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Sealed Air

Principal Electrical Engineer

Sealed Air, Streetsboro, Ohio, United States, 44241


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. In 2023, Sealed Air generated $5.5 billion in revenue and had approximately 17,000 employees operating out of 46 countries/territories and distributing products in 115 countries/territories around the world. To learn more, visit

www.sealedair.com .Job Overview

Sealed Air's Global Engineering group is seeking a strong Design and Project Engineering leader to join our Converting Engineering team. Use your strong engineering design, project management, and knowledge of manufacturing processes to improve equipment design and efficiency. You will be involved with large and small projects and will have the opportunity to make a significant impact on the operation.Position Purpose

The Principal Electrical Engineer in Sealed Air helps us execute capital investment projects across the globe by always driving our customer’s success by upgrading our manufacturing capabilities, providing creative manufacturing equipment solutions with your outstanding engineering skills, leading with your strong project management and mechanical design skills, and partnering with diverse and multicultural teams to keep us as the best in the packaging industry.Key Responsibilities

Lead the Electrical engineering group on converting machine design/build projects.Implement standard practices for project management including design requirements collection, budget estimation, schedule setup, and project status communication.Provide overall Electrical design direction and approval.Solicit continuous feedback from project stakeholders through design reviews.Contribute engineering design expertise through design (producing drawings) as well as a drawing checker/approver.Work with a cross-functional team to develop scope, budget, and schedules and then execute projects to exceed customer expectations.Collaborate with multi-discipline teams consisting of engineering, EH&S, management, internal customers, and suppliers to ensure solutions are cost-effective and meet the desired design criteria.Effectively communicate and coordinate with internal manufacturing resources, internal product development resources, external suppliers, and contractors to complete projects on time and budget.Identify and evaluate new technologies that can be incorporated into the existing processes to improve yield, increase throughput, and/or reduce cost.Develop contingency plans to ensure that there are ‘no surprises’ on projects.Qualifications

Minimum Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering from an ABET accredited university.Minimum 7 years of experience with design and project engineering, and 4 years managing direct reports.Strong preference for candidates that have a blend of mechanical and electrical engineering skills.Strong working knowledge of HMI Software (GE Proficy and/or Rockwell RSViews), Allen Bradley PLC’s and VS Drives, Temperature Control Systems, and Industrial networks along with experience in Control System Design and tuning.Should have strong CAD design skills and experience with computer-aided engineering tools such as AutoCAD, AutoCAD Electrical, SolidWorks Composer, Matlab, FEA/CFD Simulation, DriveWorks, etc. A PE license is a plus.Proficient in MS Office Suite and ERP as it relates to associated documentation.Work experience in manufacturing, plastic packaging, or extrusion is a plus.Must have strong written and oral communication skills, a collaborative work style, and the ability to effectively work with an interdisciplinary team.Key Outcomes

Use your strong technical skills to solve the most complex engineering challenges from solution development, equipment specification, design to start-up.Lead in the project's full life cycle management, generating innovative ideas, planning, managing stakeholders, meeting milestones, executing, and closing the project.Act as an expert in the packaging equipment (extrusion and converting production equipment), providing guidance and support towards Manufacturing 4.0.Design, implement, program, and troubleshoot control systems utilizing your experience with PLC/PC controllers, HMIs, and industrial networks.Requisition id: 47914Relocation: NoSealed Air is committed to attracting, selecting, and developing talent that reflects the diversity of the communities and customers we serve. We take pride in our selection process to identify, infuse, and grow talent to align with our culture, values, and norms. Sealed Air prioritizes talent development, fostering a culture of continuous growth and career progression. The company is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants for employment and to all employees, without regard to race, color, religion, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, protected disability, veteran status, or any other protected status in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws.*Please be cautious of fraudulent recruiting efforts using the Sealed Air name or logo. Sealed Air will never request private information during the application process, such as a Driver's License or Social Security Number. If you have any concerns about information received from Sealed Air during the application process, please reach out to us directly at globalta@sealedair.com.

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