Packaging Engineer-Revised July 2024

BASIC PURPOSE

Responsible for providing engineering/technical support to Production, Marketing and Quality Control departments in all areas of the production supply chain. Focus areas include all packaging materials, equipment, products, distribution and procedural practices to accomplish these tasks. Primary responsibilities include: new product development, product costing, establishing standards and specifications, process innovation, cost reduction initiatives, quality improvement projects, and equipment qualifications.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Plans/develops primary, secondary and tertiary packaging and shipping/distribution containers for products in response to customer quality, Marketing requirements, working with dimensional tolerance, copy control, material compatibility/specifications and standards. Sustainability is also an element to be considered.
• Responsible for developing new product costing (Purple Sheet process) and line standards with respect to Lean manufacturing, material, batch sizes, sales volume, production and labor rates.
• Cost saving projects relating to material purchases, labor efficiencies, and overhead reduction (admin process improvement)
• Champion/Owner of New Product Development Gantt charts and timeline. Represent Operations group at cross functional meetings and communicated Gantt chart revisions in a timely manner
• Operations management special projects such as Lean Initiatives.
• Plans and directs process of obtaining equipment and tooling for new products. Capital approval authorization and qualification documentation along with vendor coordination, timely delivery and functionality of change over parts.