Packaging Engineer jobs in Springfield, IL

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)

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Sr. Packaging Engineer
  • Archer Daniels Midland
  • Decatur, IL FULL_TIME
  • Sr. Packaging Engineer – Packaging Technology Center
    Decatur, IL or any ADM US location with Packaging  
    This is a Salaried Exempt position.

    The Packaging Engineer job is primarily a technical support role within the Packaging Technology Center team. The packaging technology center is a part of the Technology and Engineering Team

    This role will participate in all business units of ADM as needed primarily in their Region. The role will collaborate with operations, technology teams, procurement, strategic sourcing and commercial, to capture value, ensure best practices and standards are deployed and align with business priorities. The packaging engineer uses their expertise in packaging systems to provide technical and operational performance leadership. Responsible for key performance indicators, measures of success, applying safety and food safety/quality standards and best practices within all packaging technologies. This role is a key link between the Packaging Technology Center and collaboration of deployment of standards, best practices and continuous improvement opportunities to create value within the region and globally as applicable, interlinked with Performance Excellence principles and tools.

    Packaging engineers apply their packaging expertise to monitor production processes, packaging equipment selection, packaging materials cost vs quality optimizing the packaging system, solve production and packaging problems, support capital projects and provide input to process and packaging continuous improvements projects. Involvement might include sizing of equipment, identifying equipment capacity requirements, developing process control systems, increasing efficiencies of packaging line equipment and work with packaging material suppliers. They are exposed to installation of new equipment and modification of existing equipment, along with all of the inherent training and start up issues that must be addressed following best practices and standards. The packaging engineer will need to write technical reports from plant visits and support with follow up. Monitoring, and in some cases, guiding cost savings projects, packaging materials and supporting with appropriate documentation.  Initiating and managing supplier relationships in conjunction with Strategic Sourcing efforts.

    ADM’s dry packaging operations involve the use of multiwall bags, drums, totes, pouches and boxes.  In the liquid packaging operations involves the use of PET, glass, Jerry Cans, Aseptic and UHT, Bag in box and HDPE containers.
    Key accountabilities and ownership:
    • Packaging Strategies
    • Packaging efficiency improvements
    • Packaging material and process improvement leadership
    • Packaging Materials specifications
    • Knowledge Management
    • Innovation Leadership
    • Value creation and sustain the base
    • Develop, coach and lead others
    • Leadership in packaging, warehousing and material handling areas.
    • Support capital and NDE projects
    • Support continuous improvement through Performance excellence methodologies
    • Technical support for quality complaints
    • Safety and Food safety standards improvements
    • Utilize KPI’s and metrics to identify improvements areas and sustain value for continuous improvements
    • Develop and deploy best practices and packaging standards, including performance guarantees
    • Collaboration with operations to capture value, ensure best practices and standards are deployed and align with business priorities
    • Capture areas to digitalize metrics
    • Drive value by overseeing packaging and warehousing systems and cost savings initiatives
    • Develop and optimize packaging processes
    • Function and collaborate as a team; provide or receive coaching and develop other team members
    • Define and build a prioritized global pipeline of packaging savings and improvement projects that drive costs out of our packaging materials and operations aligned with the agreed packaging strategies with strategic sourcing.
    • Support plant teams with troubleshooting problems related packaging to help identify causes and solutions.
    • Packaging materials specification support, testing and analysis
    • Any other duties as assigned
    This position will be part of the Packaging Technology Center and reports to Director of Global Packaging within Technology and Engineering Team.
    Travel: 25-50 %.

    Qualifications:
    • B.S. in Engineering or Packaging Technology
    • 8 years operations experience.
    • Inclusive 4 years direct packaging experience
    • Hands on troubleshooting experience of mechanical and/or electrical systems
    • Organized, detail focused and methodical. 
    • Project management skills
    • Preferred experience with Performance Excellence.
    • Strong analytical and problem solving ability
    • Basic knowledge of Process Safety and applications for design for packaging equipment.
    • Knowledge of Food Safety best practices as it applies to packaging food products.
    • Strong communication skills, verbal and written.
    Physical Requirements:
    • Able to lift and transport materials and equipment weighing up to 30 pounds on a frequent basis, up to 50 pounds on an occasional basis and up to 55 pounds overhead.
    • Lifting or carrying of weights over 50 pounds is rare. Employees are encouraged to request assistance in lifting or carrying objects that weigh more than 50 pounds.
    • Able to traverse up to two (2) miles during the course of a work day.
    • Able to move about or to a work site by stooping, bending, kneeling or squatting frequently during the course of a work day.  May require periods of prolonged sitting or standing.
    • Able to operate equipment or diagnose / detect issues of machinery that may be located at different heights.  May require work on ladders, scaffolding or other work at heights.
    • Requires a full range of physical motion in order to operate manual and electrically powered tools and test equipment, to move throughout the facility, including climbing stairs in all buildings, and to work at heights.
    Relocation assistance is available with this position. 
    Excited about this role but don’t meet every requirement listed? Studies show that often applicants will self-select out if they don’t check every box. We encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this role or another one of our openings.

