What are the responsibilities and job description for the Material Handling/Packaging Engineer position at Ghafari Associates?
Position: Material Handling/Packaging Engineer – Automotive
Location: Dearborn, MI
This opportunity requires 50% travel to our client’s U.S. locations.
General Summary:
Project manage the design, development, testing, procurement and validation of automotive (or similar) packaging. Includes steel shipping racks, custom and standard returnable containers, and expendable containers, for both domestic and international applications.
Essential Job Functions:
- Initiate and maintain customer specific packaging database for assigned parts.
- Perform change management to assess impact of changes in part physical characteristics, suppliers, and process requirements.
- Coordinate with customer stakeholders, logistics partners, and part suppliers to establish project schedule, design criteria, procurement strategy, and fleet size requirements.
- Plan and direct activities concerned with the design, prototyping, testing and delivery of containers. Includes design reviews, 1st article inspections, laboratory (vibration, impact, compression, drop, etc.) testing, over-the-road testing, problem solving and troubleshooting.
- Provide on-site launch support to validate packaging meets program requirements. Monitor supplier conformance.
- Schedule and hold coordination meetings. Write meeting minutes. Participate in open issues meetings and presentations.
- Consult with customer departments and packaging suppliers to determine costs and feasibility of producing proposed packaging.
- May advise customers on efficient packaging procedures, innovations in packaging materials and various applications within the supply chain.
- Support the development of presentation materials for customer presentations and lead presentations as needed.
- Lead and manage own packaging projects in a team environment.
Employment Qualifications:
Education:
- B.S. degree in Packaging from an accredited university preferred or 4-year degree in an engineering discipline.
Experience:
- 6 years of progressively more responsible previous experience.
Skills/Competencies:
- Proficiency with the Microsoft Office suite of software, with strength in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Highly organized and able to effectively manage a large amount of data and communications.
- Basic proficiency in AutoCAD is preferred but not required.