Associate Packaging Engineer
Exciting opportunity to grow your career through developing and implementing strategies that drive growth for us and our customers by meeting consumer needs.
This person will be expected to develop innovative and cost-effective packaging to address company objectives while adhering to project timelines and established budgets.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Applies technical knowledge and understanding to day-to-day decision making.
- Provides routine engineering work on project teams under guidance from more senior engineers.
- Performs packaging testing and validation using specific tools or techniques.
- Compiles test data to provide recommendations for solving problems.
- Participates on cross-functional teams to work seamlessly across boundaries of company, culture, and geography for successful project execution.
- Partners with development and delivery organizations to participate in consensus on new product development (NPD), productivity and product maintenance.
- Applies the concept of collaboration to build relationships and coordinate with other teams.
- Prepares project status and risks to manager with proper level of detail and recover plans.
- Challenges and provides constructive mitigation strategies.
- Participates in forums for ideation and technical sharing.
- Assists in application of basic packaging design principles to solve problems.
- Completes industry accepted testing and validation of packaging designs (ISTA, ASTM, etc)
- Test sample handling, labeling, and disposition
This is a 6 month contract opportunity with a leading global organization based in Huntersville, NC. There is potential to extend or convert. Candidates will be required to work onsite 5 days/week! Successful candidates have a high level of initiative and thrive in a fast paced, enterprise environment.
Visionaire Partners offers all full-time W2 contractors a comprehensive benefits package for the contractor, their spouses/domestic partners, and dependents. Options include 401k with up to 4% match, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short and long term disability, critical illness, hospital indemnity, accident coverage, and both Medical and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts.
REQUIRED SKILLS:
- Bachelor’s degree in Packaging Science or Engineering degree
- 2+ years consumer packaging development experience
- Working knowledge of packaging technologies and test methodology
- Excellent project management skills
- Excellent communication skills-verbal and written
- Able to lead and coordinate various task teams
- Computer literacy in design (ArtiosCAD)
Must be authorized to work in the US. Sponsorships are not available.