Job Description
Job Description
Salary :
Packaging Engineer Job Description 2-5 years
PURPOSE
Edward Mac Brands, LLC is seeking a Packaging Engineer / Senior Packaging Engineer to work at our corporate headquarters located in Pittsburgh, PA. The candidate will assume responsibilities for packaging research, development, design, testing, qualification and documentation of safe, cost-effective packaging structures, systems, and suppliers.
PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES
- To develop, specify, and commercialize cost effective packaging designs in a timely fashion.
- Perform trials to ensure compliance to approved standards.
- Confer with supervisor and / or cross-functional partners such as food technologists, engineers, plant operators, sensory experts, packaging, marketing, and sales in order to drive the product development process.
- Using packaging, chemistry, microbiology, material science, engineering, and other sciences to study the principles underlying the processing, preservation and deterioration of foods and product package interactions.
- Review graphic proofs for compliance with graphics and structural compliance requirements.
- Keep technically informed through suppliers and technical literature.
- To minimize the cost of packaging components via design optimization and qualification of alternate suppliers.
- To improve the functional performance of packaging designs with respect to supply chain handling and consumer usage requirements.
- To develop and maintain accurate and complete specifications for all packaging components
- To provide technical support at all points in the supply chain to resolve packaging design / material related issues.
KNOWLEDGE / EXPERIENCE / COMPETENCIES
Masters or BS in Packaging, Engineering, or related field.2-5 years experience in package development.Computer literacy in DraftSight / AutoCAD, Adobe Creative Cloud, and MS Office products.Understanding of packaging materials, converting processes, manufacturing capabilities & equipment.Demonstrated experience in project management.Self-starter, capable of managing a portfolio of project assignments with minimal supervision.Analytical and logical problem-solving skills.Strong interpersonal skills and oral / written communication skills.ORGANIZATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS
This position reports to the Head of R&D, Quality, Co-man Operations
SOFTWARE
Pallet Optimization Software (TOPS)CAD (DraftSight / AutoCAD)Adobe Creative Cloud (Illustrator CC, Acrobat DC)MS Office (Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint)Project Management (ClickUp)