Packaging Project Engineer

Job Location: Franklin Park, IL

Company Description

Ferrero is a family-owned company with a truly progressive and global outlook and iconic brands such as Nutella®, Tic Tac®, Ferrero Rocher®, Raffaello®, Kinder Bueno® and Kinder Surprise®. As the love for our brands continues to grow, so too does our global reach. Represented in more than 50 countries, with products sold in more than 170, the Ferrero Group is loved by generations around the world. The secret to our global success? 40,000 dedicated employees who celebrate care and quality to craft a business, careers and brands we are proud of. Join us, and you could be one of them.

Diversity Statement

Ferrero is committed to building a diverse and inclusive culture in which all employees feel welcomed and appreciated and have the same opportunities. We believe all of our people are equally talented in their own way. In nurturing the curiosity and natural abilities of our employees, we provide them, generation after generation, the means to succeed personally and professionally, enabling them to craft their journey at Ferrero. The diversity of our talents is what makes our work environment multicultural, innovative and highly rewarding.

About the Role:

We are looking for a “Project Engineer” about packing machines within the Engineering Department. The Project Engineering team is responsible for all the activities related to designing and executing industrial investment projects, providing support as a technical point of reference during project execution and ensuring the capitalization of experiences on plants, looking for opportunities and ideas for improvement.

Main Responsibilities:

• Execute specification design activities, defining required technical features.
• Support the start-up of new machinery
• Oversee the technology diffusion among plants, within times, costs and quality standards defined (e.g. service level) for each order and ensures know-how transfer to the plant
• Be responsible for the execution of industrial investment projects
• Act as a technical point of reference during all project execution, including safety-related matters
• Oversee post-execution technical assistance activities to machinery
• Operate as a point of reference for the sourcing department, providing support in defining sourcing strategies, collecting and evaluating offers, and assessing and selecting suppliers
• Ensure a proper technical documentation for machinery and its continuous update
• Ensure the drafting of technical documentation related to the investment projects
  
  

Who we are looking for:

• Master’s degree in mechanical engineering or equivalent
• Skills in industrial automation area will be considered a plus
• Ideally 2-3 years of work experience
• Experience in food packing industrial application will be considered a plus
• Good attitude for working in team and coordinating different internal stakeholders
• Problem solving skills
• Strong analytical skills
• Availability to frequent business trip and international mobility is mandatory
  
  

IT Skills

• SAP
• CAD - Autodesk
  
  

Languages

• Fluency in English
• Italian is considered a plus
  
  

How to be successful in the role and at Ferrero:

Consumers, quality and care are at the heart of everything we do. So, to be successful at Ferrero, you’ll need to be just as consumer and product centric as we are - dedicated to crafting brilliant results for consumers around the world.