Lead, Engineering Excellence – Global Standards

About Us

BW Packaging is driving performance at the intersection of people, technology, and customer care. As part of the privately held Barry-Wehmiller family, we unite a global team of packaging experts with a clear purpose: People Who Care, Building Solutions that Perform. We take on our customers’ toughest challenges as our own — delivering both innovative and enduring solutions that set the standard for value and performance. Our strength comes from our people and the power of our brands — trusted names in packaging that are known worldwide for engineering excellence, application expertise, and lifetime commitment to customer success. Truly Human Leadership guides our belief that exceptional business results and profound respect for people together provide the foundation of enduring success. We are committed to forging lasting partnerships with our customers, earning their trust through integrity, expertise, and execution. With our full range of packaging solutions and long term partnership and service, we help customers achieve operational excellence today while building the future of packaging together.

About Us

BW Packaging is driving performance at the intersection of people, technology, and customer care. As part of the privately held Barry-Wehmiller family, we unite a global team of packaging experts with a clear purpose: People Who Care, Building Solutions that Perform. We take on our customers’ toughest challenges as our own — delivering both innovative and enduring solutions that set the standard for value and performance. Our strength comes from our people and the power of our brands — trusted names in packaging that are known worldwide for engineering excellence, application expertise, and lifetime commitment to customer success. Truly Human Leadership guides our belief that exceptional business results and profound respect for people together provide the foundation of enduring success. We are committed to forging lasting partnerships with our customers, earning their trust through integrity, expertise, and execution. With our full range of packaging solutions and long term partnership and service, we help customers achieve operational excellence today while building the future of packaging together.

Barry-Wehmiller is a diversified global supplier of engineering consulting and manufacturing technology for the packaging, corrugating, sheeting and paper-converting industries. By blending people-centric leadership with disciplined operational strategies and purpose-driven growth, Barry-Wehmiller has become a $3 billion organization with nearly 12,000 team members united by a common belief: to use the power of business to build a better world.

Job Description

Lead, Engineering Excellence – Global Standards (Electrical)

Reports To: Director, Engineering Excellence – Electrical

Location:
BW Packaging Location

Travel: Up to 25% initially, domestic and international, 10-15% more likely after 1st year, or as required.

Position Summary

Develops, maintains, and governs global electrical engineering standards that enable disciplined, high-quality engineering practice across Packaging. Applies deep technical experience and sound judgment to shape clear rules, tools, and documentation that engineering teams rely on daily to deliver safe, reliable, and scalable solutions.

Defines electrical design standards, libraries, and documentation frameworks that support consistent application across diverse products, sites, and regulatory environments. Supports and advances the direction set by the Director, Engineering Excellence – Electrical and collaborates closely with sold work engineering, product innovation, controls, and operations teams to embed standards into engineering workflows aligned to Packaging’s product, operational, and engineering priorities.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic & Functional Alignment

• Supports and advances electrical engineering standards aligned to Packaging’s product and operational priorities in coordination with the Director, Engineering Excellence – Electrical.
• Collaborates with sold work engineering and product innovation teams to ensure electrical standards support design intent, reliability targets, regulatory requirements, and manufacturing needs.
• Maintains alignment between electrical standards, tooling, and downstream manufacturing, supply chain, service, and quality requirements.

Standards Development & Stewardship

• Creates and maintains global electrical design standards, symbol libraries, and templates using AutoCAD Electrical and or EPLAN.
• Establishes frameworks for electrical drawings, component selection, and documentation that support scalable, compliant designs across markets.
• Defines BOM structures, naming conventions, tagging schemas, and revision control