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Packaging Systems Engineer

Education:

You should have a minimum of a Bachelor’s degree with honors in Mechanical, Industrial, or Electrical Engineering. If your degree is in Packaging Science you will only be considered if you have extensive (5 years plus) hands-on experience working with high speed packaging equipment in a production environment.

Experience:

Significant experience with high-speed food & beverage packaging operations is essential. Solid technical understanding of packaging equipment systems is necessary. Experience with all aspects of high-speed beverage packaging is highly preferred including filling, capping, labeling, multi-packing, case packing, conveying, coding & palletizing. Exposure to different package formats is preferred including PET bottles, cans, glass, caps, cartons, corrugate cases & trays, shrink film, stretch film, vacuum packs, pouches, bags, & totes. Experience with aseptic filling is a big plus.

You should possess at least 2 years relevant packaging industry experience.

Skills:

Strong written & verbal communication skills are essential.

Very strong working knowledge of AutoCAD, MS Word (complex formatting) and MS Excel (complex multi-sheet workbooks with macros) is essential. Knowledge of MS Project & MS PowerPoint preferred.

Concise technical writing ability required.

Team player with ability to get on well with others required.

Duties:

  • Design & evaluation of new packaging equipment systems
  • Development of plant layout drawings
  • Performance of plant trials on new packaging materials and packaging machinery
  • Development of technical documentation to support commercialization of new packaging equipment systems and packaging materials
  • Analysis of performance of packaging equipment systems
  • Package quality testing with associated statistical analysis
  • Writing of technical manuals
  • Preparation of installation bid specifications
  • Overseeing of contractors performing site installation

Location & Travel:

This position will be based at our office in Rochester, New York. However, significant travel within the USA may at times be required to meet our project workload.