Product Development Engineer

American Packaging Corporation•Story City, IA

4d•Hybrid

About The Position

A Technical Position reporting to the COE Technical Manager. Primary Responsibility is project management in new product development activity, supporting manufacturing and quality relative to technical needs, and supporting the Center of Excellence (COE) needs for production, planning, and continuous improvement. Additionally, this role will collaborate with technical resources outside the COE regarding New Business Opportunity activity, specification development, and material development initiatives. Position will be filled at the level commensurate with candidate qualifications & experience.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree (B. A.) in a Technical Field (Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemistry, etc.) from a four-year college or university; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.
Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
Ability to effectively present information predominantly technical in nature and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.
Ability to apply mathematical operations to such tasks as frequency distribution, determination of test reliability and validity, analysis of variance, correlation techniques, sampling theory, and factor analysis.
Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

Nice To Haves

Experience with printing and laminations for flexible packaging using materials such as papers, films, foils, and sealants is desired.
Skillful in presentation skills both in preparation and delivery is preferred.

Responsibilities

Project Management & Ownership of COE specific needs regarding NBO activity, manufacturing and quality support, budgeting, and continuous improvement.
Material and process research regarding technologies that match the COEs capabilities or initiatives.
Collaborate with external technical resources on NBO activity, specification development, and material development initiatives.
Ensure the COE has all the necessary information, specifications, and knowledge to meet customer expectations.
Product Development, Customer interface, presentations, and primary responsibility for technical support of assigned accounts.
Participate in customer visits to the facilities.
Apply regulatory evaluations pertaining to packaging food safety.
Maintain an updated file on finished roll stock, pouch, die-lines, third party, perforation, and other required specifications as well as the particular inspection/testing procedures associated with each product.
Maintain an updated specification file on all raw materials (papers, films, inks, adhesives, etc.) used in their respective production process.
Prepare and manage in-plant technical trials through conducting pre-trial planning meetings, directing on-line manufacture of trial materials, documenting results of trials and ensuring trial results are met.
Research and qualify new and alternate materials.
Interacting with Customers, Management, Marketing, Sales, and Suppliers
Participate in training, embrace concepts of and actively practice the SPOT Safety Program fundamentals to aid APC’s efforts to achieve a zero-accident rate.
Attend and participate in all company mandated meetings.
Business travel required.
Other Duties as Assigned