Packaging Engineer - Idaho Falls, Idaho
Food industry: Looking for Packaging Engineer to find, develop and manage projects from start to finish that are focused on labor savings, packaging material savings, packaging process improvements, and packaging efficiencies. They implement capital projects, provide technical assistance to operations, perform packaging engineering in support of packaging improvements, new products, and line extensions.
Principle Accountabilities:
1. Manages projects in all of the facilities at Idahoan Foods, LLC. that improves, labor efficiencies, packaging material efficiencies, packaging equipment efficiencies, and finished product usages efficiencies.
2. Assists the Director of Engineering with the capital budget.
3. Writes the Capital Expenditure Authorization Request (CEAR) process including the planning, design and engineering, budgeting, justification, approval and implementation of projects.
4. Coordinates capital projects with management and various departments including finance, operations, supply chain, etc.
5. Together with the Project Manager, manages the timely and economic completion of capital projects; which may include the supervision of outside engineering firms, supply vendors and contractors.
6. Evaluates alternative solutions to design issues as determined by tests and experience.
7. Investigates emerging technologies, identifies new packaging opportunities with emphasis on cost reductions and enhanced packaging.
8. Provides engineering support for inter-departmental groups including, management, maintenance, production, packaging and distribution in addition to outside vendors and contractors to ensure effective and efficient project management balanced with packaging and customer distribution requirements.
9. Recommends improvements to packaging methods.
10. Interacts with plant operations to improve and optimize staffing and scheduling.
Primary Skills: Packaging process improvements, packaging efficiencies, project mangement, labor savings
Salary: Between 70000 - by experience
Experience Required: 3 years minimum
Clearance Level Indicated: none
Travel: 5 %
Additional Details: Willing to relocate
www.idahoanfoods.com
Contact name: Kristin Stewart
Job reference code: Packaging Engineer
Email: kstewart@idahoan.com
Website: www.idahoanfoods.com