    ADM requires the successful completion of a pre-employment drug screen and a background check.​

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Maintenance Technician
  • Welch Packaging
  • Lincoln, IL FULL_TIME
  • Machine Maintenance Technician Key Responsibilities:** Hourly - Full Time **About Welch Packaging:Headquartered in Elkhart, IN, Welch Packaging was started in 1985 with four employees. Since then, Wel...
  • 21 Days Ago

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Corrugated Production Associate
  • Welch Packaging
  • Lincoln, IL FULL_TIME
  • About Welch Packaging:Headquartered in Elkhart, IN, Welch Packaging was started in 1985 with four employees. Since then, Welch has become one of the most dynamic independent packaging companies in the...
  • 2 Months Ago

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Packaging operator
  • ADM
  • Litchfield, IL FULL_TIME
  • Job Description Packaging Operator - Litchfield, MN This is a full-time, hourly position. Purpose : To operate the packaging room in a manner that ensures product safety, quality, and process efficien...
  • 22 Days Ago

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Press Operator Apprentice
  • Graphic Packaging International, Inc.
  • Shelbyville, IL FULL_TIME
  • Requisition ID: 832 Location: Shelbyville, IL, US, 62565 Department: Manufacturing & Operations Travel: No Travel Required At Graphic Packaging International, we produce the paper cup that held your c...
  • 19 Days Ago

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Transportation and Warehouse Manager
  • Graphic Packaging International, Inc.
  • Shelbyville, IL FULL_TIME
  • Summary: The Manager, Transportation and Warehouse IV role is responsible for safety, employee engagement, productivity, quality, performance, and customer service associated with a complex, multi-shi...
  • 23 Days Ago

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Sr. Packaging Engineer
  • The Judge Group
  • Decatur, IL
  • Job Description Sr. Packaging Engineer - Packaging Technology CenterDecatur, IL or any ADM US location with Packaging Th...
  • 3/28/2024 12:00:00 AM

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Packaging Co-Op Intern
  • The Judge Group
  • Buffalo, IL
  • DescriptionLactalis USA is currently seeking candidates to join our Packaging team in Chicago, IL or Buffalo, NY.Lactali...
  • 3/28/2024 12:00:00 AM

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Senior Metabolic Engineer IV - Strain Development - Decatur IL
  • The Judge Group
  • Decatur, IL
  • Job Description Senior Metabolic Engineer IV- Strain DevelopmentADM Research & DevelopmentThis is an exempt level positi...
  • 3/28/2024 12:00:00 AM

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Project Engineer- Decatur Corn Plant, Decatur IL
  • The Judge Group
  • Decatur, IL
  • Job Description Project Engineer- Decatur Corn Plant, Decatur ILThis is a full-time, exempt position. Job Summary: We ar...
  • 3/28/2024 12:00:00 AM

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Power Process Engineer - Industrial Thermal Systems - Decatur, IL
  • The Judge Group
  • Decatur, IL
  • Job Description Power Process Engineer - Industrial Thermal Systems - Decatur, ILPosition Summary:The Power Process Engi...
  • 3/28/2024 12:00:00 AM

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Packaging Engineer
  • HCLTech
  • Decatur, IL
  • About us : HCLTech is a global technology company, home to more than 223,400 people across 60 countries, delivering indu...
  • 3/27/2024 12:00:00 AM

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Engineering Manager, Cloud Traffic
  • Confluent
  • Springfield, IL
  • Confluent is pioneering a fundamentally new category of data infrastructure focused on data in motion. Have you ever fou...
  • 3/27/2024 12:00:00 AM

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Pipe Stress Analyst / Piping Mechanical Engineer
  • Chemours
  • Springfield, IL
  • As we create a colorful, capable and cleaner world through chemistry, we invite you to join our team to harness the powe...
  • 3/24/2024 12:00:00 AM

Springfield is the capital of the U.S. state of Illinois and the county seat of Sangamon County. The city's population of 116,250 as of the 2010 U.S. Census makes it the state's sixth most populous city. It is the largest city in central Illinois. As of 2013, the city's population was estimated to have increased to 117,006, with just over 211,700 residents living in the Springfield Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Sangamon County and the adjacent Menard County. Present-day Springfield was settled by European Americans in the late 1810s, around the time Illinois became a state. The...
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Income Estimation for Packaging Engineer jobs
$64,797 to $80,249
Springfield, Illinois area prices
were up 1.3% from a year ago

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