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The R&D Technologist will play a key role in advancing innovation within a high-volume food manufacturing environment. This position is responsible for supporting research initiatives, developing new product formulations, and improving existing products to enhance quality, efficiency, and cost performance.

Working closely with cross-functional teams, this role supports the full product lifecycle—from early-stage concept development through plant trials and commercial launch. The ideal candidate is technically curious, highly organized, and comfortable operating in both laboratory and production settings.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Product Development & Commercialization- Developing new food products and product line extensions from concept through commercial production
• Translating bench-scale formulas into scalable production processes
• Conducting plant trials and manufacturing validations to ensure product performance and consistency
• Utilize internal formulation systems to create, update, and maintain product specifications
• Research, Testing & Evaluation- Executing pilot plant trials and prototype testing to validate product concepts
• Analyze data and document results from formulation experiments and processing trials
• Organize internal product evaluations and sensory reviews to support development decisions
• Provide project updates and technical findings to internal stakeholders
• Cross-Functional Collaboration- Partnering with teams across operations, quality, engineering, marketing, and supply chain to support successful product launches
• Regulatory & Technical Documentation- Maintaining detailed records including formulas, project documentation, product specifications, and testing results

Qualification:

• Bachelor’s degree in Food Science, Biology, Microbiology, Animal Science, or related scientific discipline
• 2+ years of experience supporting product development within a food manufacturing environment
• Strong understanding of ingredient functionality and food formulation principles
• Ability to manage multiple projects and meet development timelines
• Strong communication, organizational, and collaboration skills
• (Preferred)Master’s degree in Food Science or related scientific field
• Knowledge of regulatory and food safety standards including USDA or FDA guidelines

Company Description

Sustainable Generation is a technology company focused on improving how organic waste is managed through practical, proven composting systems. Our team works with municipalities, farmers, food processors, and waste management organizations to implement composting solutions that meet regulatory requirements, control costs, and produce high-quality compost.

We are seeking a Junior Sales Representative to support business development across the Midwest United States.

This role focuses on building relationships with municipalities, composting facilities, agricultural operations, and waste management organizations that are developing or expanding composting infrastructure.

Position Details

• Territory: Midwest United States
• Location: Remote (must reside in the Midwest)
• Travel: 50–75% travel required
• Compensation: Base salary + commissions

Candidates must be comfortable traveling regularly to customer sites, industry events, and project locations.

Responsibilities

• Identify and develop new customer opportunities across the region
• Travel to customer sites, industry events, and project meetings
• Support sales efforts involving composting technology and infrastructure projects

Preferred (Not Required)

• Sales experience
• Background in agriculture, engineering, composting, environmental services, or equipment sales
• Experience working with municipalities or public sector customers
• This position is well suited for someone interested in working in the composting and organics recycling industry and building long-term customer relationships in a technical sales environment.

ALPLA's Iowa City, IA manufacturing site is looking for a Maintenance Manager. ALPLA is a global family-owned, privately held company that makes innovative, customized, recycled packaging for top companies such as P&G, Unilever, L'Oréal, Pepsi, Henkel, Chobani and more. ALPLA values their employees, work-life balance, personal growth, compensation and sustainability.

The Maintenance Manager is responsible for leading all aspects of plant maintenance, reliability, and asset performance. This role oversees preventive and corrective maintenance, equipment reliability, and continuous improvement initiatives to ensure safe, efficient, and cost-effective operation of manufacturing equipment and facilities. The Maintenance Manager partners closely with production and engineering teams to minimize downtime, extend asset life, and support overall plant performance.

What Can You Expect From ALPLA

• Health and Wellness Care Program- Benefits
• Child Care Benefits
• Dependent Care Cost Savings Program
• Recognition programs; Promotional opportunities
• 401K Retirement Plan and excellent Matching Plan
• Medical, dental, vision plan
• Education assistance program/tuition reimbursement
• Short term, long term and life insurance paid by ALPLA
• Paid vacation; paid holidays

What You Will Enjoy Doing

• Manage all activities related to production and infrastructure equipment reliability
• Ensure preventative maintenance performed to expectation
• Ensures timely and accurate repair of machine breakdowns
• Ensures proper and accurate record keeping of repair and parts usage
• Ensure all equipment is updated to outlast standards for both safety and upgrades
• supports OEM initiatives for machine installs and upgrades
• Implements and controls predictive maintenance schedules based on data acquired from machine downtime reports
• Autonomous maintenance activities
• Managing Maintenance budgetary spending
• Tracks maintenance spend through reporting software
• supports building maintenance budget during annual budget process
• Drives cost savings initiatives through predictive maintenance and rebuild processes with parts suppliers
• Managing Maintenance team
• Coordinates and leads training activities for maintenance techs.
• Performs LOTO audits for verification of all technicians
• Audits all technician work orders in maintenance software for compliance
• Manage continuous improvement activities
• Leeds and participates in RCA's for reoccurring deviations on equipment or performance
• Leeds department in 5S initiatives and installation events
• performs equipment kaizen events to bring equipment to like new condition

