Packaging Engineer

**Packaging Engineer**
**Location**:Leven, Fife
**Length**:12 months
**Rate**: £294-322 per day (inside IR35)
**Hours**: 9am - 6pm
**About the Role**
The role is positioned in the our client's Global Engineering - Packaging Transformation Team, providing specialist Engineering Functional Support, leadership, and guidance to our Global Packaging Operations, Brand Change Technical Centres, and ProcurementFunctions.
The core purpose of this team is to ensure our packaging asset base is aligned to business requirements. This involves setting and maintaining technical standards for new equipment procurement, scoping and developing strategic projects, development and introductionof brand change and new product innovations, and providing specialist support to our operations teams for performance improvement and issue resolution.
In this role, you will work alongside the Operations, Brand Change, and Procurement teams to support delivery of business goals. Working with other members of the our client's Global Engineering team, this role must ensure delivery of the overall business andstrategic priorities.
The role holder will be supporting packaging sites across our client's globally, and this will require a degree of mobility. The frequency and duration of time spent “out of office” will be determined by business priorities.
**Experience required/Skills/Capabilities/Languages**:
? Specialist Packaging knowledge and technical expertise to scope, develop, evaluate, and cost, major Packaging and Automation (mechanisation) projects across our Spirits and Beer Packaging footprint.
? Identification and development of opportunities and innovations that will drive efficiency benefit across our Global packaging and associated logistics supply base, including Third Party Operations.
? Provide functional and leadership capabilities within the Global Engineering team.
? Support Global Technical in design and execution of >800 brand change and innovation projects per year.
? Build and manage effective relationships with Key Stakeholders, and Packaging Equipment Suppliers
**To be successful at this role, you will need**:
? Engineering degree
? Strong Health & Safety experience and/or relevant qualification i.e., NEBOSH.
? Minimum 5years relevant experience and professional development in a Packaging environment is required with excellent knowledge of Packaging materials, Packaging equipment and line design.
? Good networking to establish excellent relationships, effective influencer, with excellent communication skills.
? APM (Professional) Project Management Qualification or equivalent, is required either at entry or to be acquired within a limited timeframe.
? IOM3, IBD (Packaging module), or equivalent qualification in Packaging materials and processes is required either at entry or to be acquired within a limited timeframe.
? A full current Driving License and Passport.
We’re looking for an individual with a drive to be the best: a brilliant partner that can influence and lead innovation and transformation across our Brands and Global Packaging footprint.