Coating Process Engineering Manager

About the role

As a Coating Process Engineering Manager at Avery Dennison, you will join our Performance Tapes team in Painesville, OH. In this critical leadership role, you will lead a team of high-performing process engineers, drive site-wide process stability, and eliminate variation across coating manufacturing operations. By combining hands-on technical guidance with advanced Lean Six Sigma methodologies, you will optimize production line yield, drive continuous improvement, and serve as a core technical partner to site leadership and commercial R&D teams.

Key Responsibilities

This is a full-time, on-site position located at our Painesville, OH facility.

• Manage, coach, and develop a team of process engineers, taking ownership of technical skill development, performance reviews, and fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, and psychological safety across engineering and operations teams.
• Partner with site leadership to translate business strategies into actionable engineering priorities, continuous improvement initiatives, and long-term capital upgrade plans.
• Drive loss reduction, line throughput optimization, and product quality improvements across coating lines using Six Sigma, Root Cause Analysis, and project management frameworks.
• Support day-to-day operations in the production environment and engage with cross-functional teams, R&D, and commercial partners to identify, select, prioritize, and implement process improvement and new product development projects.
• Initiate, manage, and participate in safety, quality, cost, and process improvement projects with sustainment control strategies, while providing escalation support for high-impact operational emergencies (accessible 24/7 as critical operational situations arise).

Qualifications & Requirements

• BS degree in engineering from an accredited university is required (Chemical or Mechanical engineering preferred), along with 5+ years of relevant experience.
• Proven experience in statistical analysis, statistical process controls (SPC, DOE, FMEA, MSE), and Six Sigma frameworks (Green Belt / Black Belt certification preferred).
• Demonstrated ability to develop, implement, monitor, measure, and control functional improvement plans while managing multiple concurrent priorities through strong project management.
• Strong problem-solving, decision analysis, and situation appraisal skills, with preferred background in controls, instrumentation, PLC knowledge, and Pressure Sensitive Adhesives / web-based processes.
• Excellent verbal, written, presentation, and facilitation skills, with effective cross-functional leadership, approachable communication, and strong PC skills (CAD, Google Suite, MINITAB, QSI, QIS).

Benefits

At Avery Dennison, some of the great benefits we provide are:

• Health & wellness benefits starting on day 1 of employment
• Paid parental leave
• 401K eligibility
• Tuition reimbursement
• Employee Assistance Program eligibility / Health Advocate
• Paid vacation and paid holidays

Additional Information: Pay Transparency

The salary range for this position is $100,000- $135,000/ year.

The hiring base salary range above represents what Avery Dennison reasonably expects to pay for this position as of the date of this posting.

Actual salaries will vary within the range, and in some circumstances may be above or below the range, based on various factors including but not limited to a candidate's relevant skills, experience, education and training, and location, as well as the job scope and complexity, responsibilities, and regular and/or necessary travel required for the position, which may change depending on the candidate pool.

Avery Dennison reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.