Packaging Engineer I designs product packaging to ensure product integrity and appeal under varying shipping and display conditions. Tests, analyzes, and selects materials for packaging based on durability and cost effectiveness. Being a Packaging Engineer I helps ensure packaging complies with all regulations. May require a bachelor’s degree. Additionally, Packaging Engineer I typically reports to a supervisor or manager. The Packaging Engineer I works on projects/matters of limited complexity in a support role. Work is closely managed. To be a Packaging Engineer I typically requires 0-2 years of related experience.
Packaging Engineer Job Description Template
Our company is looking for a Packaging Engineer to join our team.
Responsibilities:
- Ensures safety aspects of the equipment meets specifications and requirements to assure employees’ safe working conditions;
- Effective collaboration with teams is essential to meet our Company’s goals/objectives;
- Demonstrate strong troubleshooting skills through the use of continuous improvement techniques;
- Participates in risk assessments and cost improvement initiatives;
- Conduct capacity studies, enhance system reliability, and identify/implement productivity improvements including new technologies;
- Develop and improve procedures and instructions to minimize packing line setup and changeover time/cost;
- Travels as needed to domestic and international vendor sites and company locations;
- Provide key technical support in capital projects and new product and packaging material testing/start-ups;
- Show thorough understanding of the interactions between machine, materials, methods, environment, and people to provide robust operating systems;
- Minimize packaging material scrap, product scrap and product giveaway;
- Works in compliance with GMP work practices, ISO13485, and ISTA Standards;
- Participates as the team member responsible for packaging on New Product Development projects and Packaging Development projects;
- Develop/maintain material balances and unit operation capability information to ensure optimal production rates, parameters, and formula;
- Participate in projects that involve cross-functional teams as the owner of all packaging related deliverables;
- Work with Packaging operations and suppliers to troubleshoot packaging issues, maintain packaging quality, and optimize packing line efficiencies.
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in Packaging Engineering or related field;
- Maintains a focused knowledge of sustainability initiatives & future trends beneficial toward corporate goals;
- Experience in writing and executing design, equipment, and process validations;
- Strong organizational and follow-up skills, as well as attention to detail;
- Ability to deal with ambiguity;
- Ability to leverage and/or engage others to accomplish projects;
- Experience in the use of statistical tools (Lean Six Sigma) for problem solving a plus;
- Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering;
- Troubleshooting;
- Solidworks experience is a plus;
- Interpersonal Savvy;
- Mechanical aptitude;
- Medical device industry product design and validation process knowledge;
- Strong verbal and written communications with ability to effectively communicate at multiple levels in the organization;
- Proficient in TOPS, Word, Excel, Power Point, and Outlook.