Packaging Engineer jobs in Illinois
Packaging Engineer designs product packaging to ensure product integrity and appeal under varying shipping and display conditions. Tests, analyzes, and selects materials for packaging based on durability and cost effectiveness. Being a Packaging Engineer helps ensure packaging complies with all regulations. May require a bachelor's degree. Additionally, Packaging Engineer typically reports to a supervisor or manager. The Packaging Engineer works on projects/matters of limited complexity in a support role. Work is closely managed. To be a Packaging Engineer typically requires 0-2 years of related experience. (Copyright 2024 Salary.com)
Recently Added Packaging Engineer jobs
Senior Packaging Engineer
- Equity Packaging, Inc.
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Chicago, IL
FULL_TIME
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Senior Packaging Engineer
Project Duration: 3 months
Location: Near Chicago, IL
The individual will conduct packaging development projects from initiation through manufacture (launch). Projects will consist of modifications of packaging for existing products as well as the design of packaging for new products. The individual will have accountability to their packaging projects to assure they meet quality and consumer expectations while maintaining project schedule.
PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES:- Packaging development with various materials: fiberboard, corrugated, plastics, films
- Manage multiple projects
- The individual will also work closely with quality, finance, procurement, regulatory, graphics, operations, consultants and outside vendors.
- Execute projects with complete scope from primary through tertiary packaging development
- Creation of specifications and BOMs
- Generation and execution of test plans and reports
- Creation and maintaining of time lines
- Ability to resolve conflicts between parties
- Completion of qualification programs for new package designs and materials
- Product commercialization experience.
- Travel to vendor and manufacturing locations for support of packaging project activities
- Hands-on evaluation of packaging for conformance to project requirements. These activities can occur in warehouses and in packaging laboratory studies
- Solid knowledge of packaging specification and SAP
CANDIDATE REQUIREMENTS:
The candidate should have a BS degree in Package Engineering with substantial work history in package engineering / development.
Ideal experience would include knowledge of some or all of the following areas:- Primary through tertiary packaging development for new product launches
- Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in packaging development and commercialization of consumer goods
- Coordination and completion of qualification for new package designs and materials
- Development of specifications
- Basic Knowledge across different packaging materials / converting methods:
- Corrugated containers
- Folding cartons (solid fiberboard)
- Plastic bottles
- Flexible Packaging
- Thermoformed Packaging
- Injection Molding
- SAP / PLM Systems proficiency
- 3 Days Ago
Packaging Engineer
- The Fountain Group LLC
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Downey, IL
FULL_TIME
- Title: Packaging Engineer Location: North Chicago, IL Pay: $43-35 Hybrid: 3 days onsite/ 2 remote JOB DESCRIPTION: Meeting with engineers and team members to review designs and drawings. Developing dr...
- 11 Days Ago
Packaging Engineer
- Home Chef
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Chicago, IL
FULL_TIME
- This Is Who We AreFounded in 2013, Home Chef is the leading meal solutions company with both a retail and online presence. Available online at homechef.com and in retail at more than 2,100 Kroger groc...
- 11 Days Ago
Packaging Engineer
- GEORGIA NUT COMPANY
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Skokie, IL
OTHER
- Job Details Job Location: Skokie, IL - Skokie, IL Position Type: Full Time Salary Range: Undisclosed Job Shift: First Shift DescriptionPRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES Meet or beat project KPI's project cost,...
- 13 Days Ago
Packaging Engineer
- PSC Biotech
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Chicago, IL
FULL_TIME
- PSC Biotech provides the life sciences with essential services to ensure that health care products are developed, manufactured, and distributed to the highest standards, in compliance with all applica...
- 1 Day Ago
Packaging Engineer
- The Hershey Company
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Chicago, IL
FULL_TIME
- Packaging Engineer Posted Date: Feb 23, 2024 Requisition Number: 121380 Job Title: Packaging Engineer Location: Remote, Chicago, IL/Midwest or Central, PA preferred Travel: Up to 75% Summary: With min...
- 2 Months Ago
Packaging Engineer jobs at Popular Companies
Sr. Packaging Engineer
- Experis
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St. Louis, MO
- Sr. Packaging Engineer Our client, one of the most important companies in the Pet food Industry, is seeking a Sr Packagi...
- 4/19/2024 12:00:00 AM
Packaging Engineer
- ConMet
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Canton, NC
- The Packaging Engineer at ConMet's Canton, North Carolina plastics manufacturing plant plans and directs activities conc...
- 4/19/2024 12:00:00 AM
Packaging Engineer
- Aegis Worldwide
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Port Huron, MI
- Job Description Job Description Aegis Worldwide is partnering with a great automotive manufacturer and looking for a Pac...
- 4/19/2024 12:00:00 AM
Packaging Engineer
- The Upper Deck Company
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Durham, NC
- Job Description Job Description POSITION SUMMARY Develops and implements innovative packaging solutions, interprets prod...
- 4/19/2024 12:00:00 AM
Principal Packaging Engineer
- Keurig Dr Pepper Inc.
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Burlington, MA
- Position requires 3 days per week in office with two days remote* A senior technical Innovation role creating and develo...
- 4/18/2024 12:00:00 AM
Principal Packaging Engineer
- Melaleuca, Inc.
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Idaho Falls, ID
- Company Profile : "Enhancing the Lives of Those We Touch by Helping People Reach Their Goals" For over 32 years, Melaleu...
- 4/18/2024 12:00:00 AM
Packaging Engineer
- Manpower Engineering
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Crete, NE
- Our client, is seeking a Packaging Engineer to join their team. As a Packaging Engineer, you will be part of the departm...
- 4/16/2024 12:00:00 AM
Principal Packaging Engineer
- Keurig Dr Pepper Inc.
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Burlington, MA
- Position requires 3 days per week in office with two days remote* A senior technical Innovation role creating and develo...
- 4/16/2024 12:00:00 AM
About Illinois
Illinois (/ˌɪlɪˈnɔɪ/ (listen) IL-ih-NOY) is a state in the Midwestern and Great Lakes region of the United States. It has the fifth largest gross domestic product (GDP),
the sixth largest population, and the 25th largest land area of all U.S. states. Illinois is often noted as a microcosm of the entire United States. With Chicago in northeastern Illinois, small industrial cities and immense agricultural productivity in the north and center of the state, and natural resources such as coal, timber, and petroleum in the south, Illinois has a diverse economic base, and is a major transportation hu...
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Income Estimation for Packaging Engineer jobs
$70,284 to $87,039
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What does a Packaging Engineer do?
Packaging Engineer in Vincennes, IN
Having a broad understanding of all phases of a product’s supply chain and logistics enables the engineer to design a package that is reliable, efficient and appealing throughout the entire cycle.
February 17, 2020
Packaging Engineer in Boise, ID
The professional duty of someone who is a packaging engineer is that of designing, developing, and producing particular packages or containers for a broad range of different items, which can include the likes of clothing, computers, electronics, food, pharmaceuticals, household items, appliances and children’s toys.
February 19, 2020
Packaging Engineer in Altus, OK
Industrial engineers use creativity and ingenuity to design new production processes in many kinds of settings in order to reduce the use of material resources, time, or labor while accomplishing the same goal.
December 18, 2019