About Avery Dennison

Avery Dennison Corporation (NYSE: AVY) is a global materials science and digital identification solutions company that provides branding and information labeling solutions, including pressure-sensitive materials, radio-frequency identification (RFID) inlays and tags, and a variety of converted products and solutions. The company designs and manufactures a wide range of labeling and functional materials that enhance branded packaging, carry or display information that connects the physical and the digital, and improve customers’ product performance. The company serves an array of industries worldwide, including home and personal care, apparel, e-commerce, logistics, food and grocery, pharmaceuticals and automotive. The company employs approximately 36,000 employees in more than 50 countries. Reported sales in 2022 were $9.0 billion. Learn more at www.averydennison.com.

Avery Dennison is an equal opportunity employer

About Avery Dennison Smartrac

Built on a legacy of innovation and materials science, Avery Dennison Smartrac has embarked on a new era of opportunity - for every item to have a unique digital identity. Our technology has the capability to enable a world of connectivity - connecting both products and people. A world where the “who, what, and where” of every product become points of irrefutable fact and absolute visibility. Traceability, transparency, provenance, authenticity, raw material tracing, real-time inventory and personalization are guaranteed for businesses and consumers throughout the entire supply chain, cradle to cradle. At its most simplest, we are a leading Fortune 500 company making the Internet of Things a positive, transformative, worldwide reality for all of us. And we want you to be part of the journey!

What we can offer you! - Your Role:

In this diverse role of high impact, we are hiring an energized, tenacious, and highly driven (Senior) PLC / Process Automation Engineer to join our Avery Dennison Smartrac team (rfid.averydennison.com) home-based - ideally close to our RFID manufacturing site in Ancarano (TE), Italy - with a direct reporting line to our Deployment Manager, Integrated Textile Solutions - Avery Dennison Smartrac

Your Mission:

• On a daily basis, and with your technical expertise, you will support the implementation of new innovative solutions and focus on improving the performance of our operations (RFID tag production lines) to achieve production excellence by working across multiple functions and influencing others as well as by thriving for best results according to the business needs and safety and health requirements.
• Traveling (15-20% of your time) internationally, you will collaborate cross-functionally with our teams at our manufacturing sites in Europe, Asia Pacific, and the Americas to proactively define and develop innovative and disruptive solutions and suitable manufacturing processes for our RFID products (including HF/NFC tags, sensors, and loggers).
• By working together with our commercial, product line management, innovation, sustainability, and platform teams you will define and manage new RFID product and process implementations including SOPs within our own organization, lead technical projects, correct electric, software, and/or mechanic malfunctions, and troubleshoot operational challenges.
• With your curiosity, creativity, and your communication skill set, you will optimize existing processes to the new now, deliver training and workshops to our employees, and take on initiatives around digitization and Industry 4.0.
• Eventually, you will engage in (scientific) experiments on new products following all safety and health regulations, recommend required equipment / capital purchases, and participate in various innovation projects.

What we expect from you! - Your Expertise:

• Bachelor’s / Master’s Degree in Electrical / Automation & Control Engineering, or related (electro-)technical background
• Previous work experience of 3+ years with major applications of Process Automation disciplines (Siemens or Rockwell / Allen-Bradley PLC programming skills), both on Hardware, Software, and documentation aspects
• Ability to champion projects and process change both cross functionally and vertically within the organization
• Project management experience and familiarity with training on new technologies/ process
• Passion and interest in RFID technology (including sensors, loggers, and NFC) are welcome
• Strong communication skills (English, and ideally Italian) 
• Creativity and innovation, entrepreneurial spirit for growing a sustainable business to set your career at Avery Dennison

We offer:

• Attractive salary package / Yearly bonus
• Workplace Flexibility 
• Structured learning and development / Mentoring program 
• International environment 
• A growing, and welcoming team with a good spirit!

Who we are! - Our Story:

Every voice. Every day! Eight Values. One Team!

Being open to every voice, every day, brings our value of diversity to life and makes Avery Dennison a vibrant and engaging place to be. We understand diversity and equal opportunities as enrichment for our future-oriented work. Across our diverse, global team, every voice makes us stronger. When we listen to and learn from each other, there is no limit to what we can achieve together. Each of us is unique, and we appreciate bringing together different personalities and talents.

Avery Dennison is an equal-opportunity employer, and our Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) are the foundation of DEI within our company. Grassroots in nature, organized and promoted by employees, ERGs bring together people with shared interests in DEI topics for discussion, support, and advocacy. In the EMEA region, for example, we currently have these Employee Resource Groups: 

• EmpoWer - focusing on the engagement, mentoring, and promotion of women
• Mental Health - striving to provide a safe space for employees to discuss mental health issues in the workplace
• Unite - supporting the LGBTQI+ and ally community

To find out more about all our employee resources groups globally as well as our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion approach, please go to our Diversity and Inclusion pages in the About Us section of our website  https://www.averydennison.com/en/home/about-us/diversity-and-inclusion.html 

At Avery Dennison, we do what we love, and we love what we do - Just go to the Life section on our Avery Dennison LinkedIn page, and get to know us better: Life @ Avery Dennison (linkedin.com/company/avery-dennison/life/emea)

Please let us know if we can support you with reasonable accommodations throughout the application process by contacting our Talent Acquisition team via [email protected]