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Overview

**Pactiv Evergreen** is now a part of Novolex. Novolex is a leading manufacturer of food, beverage, and specialty packaging that supports multiple industries, including foodservice, restaurant delivery and carryout, food processing, grocery and retail, and industrial sectors. Our innovative product portfolio is designed to meet the diverse needs of businesses worldwide and the millions of customers they serve. Through continuous investment in research and development, we are committed to engineering more sustainable choices for the future. Our extensive manufacturing network spans North America and Europe, including two world-class plastic film recycling centers. Discover more about Novolex, our 20,000+ family members and our commitment to innovation and sustainability at www.novolex.com .

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

**Purpose** :

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

Key Accountabilities:

+ 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 Controls 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.

+ Develop controls standards.

Key Challenges:

• The external environment, including technology, competition, markets: The technology supported by this role continues to advance. To meet the requirements of this position, new subjects must be learned and implemented effectively with minimal support and in a timely manner.

• The internal environment, including interaction with others, (both inside and outside the company) policies/practices: This role interacts with many different types of people at different levels, both internal and external to the organization. To meet the requirements of this position, these interactions must be professional and effective. Full accountability is placed on the owner of this role to ensure their information is clearly communicated and understood by all.

• The work itself, e.g., problems, opportunities, change: This role is accountable for assignments of varying priority to multiple stakeholders in a dynamic environment. To meet the requirements of this position, the individual is accountable for maintaining a work schedule that clearly identifies the priority, workload, and expected completion for assignments as a way of keeping all stakeholders informed. The individual must be able to evaluate new requests and integrate them into their current work schedule along with existing priorities. The individual must be able to produce the results outlined on their work schedule to meet the full requirements of the stakeholder.

Scope:

This position is expected to complete all phases of the assigned accountabilities to successful conclusion within appropriate scope, time, and cost for standard engineering projects. This position is expected to complete the assigned accountabilities with minimal support from the Controls Manager and peers in the controls team. Assignments to product lines will typically be newer and mid market level models with occasional sale order specials and product extension assignments. A solid technical knowledgebase for design and programming is established within this individual, to where they are able to handle most assignments and a standard level of technology with minimal support. This individual should be able to provide a reasonable amount of support and training to lower level staff on most subjects, and be able to coordinate a portion of their work through others. This individual should also be capable of identifying and producing moderate level standards, engineering tools, and process improvement initiatives with some direction from the Controls Manager.

Qualifications

Knowledge and Experience:

+ 2-5 years professional experience related to this position

+ Proficient with CAD - AutoCad or SolidWorks preferred.

+ Proficiency with Rockwell Automation controls platform – ControlLogix prefered

+ Excellent written and verbal communication skills

+ Demonstrated ability to produce results

+ Demonstrated ability to work well with people

+ Demonstrated ability to learn

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

**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 [email protected].

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

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**Job Locations** _US-IA-Cedar Rapids_

**ID** _2025-28878_

**Category** _Engineering_

**Position Type** _Full Time_

**Pay Type** _Salaried_