Packaging Engineer
About The Position
The Packaging Engineer is part of MAHLE’s Corporate Logistics Team in Farmington, Michigan. The team establishes logistics vision, mission, strategies, processes, procedures, training and development, and compliance, with oversight of more than 10 manufacturing plants in North America. This role supports production launches and projects by identifying feasible packaging options and obtaining plant and customer approvals. It provides packaging quotes for acquisitions, identifies cost-saving opportunities, reduces expendable packaging costs at plants, and supports container tracking systems. The position also provides on-site plant support for buy-offs, workshops, and issues that arise.
Requirements
- At least 2 years of packaging or manufacturing exposure.
- Project management skills.
- Leadership skills.
- Interpersonal communication skills.
Responsibilities
- Support production launches and projects from a packaging perspective.
- Design and purchase cost-effective, compliant returnable and expendable packaging systems in collaboration with operations, production, quality, safety, and purchasing departments.
- Promote effective communication across North American plants to support smooth operations.
- Identify opportunities in existing production packaging concepts and implement savings on a weekly basis.
- Update SAP with packaging information.
- Calculate or estimate packaging costs.
- Provide packaging quotes for acquisitions.
- Support container tracking systems.
- Provide on-site plant support for buy-offs, workshops, and issues that arise.
- Perform other duties and responsibilities as required.
Benefits
- Ongoing personal and career development opportunities
- Collaborative work environment
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
