Product Development Engineer I/II

Role Overview

• Delivering an exceptional customer experience to our core and growth customers alongside a dynamic team
• Collaborating with commercial teams, strategic sourcing, suppliers, and manufacturing to identify customer challenges and areas for growth, delivering value through innovation, project leadership, and continuous improvement
• Successfully partnering with internal and external customers to meet Printpack’s objectives, traveling to execute trials at suppliers, Printpack manufacturing sites, and customer packaging locations
• Applying a combination of material, manufacturing process, and quality knowledge and experience to develop and optimize superior flexible packaging offerings that meet customer needs and expectations
• Participating in strategic account planning and product management of customer specifications
• Ensuring rapid, successful project completion, including commercialization of new products through cross-functional collaboration with manufacturing and operations with a specific emphasis on our customers’ sustainability goals
• Ability to work both independently and with groups to provide solutions to novel challenges
• Driving initiatives across the organization, delivering value to the customer, and our manufacturing sites
• Establishing and maintaining strategic relationships with customer contacts and suppliers with full autonomy
• In-office data analysis, innovation brainstorming, mock-up creation, and sales support, including bid/quote creation, technical data sheet development, and regulatory reviews
• In-plant trial support, including technical guidance, sample collection, coordinating testing, standard operating condition (SOC) creation, and identifying continuous improvement opportunities
• At-customer responsibilities, including supporting trials to ensure machinability requirements; being a consultant on the existing portfolio and new opportunities; presenting technical details to target audiences; and leading innovation sessions

Requirements

• Product development or flexible converting experience preferred
• Experience considered: engineering or manufacturing experience, flexible packaging (printing/laminating/bag-pouch making/etc.), or a related industry in the capacity of process engineer, and/or process engineering, quality
• Experience with continuous improvement, driving cost savings, process improvements, and raw material sourcing initiatives
• Evidence of experience in both innovation and onboarding execution
• Evidence of relationship building with customers and internal/external stakeholders
• Evidence of presentation skills and business awareness
• Experience leading cross-functional teams with business results

Benefits

• medical coverage
• dental coverage
• life insurance
• short-term and long-term disability
• 401(k)
• matching gift program
• employee assistance programs
• educational assistance
• service awards