Packaging Engineer

Company Description

Established in 1991, Collabera has been a leader in IT staffing for over 22 years and is one of the largest diversity IT staffing firms in the industry. As a half a billion dollar IT company, with more than 9,000 professionals across 30+ offices, Collabera offers comprehensive, cost-effective IT staffing & IT Services. We provide services to Fortune 500 and mid-size companies to meet their talent needs with high quality IT resources through Staff Augmentation, Global Talent Management, Value Added Services through CLASS (Competency Leveraged Advanced Staffing & Solutions) Permanent Placement Services and Vendor Management Programs. 

Collabera recognizes true potential of human capital and provides people the right opportunities for growth and professional excellence. Collabera offers a full range of benefits to its employees including paid vacations, holidays, personal days, Medical, Dental and Vision insurance, 401K retirement savings plan, Life Insurance, Disability Insurance.

Job Description

• Subject Matter Expert and Lead Packaging Engineer for Decatur focused on outbound prime product shipping standardization. Some additional scope may be involved on inbound packaging from suppliers to POU.

• Knowledge of 3D modeling (desired), Project Management (1 year of project management required), Industrial Packaging Design (3 years experience required)

• Qualifications - Bachelor of Science in Packaging, Mechanical or Industrial Engineering and a minimum of 3 years of supply chain or packaging operations experience - Strong analytical and problem-solving skills - Excellent interpersonal, teamwork, organization and communication skills Desirable Qualifications - Thorough knowledge of shipping guidelines, quality, and inventory warehousing standards. - Prior automotive packaging engineering experience - Pro-E, CAD, Solidworks or other similar 3D electronic drafting experience 

Responsibilities: 

• This position designs and develops packaging and containerization for material from the source of supply to the point of use, leveraging Global Transportation processes. 

• This includes design and development of returnable and expendable shipping containers for both delivery to the customer and inbounds to manufacturing and assembly facilities. 

Job Duties: 

The packaging engineer develops the packaging plan and works with key groups to ensure material is presented to the line properly. 

Qualifications

Key duties include: 

• Develop packaging solutions to protect finished painted components 

• Design for transport efficiency 

• Perform containerization analysis 

• Validate new packaging and containers during pilot phase 

• Coordinate with assembly planning for line-side storage and ergonomic considerations