Performance Metrics:

• MTTF and MTTR
• Plant Operational Efficiency
• Tracking of Maintenance team skill level in E-Skills
• Maintenance record tracking to ALPLA standard
• MCI – Maintenance cost to budget
• RCA completions and implementations

The above metrics are reviewed by Plant Management and Regional Technical team in our automated reporting systems

Competencies:

• Directs Work
• Develops Talent
• Nimble Learning
• Plans and Aligns
• Manages Conflict
• Resourcefulness
• Builds Effective Teams
• Customer Focus

What Makes You Great

• Four-year degree in electrical engineering or equivalent experience required
• Minimum four years of work experience at ALPLA or similar industry required
• Experience with Computer Control Systems on machines
• Experience in working with hydraulic and pneumatic systems
• At least 3 years of supervisory experience required

ALPLA is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Prohibits Discrimination and Harassment of Any Kind: ALPLA is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at ALPLA are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical, mental or sensory disability, HIV Status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. ALPLA will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.

• Immigration sponsorship is not eligible for this role

We are hiring for General Manager – Pork Processing Facility

Location: Sioux City, Iowa | Shift: Multi-shift Operations

Benefits: Full time benefits, Bonus, Relocation Assistance provided

We are seeking an accomplished General Manager to lead all operations at a large, modern, high-volume pork processing facility. This is an executive-level role responsible for the plant’s overall performance, including safety, production, quality, engineering, maintenance, continuous improvement, labor management, and profitability.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead all plant operations and drive a culture of safety, quality, and continuous improvement.
• Oversee production scheduling, capacity planning, and throughput optimization.
• Manage labor, yields, raw materials, and operational KPIs.
• Lead, hire, coach, and develop plant leadership and hourly teams.
• Ensure compliance with USDA regulations, GMPs, and food safety standards.

Candidate Profile:

• Pork processing experience is required.
• 10+ years of plant leadership experience in meat/pork processing.
• Strong expertise in production, safety, quality, maintenance, engineering, and continuous improvement.
• Proven success in managing large, multi-shift USDA-regulated operations.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills.
• Bachelor’s degree in Agriculture, Animal Science, Business, or related field.
• Must be open to relocating to Sioux City, IA.

Work Environment:

Fast-paced pork processing plant; exposure to varying temperatures, noise, and high-volume operations. Must be able to move throughout the plant, lift up to 50 lbs. and navigate all areas safely.

At American Packaging Corporation (APC), you'll find the packaging career you've been looking for. With competitive salaries, excellent benefits, 401(k) plans and tuition reimbursement programs, we nurture our employees while advancing and promoting diversity and inclusion. As the leading flexible packaging converter in North America for over a century, APC's longstanding success is fueled from the inside out. We're constantly seeking to improve our internal operations and were named a "Best of the Best" in the Best workplaces in the America's awards for 12 years in a row. It's how and why we engage the best and brightest talent to continue propelling our shared success into the future.

LOCATION: Story City, IA

SUMMARY: We are seeking a motivated Product Development Engineering Intern to support our engineering teams in developing and optimizing flexible packaging solutions. This role provides hands-on experience with material selection, packaging design, testing, and process improvement in a manufacturing environment.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

* Participate in training, embrace concepts of and actively practice the STOP Safety Program fundamentals to aid American Packaging Corporation's efforts to achieve a zero accident rate.

* Familiarity with the principles and requirements of ISO 9000, ISO 14001, AIB, and SQF.

* Qualify new and alternate materials.

* Monitor Quality Assurance system to ensure that current procedures/testing correlate with customer requirements.

* Update system/procedures as required and develop appropriate procedures to complete assigned projects.

* Manage in-plant trials through conducting pre-trial planning meetings, directing on-line manufacture of trial materials, documenting results of trials and ensuring trial results are met.

* Attend and participate in all company mandated meetings.

* Other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

Pursuing a Bachelor's degree in Packaging Science.

Experience with lab equipment such as tensile tester, heat sealer, etc.

Experience with Microsoft Excel

Ability to gather data competently into a report format

Statistical Experience is optional

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the public.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume. Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry.

REASONING ABILITY

Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representatives of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to sit and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

American Packaging Corporation is committed to equal opportunity for all, without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic. American Packaging Corporation will make reasonable accommodations for known physical or mental limitations of otherwise qualified employees and applicants with disabilities unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business. EOE/AA Disability/Veteran.

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