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Pactiv Evergreen Controls Engineer I in Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Overview

Pactiv Evergreen Inc. (NASDAQ: PTVE)is a leading manufacturer and distributor of fresh foodservice and food merchandising products and fresh beverage cartons in North America and certain international markets. It supplies its products to a broad and diversified mix of companies, including full service restaurants and quick service restaurants, foodservice distributors, supermarkets, grocery and healthy eating retailers, other food stores, food and beverage producers, food packers and food processors. To learn more about the company, please go to the company website at pactivevergreen.com.

130 miles east of Des Moines, and 230 miles west of Chicago, Cedar Rapids is a city in eastern Iowa. The Cedar Rapids Museum of Art includes many works by native Iowan painter Grant Wood. Brucemore is an estate with acres of gardens and an 1880s mansion, which houses local history displays. Nearby, Bever Park has an ice rink, a pool and farm animals. The National Czech and Slovak Museum and Library offers exhibits on the history and culture of 19th-century immigrants.

Pactiv Evergreen Equipment is located in the city of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, with close proximity to Chicago. Initially begun in 1880 to service the dairy industry, EPE now manufactures gable-top carton filling machines, making Evergreen Packaging a fully vertically integrated carton provider for its customers. EPE has 170 team members and now has 1300 installed machines in over 50 countries.

This position is eligible for an annual incentive bonus, 401(k) plan with no waiting period and dollar for dollar match up to 6% and immediate vesting, comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance, flexible spending and health savings accounts, paid time off, paid parental leave, up to nine paid Holidays and two floating Holidays, wellness program, tuition reimbursement and family care benefits.

Our Social Responsibility platform features a robust, employee-led Give Back program, which includes a matching gifts plan, community grants initiative, and our annual Company-wide Month of Action campaign. With each of these initiatives, our employees are empowered and equipped to give back to their communities and support the non-profits important to them and their families. Through our Give Back program, we own our commitment to Social Responsibility and live our purpose of Packaging a Better Future.

Responsibilities

Position Overview

This role exists to provide controls engineering support to assigned product lines. The key customers are the Process CenteredOwner, manufacturing, purchasing and vendors, Technical Service Team, Field Service, and our end customers. The deliverablesfrom this role are electrical engineering design, programming for logic controllers and visualization interface, and technical support.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

§ For assigned product lines, maintain a fully documented and accurate electrical design and control program that complies

with established Evergreen and industry standards.

§ Maintain a cost balance for the electrical design that achieves the lowest base cost with the highest manufacturing

efficiency and lowest warranty. This balance should also account for the highest operational efficiency and lowest

maintenance requirement.

§ Produce electrical design/program changes to support sale orders, product improvements, and change requests/non-

conformances for assigned product lines.

§ Provide timely, complete, and consistent technical support to internal and external business customers as required in

support of assigned product lines.

§ Support the Engineering Team to increase output, standardization, and repeatability of designs and programs through

developing and continuously improving engineering tools and work processes.

§ Maintain at minimum a 30-day backlog of all assigned non-conformances.

Skills and Competencies

§ Action Oriented

§ Organizing

§ Priority Setting

§ Problem Solving

§ Drive for Results

§ Time Management

§ Customer Focus

§ Interpersonal Savvy

§ Dealing with Ambiguity

§ Functional Technical skills

§ Learning on the fly

§ Self Development

Qualifications

Education and/or Experience Requirements (Qualifications)

Required

§ Degreed Engineer (preferably electrical, will consider mechanical or chemical).

§ 0-2 years professional control systems experience

§ Excellent written and verbal communication skills

§ Demonstrated ability to produce results

§ Demonstrated ability to work well with people

§ Demonstrated ability to learn

Desirable

§ CAD experience – AutoCAD or SolidWorks preferred.

§ Industrial control electrical design experience

§ Industrial control programming experience

§ Electrical system and control program troubleshooting experience

§ Manufacturing experience

§ Good understanding of mechanical systems

§ Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications

Physical Requirements and Work Environment: (if applicable)

· Able to travel up to 25%

· Ability to safely and successfully perform the essential job functions consistent with the ADA, FMLA and other federal, state and

local standards, including meeting qualitative and/or quantitative productivity standards.

· Ability to maintain regular, punctual attendance consistent with the ADA, FMLA and other federal, state and local standards.

· Must be able to lift and carry up to 50 lbs.

Pactiv Evergreen is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. Pactiv Evergreen is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, religion, creed, age national origin, physical or mental disability, genetic information, gender identity and/or expression, marital status, veteran status or other characteristics or statuses protected by law. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please call (847) 482-4320 or email TalentHelp@Pactiv.com.

All information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines and applicable laws.

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Job Locations US-IA-Cedar Rapids

ID 2024-26462

Category Engineering

Position Type Full Time

Pay Type Salaried

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