Senior Packaging Engineer

Overview

Join Reynolds Consumer Products…and Drive Your Career across a world of opportunities! We provide amazing job opportunities for growth with competitive salaries and benefits in an exciting, dynamic, fast-paced, and fun workplace environment. If you are looking to build a strong career, we have an opportunity for you! We are searching for a Senior Packaging Engineer to join our team located at our corporate headquarters in Lake Forest, IL. 

Responsibilities

Your Role:

Design, develop, specify, and test packaging which protects and satisfactorily delivers the product to the consumer under the following guidelines:

• Satisfies Marketing objectives.
• Meets profitability guidelines.
• Technically functional.
• Innovative with a point of difference to the consumer.

You will have the opportunity to Make Great Things Happen!

• Lead material explorations derived from inputs provided by cross-functional teams confirming packaging and project feasibility.
• Utilize GS1 standards to create packaging specifications defining component dimensions, weights, and orientation.
• Populate bill of materials for complex display packaging comprised of 20 or more components.
• Support a high quantity of commercialization projects executing packaging engineering deliverables within condensed and expedited deadlines.
• Employ palletizing software to generate pallet plans that abide by customer requirements, supply chain constraints, and weight limitations.
• Conduct ISTA shipping trials defining the test plan, establishing defect definitions, test inputs, and acceptance criteria.
• Champion sustainability stewardship by driving innovation to increase recyclability, recycled content and material reduction for existing or new packaging components.
• Identify process gaps and engineer remedies that streamlined cross-functional efficiency, reduce waste, and minimize project risk.
• Projected minimum of 10% travel to internal plants and vendors.

 

You will love it here if…

• You put safety first, always
• You listen, learn, and evolve
• You are passionate about collaboration, teamwork, and achieving shared goals
• You treat all people with respect, operating ethically, and embrace inclusivity
• You are committed to improving our impact on local communities

Qualifications

We need you to have:

• Extensive experience devising dynamic consumer facing packaging such as half-pallet displays, club displays, RRP, PDQ trays, and floor stand displays.
• Deep understanding of design principles, converting processes, and high-speed packing equipment.
• Ability to facilitate packaging and manufacturing deliverables with outsourced suppliers and co-packers.
• High degree of creativity, capability to work both independently and with cross-functional teams.
• Can efficiently prioritize a large quantity projects and cross-functional requests with the flexibility to adapt to changing time constraints.
• Adept or expert knowledge on the manufacturing and printing process for a range of packaging materials such as: paperboard, corrugated, poly bags, and adhesive labels.
• Proficient with the following software suite:
  • OEM - Specright, and SAP.
  • Palletizing – TOPS and CAPE.
  • CAD - ArtiosCAD.
• Bachelor of Science in Packaging Engineering or equivalent education.
• 10 years of professional experience as a Packaging Engineer.

 

Icing on the cake:

• Certified Packaging Professional (CPP).

If you answer yes to the following…we want to meet you!

• Intellectual Curiosity: Do you have an inquisitive nature?
• Problem Solving: Do you have a knack for tackling issues head-on? 
• Entrepreneurship: Do you enjoy taking ownership of your work?
• Customer Centricity: Do you always act in the best interests of the customer, putting their needs first? 
• Growth Mindset: Do you focus on progress rather than perfection?
• Continuous Improvement: Are you never satisfied with the status quo? 

 

Want to know more? Check out our website or connect with us on LinkedIn!

Apply today to join a fast-growing innovative company!

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  Local candidates only, no relocation assistance available

 

Join Reynolds Consumer Products and Drive Your Career across a world of opportunities!

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