Packaging Engineer

Ford Motor • Allen Park, MI

8d • Hybrid

About The Position

Packaging Engineering is looking for a Design & Planning Engineer to support Model-E, Ford Blue and Ford Pro Vehicle Operations new model programs. The successful candidate must have a passion for automobiles and manufacturing and can develop cross-functional solutions to complex problems. Packaging Design & Planning engineers lead Ford in 3D CAD and PLM capability and can rapidly generate vehicle design alternatives to solve packaging and material flow challenges. Our engineers have a strong attention to detail and the ability to retain intricate details, from memory, across several programs. You must be willing to maintain a can-do attitude with very limited inputs and use deductive reasoning and industry trends to develop accurate forecasts for early milestones.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Packaging or Supply Chain
• Ability to manage multiple workstreams, a challenging workload, competing priorities, and aggressive timelines
• Superb written, visual and verbal communication skills
• Be a team player, willing to assist your peers as required
• Entrepreneurial mindset, with a strong memory for details
• Demonstrated leadership behaviors combined with outstanding interpersonal, teambuilding, and communication skills
• Demonstrated experience working with all levels of an organization
• Experience working collaboratively on teams and driving issues to resolution

Nice To Haves

• Prior experience with program milestone manufacturing cost studies
• Prior experience (preferred, not required) with 3D CAD/PLM software (3DX, CATIA and Teamcenter)

Responsibilities

• Identify, forecast, and optimize capital spending for new model programs based on limited inputs
• Work extensively with the Packaging Engineering Implementation teams, Material Flow, Material Logistics, Vehicle Operations, Manufacturing, Stamping, Ergonomics, Product Development, and the Design Studio to achieve lowest total cost solutions
• Act as the single point of contact for Packaging Engineering, for your assigned studies, including coordinating department responses and internal reviews
• Support all study meetings, including program milestone and touchpoint reviews, and be comfortable presenting/explaining cost drivers and opportunities to upper management
• Develop feasible, affordable, best-in-class, container concepts (3D models) using 3DX, CATIA and other proprietary tools
• Following program approval, develop and present handoff materials to direct the Packaging Implementation teams on the approved plan of action and allocated finances
• Drive improvements in pack density and container design to achieve MP&L freight and investment efficiency objectives
• Develop new tools and methods to identify and predict trends to ensure accurate forecasts from pre-<PS> to <PA> milestones

Benefits

• Immediate medical, dental, and prescription drug coverage
• Flexible family care, parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up childcare and more
• Vehicle discount program for employees and family members, and management leases
• Tuition assistance
• Established and active employee resource groups
• Paid time off for individual and team community service
• A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day
• Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level