability, and cost reduction.

Drive Process Engineering support for the Pregis Production System (PPS).Identify and scale best practices across manufacturing locations.

Champion data-driven problem solving, process optimization, and continuous improvement.

Capital & Technology Strategy Develop enterprise process technology and automation roadmaps.

Partner with Operations and Finance to identify, prioritize, and justify capital investments.

Provide leadership for major capital projects, equipment upgrades, and manufacturing modernization efforts.

Evaluate emerging technologies and manufacturing solutions that support long-term growth.

Cross-Functional Influence Partner with Business Unit Presidents, Operations Directors, Plant Managers, and Functional Leadership teams.

Lead through influence rather than direct authority to drive adoption of standards and initiatives.

Build strong relationships across the manufacturing network to accelerate change and execution.

Ensure engineering initiatives deliver measurable business impact.

Measures of Success Improved manufacturing productivity and throughput

Reduced waste, scrap, and conversion costs

Improved process capability and product quality

Increased equipment reliability and operational performance

Successful deployment of the Pregis Production System Strong capital project return and benefit realization

Consistent engineering standards across the manufacturing network

Increased manufacturing capacity to support growth

Sustainable EBITDA improvement

Qualifications

Education & Experience Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Industrial, Chemical, Manufacturing Engineering, or related discipline, required.
15+ years of progressive manufacturing, process engineering, or operational excellence leadership experience.

Experience leading engineering organizations within a multi-site manufacturing environment.

Proven success developing and deploying enterprise-wide engineering strategies.

Experience supporting…