Job Description

ALPLA is a global family-owned, privately held company that makes innovative, customized, recycled packaging for top companies such as P&G, Unilever, L'Oréal, Pepsi, and more. ALPLA values their employees, work-life balance, personal growth, compensation and sustainability.

What Can You Expect From ALPLA

• Health and Wellness Care Program- Benefits 
• Child Care Benefits
• Dependent Care Cost Savings Program
• Recognition programs; Promotional opportunities
• 401K Retirement Plan and excellent Matching Plan
• Medical, dental, vision plan
• Education assistance program/tuition reimbursement
• Short term, long term and life insurance paid by ALPLA
• Paid vacation; paid holidays

What You Will Enjoy Doing

Main Purpose of the Job:

Responsibilities include lead of installation, startup, maintenance, training and troubleshooting of downstream equipment in all ALPLA plants within the US.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Work with Project team to coordinate installation, startup and handover equipment from OEM to Production:

1. Ensures equipment is suitable for the application (FAT).
2. Ensures equipment is installed correctly and free of damage.
3. Ensures all documentation is in place.
4. Ensures PMs are setup and in place.
5. Confirms all installed downstream equipment is functional and handover ready (SAT).
6. Ensures plant personnel are able to independently maintain newly implemented production lines.

• Main point of contact for OEM vendors
  1. Verifies correct application and/or change parts requirements.
  2. Schedules onsite support & startup of new equipment
  3. Coordinates trainings specifics as required.
• Leads by setting expectations and applying best practices to all U.S sites
• Troubleshoots equipment and provides site support, as needed, remotely and onsite.
• Uses CMMS and Production reports to ensure downstream equipment is suitable and reliable by analyzing downtimes to determine opportunity areas, implement solutions to minimize downtime and evaluate spare parts on hand.
• Tracks and analizes bottle loss to ensure maximum productivity.
• Evaluates systems/machinery to ensure suitability for the application in existing plants.
• Helps to standardize equipment within the US.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job:

• The employee is regularly required to stand, walk, reach with hands and arms and very occasionally to climb or balance.
• The employee is frequently required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; to talk and hear; to sit.
• The employee is occasionally required to stoop, kneel, or crouch.
• The employee may occasionally lift and/or move up to 30 lbs.
• The noise and temperature levels in the work environment are occasionally high.

It is required to act in a safe and environmentally responsible manner at all times by adhering to all ALPLA policies and procedures and Safety Standards (OSHA). #salaried #SVC

ALPLA is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Prohibits Discrimination and Harassment of Any Kind: ALPLA is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at ALPLA are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical, mental or sensory disability, HIV Status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. ALPLA will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.

What Makes You Great

Experience Preferred:

• 4 year technical degree
• 3 years working experience in similar field

Qualification/Skills:

• Must be able to travel up to 60%
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills 
• Good organizational skills
• Good leadership skills
• Basic skills in Project Management
• Basic understanding of PLC programs
• Experience with packaging equipment – robot station palletizers, basic automated sorting systems, bottle label applicators, carton erectors, vision systems, etc.
• Proven ability to troubleshoot complex systems
• Proven track record in training hourly employees
• Proven ability to write troubleshooting guidelines & work instructions
• Proficient in using AutoCAD
• Proficient with computer applications (e.g. PowerPoint, Excel, Access)
• Proficient in CMM systems (preferably MP2)

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