Process Engineer
Tekni-Plex · Holland, OH
- Level
- Engineer
- Team
- Process
- Degree
- Required
- Experience asked
- 3+ years
- Industry
- Packaging
- Posted
- 30+ days ago
The role in 30 seconds
An engineer-level process role at Tekni-Plex (packaging) in Holland, OH. Internship, co-op, academic, or professional experience within Consumer Products, Healthcare Packaging, Medical Devices, or other relevant manufacturing industries.
- They ask for
- 3+ years · degree required
- Tools it names
- DOE, Extrusion, Tooling
Read from the posting. The full description is below.
From the plant jobs report · week of November 2, 2026
Process Engineer roles in Ohio: typical posted base $83k–$115k.
Median of the low and high ends of 9 live postings that list pay, out of 44 process engineer openings in Ohio, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
Ohio plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →
How this role compares
Against 43 other live process postings in Ohio.
- Base pay
- Not listed in this posting
- Experience asked
- Less than usual (3+ vs 5+)
Typical $83k–$115k, from 9 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- Lean 55%
- Root cause 43%
- Six Sigma 36%
- ✓ Tooling 34%
- Team leadership 30%
- FMEA 23%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
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Process Engineer at Tekni-Plex in other locations
Tekni-Plex lists this title in 2 places. Pick the plant you can get to.
- Madison, WI · $92k–$115k
Full description from Tekni-PlexAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
Preferred Qualifications
- ✓Experience in Consumer Products, Healthcare Packaging, Medical Devices, or other regulated manufacturing industries.
- ✓Experience with plastic materials, multilayer lamination, extrusion, or other converting processes.
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Imagine: A Career with Purpose and Possibility
Picture this: You are part of a global team of problem-solvers whose innovations in materials science can make life better. Every day, you help turn ideas into impact using science, technology, and creativity to tackle real-world challenges. You’re part of a company whose work helps improve patient outcomes in healthcare and protects essential consumer goods that people around the world rely on every day.
At TekniPlex, you’ll join more than 8,000 colleagues across 12 countries, all united by one purpose: creating safer, smarter solutions that touch daily life. Through our divisions, TekniPlex Healthcare and TekniPlex Consumer Products, you’ll help shape industries that matter: healthcare, pharmaceutical, food & beverage, beauty, and personal care.
Here, your ideas count and your work matters. You’ll be encouraged to think boldly, collaborate across cultures, and keep growing every step of the way. You will help protect the integrity of essential products, support patient safety and comfort, and contribute to innovations that make everyday life better, all while building a career that makes an impact.
Because at TekniPlex, you don’t just deliver products – you help shape what’s next.
What is the role where you will make an impact?
Process Engineer
The Process Engineer supports the development, scale-up, and implementation of new technologies and manufacturing processes at the TekniPlex Global Innovation Center (GIC) in alignment with business unit strategic growth initiatives. This position collaborates with Technology Center Principal Engineers, business unit process engineers, equipment suppliers, and internal development teams to advance new products and technologies from development through commercialization.
What will you do?
- •Develops multilayer lamination processes using various plastic materials in support of new product and technology development.
- •Plans, conducts, and documents process trials and experiments, analyzes results, and communicates findings and recommendations to project teams.
- •Operates, maintains, and troubleshoots process equipment, including associated tooling and auxiliary equipment.
- •Communicates effectively, both verbally and in writing, with internal development teams and business unit process engineering teams regarding project activities, technical findings, and results.
- •Supports business units in troubleshooting and resolving technical, manufacturing, product, and customer-related issues.
- •Assists in the development of annual process equipment, tooling, and related capital and expense budgets.
What skills do you bring to the role?
- •Associate degree in Mechanical, Industrial, Manufacturing Engineering, Engineering Technology, or a related technical discipline.
- •1–3 years of related engineering, manufacturing, or process development experience, including experience supporting new product or process development.
- •Experience working with manufacturing processes, process equipment, tooling, troubleshooting, and technical documentation.
Additional Considerations
- •Internship, co-op, academic, or professional experience within Consumer Products, Healthcare Packaging, Medical Devices, or other relevant manufacturing industries.
- •Experience with lamination processes and/or other plastics converting technologies.
- •Familiarity with Design of Experiments (DOE), basic statistical analysis, process capability, and structured problem-solving methodologies.
- •Hands-on experience with laboratory, pilot-scale, or manufacturing process equipment.
- •Coursework, project experience, or practical knowledge related to polymeric materials, manufacturing processes, process development, or new product development.
