Packaging Engineer jobs in Kansas
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
Packaging Engineer
- Great Plains Manufacturing, Inc.
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Salina, KS
FULL_TIME
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Packaging Engineer - Salina, KS
Great Plains Manufacturing is seeking an experienced Packaging Engineer to join our team in Salina, KS. This position is an integral part of the organization’s Product Development Process and helps to design, test, and implement packaging designs.
This position works Monday through Thursday from 6:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and reports to the Director of Facilities.
Primary Duties And Responsibilities- Oversee and manage complete packaging development process, including the creation of packaging designs, prototype development, and performance testing.
- Troubleshoot new and existing packaging problems involving designs, materials and processes and provide creative, timely, and cost-effective solutions.
- Analyze engineering drawings and specifications of product to determine physical characteristics of item, special handling, environmental and safety requirements, and types of materials required for packaging.
- Manage multiple projects simultaneously.
- Participate in product introduction teams, to deliver new products to market.
- Identify and implement cost saving initiatives related to packaging materials, labor, efficiency, transportation, and storage.
- Work closely with Engineering to optimize packaging supply base for cost, lead time, quality, regionalization, standardization, supply assurance, and compliance with customer, regulatory, and internal requirements.
- Specify and recommend efficiency tools and test methods to develop and validate packaging designs.
- Work with the manufacturing department to insure the packaging designs are optimized for manufacturability, including safety, quality, efficiency and cost considerations.
- Develop and implement comprehensive test plans to ensure that packaging exceeds customer specifications.
- Works in conjunction with the Manufacturing, Product Engineering, Purchasing, and Shipping departments.
- Other duties may be assigned that require other qualifications, physical demands, and/or work environment.
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical or Packaging Engineering or 5 years of experience in manufacturing environment or an equivalent combination of education and experience
- 5 years of experience in industrial or consumer packaging strongly preferred
- Knowledge and understanding of packaging design validation standards (ISO, ASTM, etc.), drafting and specification standards is essential
- Demonstrable proficiency in 3D CAD software is needed
- Problem solving and decision-making skills are necessary
- Must be able to work independently and as part of a team
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Understanding of process and quality improvement concepts is required
- Proven track record of project management
- 8 Days Ago
Packaging
- Fastenal
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Edwardsville, KS
FULL_TIME
- OVERVIEW : Find your future at Fastenal! Our distribution center is hiring energetic, team oriented individuals to work in our fast pace warehouse! Working as Full-time Packaging, you will help facili...
- 4 Days Ago
Packaging
- The Job Network
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Edgerton, KS
FULL_TIME
- LSI está contratando para el puesto de Empacador.Descripción: Empacar botellas de Gatorade y Propel en una caja (4 botellas a la vez), hacer cajas, apilar cajas, desarmar esas cajas, y barrer y limpia...
- 4 Days Ago
Packaging Team Member
- Cocoa Dolce Chocolates - Production/Packaging Facility
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Wichita, KS
PART_TIME,FULL_TIME
- Cocoa Dolce Chocolates is a locally owned and operated business based out of Wichita specializing in artisan chocolates, delicious pastries, coffees and select alcohol offerings in a café lounge setti...
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PRESS ASSISTANT
- Inovar Packaging
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Kansas, KS
FULL_TIME
- Position: Press Assistant - HelperReports to: Production Mgr.- Operations Mgr. Job Responsibilities: • Must Read Work Orders or Receive Verbal instructions to assure that you are accurately setting up...
- 20 Days Ago
Packaging Supervisor
- JARBO
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Kansas, KS
FULL_TIME
- Jarbo is seeking a responsible, detail-oriented person looking for a hands-on manufacturing supervisor role with a smaller but growing company that makes construction materials for projects across 35 ...
- 6 Days Ago
Packaging Engineer jobs at Popular Companies
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...
- 6/12/2024 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...
- 6/11/2024 12:00:00 AM
Packaging Engineer
- Refresco
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Tampa, FL
- Make a Difference in YOUR Career! Our vision is both simple and ambitious: to put our drinks on every table. We are the ...
- 6/11/2024 12:00:00 AM
Packaging Engineer
- Granite State Manufacturing
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Manchester, NH
- POSITION SUMMARY Oversee the creation, development and implementation of packaging details and processes to maintain pro...
- 6/9/2024 12:00:00 AM
Principal Packaging Engineer
- Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
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Irvine, CA
- If you are looking for a challenging and exciting career in the world of technology, then look no further. Skyworks is a...
- 6/8/2024 12:00:00 AM
Principal Packaging Engineer
- The Judge Group
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Chicago, IL
- Principal Packaging EngineerAs part of an entrepreneurial-culture, the ideal candidate will be open to stretching within...
- 6/8/2024 12:00:00 AM
Sr. Principal Packaging Engineer
- Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
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Irvine, CA
- If you are looking for a challenging and exciting career in the world of technology, then look no further. Skyworks is a...
- 6/8/2024 12:00:00 AM
Packaging Engineer
- Hiring Now!
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Red Boiling Springs, TN
- Our food manufacturing client is currently seeking a Packaging Engineer. The Packing Engineer is coordinating all packin...
- 6/8/2024 12:00:00 AM
About Kansas
Kansas /ˈkænzəs/ (listen) is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. Its capital is Topeka and its largest city is Wichita, with its most populated county being Johnson County. Kansas is bordered by Nebraska on the north; Missouri on the east; Oklahoma on the south; and Colorado on the west. Kansas is named after the Kansa Native American tribe, which inhabited the area. The tribe's name (natively kką:ze) is often said to mean "people of the (south) wind" although this was probably not the term's original meaning. For thousands of years, what is now Kansas was home to numerous and divers...
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Income Estimation for Packaging Engineer jobs
$65,744 to $81,420
Most Popular Cities in Kansas for Packaging Engineer Jobs
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