Rollstock Process Engineer

dental insurance, life insurance, vision insurance, flexible benefit account, parental leave, paid time off, tuition reimbursement, 401(k), retirement plan

Sealed Air designs and delivers packaging solutions that protect essential goods transported worldwide, preserve food, enable e-commerce and digital connectivity, and help create a global supply chain that is touchless, safer, less wasteful, and more resilient. We strive to foster a caring, high-performance growth culture that will deliver consistent, sustainable profitable growth and accelerate our performance - a culture where accountability is clear and aligned, and where we reward business outcomes and impact.

That culture guides everything we do, including how we partner with our customers and suppliers, how we attract and retain top talent, and how we create and deliver value to our stakeholders. In 2025, Sealed Air generated $5.4 billion in sales and has approximately 16,100 employees who serve customers in 119 countries/territories. To learn more, visit

The Rollstock Process Engineer is responsible for owning, optimizing, and advancing polymer film extrusion, printing, lamination, and/ or slitting processes that produce Rollstock for retail food packaging applications. This position operates with a high degree of independence and serves as a key technical resource for Manufacturing, Quality, Maintenance, and Product Development. The role focuses on improving process capability, reliability, yield, and safety while leading complex projects that support business growth and operational excellence.

• Serve as the technical owner for Rollstock processes, ensuring stable, capable, and repeatable operation across shifts and product mixes.
• Establish and maintain robust process control strategies, SOC, deviation management, control plans, SPC, in-line vision system, gauge control systems, and standard work.
• Reduce process variation, scrap, and unplanned downtime through data-driven root cause analysis and sustained corrective actions

• Lead continuous improvement initiatives using Lean and Six Sigma tools to improve yield, rates, setup time, and overall equipment effectiveness.
• Apply statistical methods and design of experiments (DOE) to optimize process windows and performance.
• Support daily management systems and coach operators and technicians in structured problem-solving.

• Lead or serve as lead engineer on capital projects, including equipment upgrades, new line installations, and major modifications.
• Participate in equipment specification, vendor selection, factory acceptance testing (FAT), site acceptance testing (SAT), commissioning, and startup.
• Evaluate new extrusion and converting technologies and automation solutions and translate successful trials into production standards.
• Utilize and expand MES capabilities for improved process control, material tracking, and schedule adherence

• Partner with Product Development and Quality to support resin qualifications, product transitions, and raw material changes.
• Lead technical execution for process scale-ups, trials, and commercial launches.
• Identify and execute long-term technical solutions that eliminate recurring issues.

• Support and strengthen quality systems through effective use of SPC, FMEA, and corrective/preventive action methodologies.
• Lead or support complex RCA and ensure permanent corrective actions are implemented and verified.
• Ensure all process changes comply with safety, environmental, and regulatory requirements.
• Proactively identify and mitigate process safety and EH&S risks associated with operations.

• Prepare clear technical documentation including trial reports, process standards, equipment specifications, and lessons learned.
• Effectively communicate technical findings and recommendations to operations leadership, cross-functional teams, and the broader Rollstock network, or sister sites
• Act as a technical mentor for less experienced engineers and technicians.

• Bachelor's degree in Chemical, Mechanical, Industrial, Polymer, Plastics Engineering, Packaging or related field.
• Minimum 3-5 years of high volume, complex product mix manufacturing experience, preferably in extrusion, printing, lamination, slitting or other packaging…