Packaging Engineer Asheville/Charlotte

DESCRIPTION

We are looking for a talented Packaging Engineer to join our team specializing in Logistics in Charlotte/Asheville, NC.

In this role, you will make an impact in the following ways:

• Packaging Development : Support the development and requirements for packaging under the new product introduction process, ensuring effective and efficient packaging solutions.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration : Work with customers and suppliers to specify design requirements for expendable and returnable packaging, enhancing the overall supply chain.
• Continuous Improvement : Identify and deliver improvements to current product packaging to enhance quality, reduce costs, and minimize material handling and waste disposal.
• Guideline Development : Develop site-specific packaging guidelines in alignment with Cummins Global Packaging Standards, considering safety, storage, and equipment constraints.
• Compliance Assurance : Review and approve supplier Packaging Data Sheets to ensure compliance with Cummins Global Packaging Standards and regulatory requirements like ISPM15.
• Project Planning : Plan and prioritize projects to drive timely results that align with organizational goals, ensuring efficient project execution.
• Cost-Based Analysis : Apply business acumen in cost-based analysis and decision-making to optimize packaging solutions and support sustainable practices.
• Sustainable Solutions : Deliver environmentally sustainable packaging solutions, focusing on vendor relations, material specifications, and internal functional group requirements.

• Action Oriented : Embrace new opportunities and tough challenges with urgency, high energy, and enthusiasm.
• Self-Awareness : Use feedback and reflection to gain insights into your strengths and weaknesses, helping you grow and improve.
• Self-Development : Actively seek new ways to grow and be challenged through both formal and informal development channels.
• Data Analytics : Discover, interpret, and communicate qualitative and quantitative data to extract meaningful patterns and business insights, enabling data-driven decisions.
• Environmentally Sustainable Packaging Principles : Select packaging materials based on their environmental impact, aiming to reduce, reuse, recycle, or reclaim.
• Industrial Packaging Design : Develop packaging designs for industrial products to ensure product protection throughout the supply chain.
• Operations Integration : Apply knowledge of manufacturing processes and equipment to establish packaging methods that integrate safely and efficiently into the operational environment.
• Packaging Distribution Conditions : Recognize environmental conditions and dynamic forces in supply chains to ensure product protection.
• Packaging Material Knowledge : Understand the benefits and characteristics of different packaging materials to select the best options for product protection, cost, and environmental impact.
• Packaging Testing : Evaluate performance validation tests and interpret reports to ensure packaging meets transit and handling conditions.
• Returnable Packaging Management : Develop and manage returnable packaging programs to save on material and transportation costs while reducing waste.
• Problem Solving : Use systematic analysis and industry-standard methodologies to solve problems, implement robust solutions, and prevent recurrence.

• Bachelor degree in Engineering or related discipline is required.
• Packaging Engineering or Packaging Science degree is highly preferred.
• This position may require licensing for compliance with export controls or sanctions regulations.

• Internship or equivalent experience in packaging-related field

• Must be familiar with Industrial Packaging
• Bachelor's degree required
• Need to be independent self-starter who can work with minimum supervision.
• Must be able to navigate through multiple levels of management.