Project Manager, Packaging Design

About Us:

BW Design Group is a fully integrated architecture, engineering, construction, system integration, and consulting firm committed to helping our clients realize their most critical goals from Strategy to Commercialization. As the only firm born from a manufacturing technology company to become an independent and fully integrated firm, we combine deep domain expertise in the manufacturing environment with an approach that is built to serve the dynamic needs of our clients. Rooted in our distinct culture of Truly Human Leadership, we cultivate the leaders who will define tomorrow and partner with our clients in the food & beverage, life sciences, industrial, and advanced technology industries to build the future of manufacturing and technology.

 

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:

Who You’ll Work With

You will join one of our 45 offices in the US, be part of a committed team of over 1500 professionals, and work in teams and directly with our clients doing work that is shaping the world around us. You will be welcomed into a rapidly growing business and team and empowered to make an impact. You will be valued, cared for, and challenged on your path to becoming a world-class professional consultant and surrounded by leaders who are committed to creating an environment that enables you to realize your own success and fulfillment.

When you join Design Group as a Packaging Project Manager, you are joining a team that will challenge you and position you for growth. In this role, you will work with a team of industry experts to help the world’s leading companies solve their most difficult problems. You will join our Packaging Systems Practice and partner with seasoned leaders, technical specialists, and subject matter experts to deliver the highest quality solutions to our clients with consistency and accuracy.

What You’ll Do

You'll work individually and in teams to support capital projects and implement solutions for our clients. Together, you will help our clients make critical changes to improve their performance and realize their most important goals.

• Design and develop automation packaging lines 

• Assume responsibility for all aspects of the mechanical design process including estimation, justification, budget management, scheduling, specifications, bid analysis, procurement, implementation, acquisition, installation, start-up, troubleshooting, and documentation

• Ensure compliance with local, state, federal, and international regulations

• Lead communications with vendors (OEMs) and contractors

• Provide engineering solutions for continuous improvement objectives utilizing industry standard tools and procedures

• Evaluate existing packaging operations and drive projects to provide solid ROI and improve productivity

• Identify and specify project tooling for packaging equipment requirements

• Make an impact day-to-day with your skills and expertise, strengthening that relationship with our clients and team

What You’ll Bring

• 5+ years of experience in packaging solutions, mechanical design, and project engineering

• An understanding of all types of packaging equipment (filling, secondary packaging, palletizing) in a range of industries and applications

• An understanding of fully integrated packaging lines (preferred)

• Experience in the beverage, food, consumer products, pharmaceutical, or industrial engineering industries (preferred)

• Experience in writing scope of work documentation and managing contractors on-site

• Strong working knowledge of CAD, SOPs and cGMPs

• An understanding of packaging components and the equipment types that correlate to those components

• A general understanding of automation control systems (PLC, HMI, VFDs)

• Strong verbal and written communication skills

• Solid problem-solving, strategic thinking, and critical thinking skills

• A willingness to travel for project requirements including installation and start-up activities, client and company sponsored meetings, trainings, industry related seminars, forums, and conventions

• A bachelor of science in mechanical engineering is preferred, but consideration will be given to other engineering degrees bas