At Air Distribution Technologies, Inc., our Staff Packaging Engineers are experts in creating innovative packaging solutions for our global product lines. In this role, you will play a crucial part in designing, developing, and optimizing packaging systems to support product launches while reducing costs and minimizing damage. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including new product development, manufacturing, logistics, and external partners, ensuring packaging designs meet operational, customer, and regulatory requirements.
Key Responsibilities
Packaging Solutions Design: Lead the design and development of efficient packaging materials, processes, and systems that optimize logistics, minimize costs, and ensure product protection.
Damage Control: Monitor freight damage metrics and implement corrective actions to prevent future issues, contributing to a reduction in product damage during transportation.
Packaging Standards Development: Create, document, and enforce packaging standards that align with the company's operational excellence and quality objectives.
Compliance & Sustainability: Ensure packaging meets international regulatory requirements, including those for dangerous goods, and develop sustainable solutions that align with long-term environmental goals.
Project Management: Lead packaging projects from concept to completion, ensuring on-time delivery, budget adherence, and alignment with product launch timelines.
Collaboration & Influence: Work effectively across a large matrixed organization, influencing internal and external stakeholders, including manufacturing, logistics, and governmental agencies, to ensure packaging designs meet the needs of all parties.
Qualifications
Education: Bachelor's degree in Packaging, Industrial, or Mechanical Engineering.
Experience: At least five years of packaging engineering experience, ideally in a custom manufacturing environment handling small to large equipment.
Specialized Skills: Experience with returnable packaging solutions is preferred. Proficiency in ISTA and ASTM package performance testing standards and methods.
Bilingual Communication: Strong verbal and written communication skills in both Spanish and English.
Project Leadership: Demonstrated ability to manage projects, negotiate effectively, and deliver high-quality results within deadlines.
Additional Skills
Continuous Improvement Mindset: Passion for optimizing processes and materials to achieve cost reductions and enhance product protection.
Regulatory Knowledge: Solid understanding of international packaging standards and transportation regulations, especially for dangerous goods.
Sustainability Focus: A strong commitment to driving sustainable packaging solutions that align with long-term environmental and business goals.
Cross-Functional Collaboration: Ability to work collaboratively and influence decision-making across diverse teams in a matrixed organization.