Packaging Engineer Ii

**Career Area**:Logistics**:
**PACKAGING ENGINEER - SANTA CATARINA**:
**A chance to make quality products that matter.**

How does it feel to make something that makes life better for people around the globe? As a Caterpillar manufacturing professional, you’ll know—because every day you’ll make sure our customers get the quality products they need to build our world’s infrastructure. And you’ll do it in modern, clean, safe environments equipped with the latest technologies.

**JOB PURPOSE**:
As a Packaging Engineer, you will design and develop returnable and expendable packaging for individual piece parts and bulk shipping to ensure the timely and efficient receipt and delivery of material. Proper packaging design includes part containment, protection, and optimization of transportation and other supply chain functions.

**JOB DUTIES**:

- Establish packaging and processing specifications at the part number level for new product introductions, cost savings, or other supply chain improvement
- Communicate with existing facilities on packaging issues related to receiving, warehousing, and/or line side delivery
- Perform cost analysis on current packaging processes and recommend changes where appropriate
- Lead Green Belt projects
- Perform activities to ensure parts are protected, shipped, and delivered to the customer in a usable fashion
- Develop packaging solutions to protect finished painted components
- Design for transport efficiency
- Perform containerization analysis, testing, and quoting
- Validate new packaging and containers during pilot phase
- Coordinate with operations for storage and ergonomic considerations
- Develop kitting packaging
- Validate returnable quantities through simulations
- Resolve safety and / or quality issues caused by current packaging
- Resolve issues reported by customers and process partners
- Develop, communicate and maintain supplier packaging requirements
- Audit conformance to packaging specification
- Joint Process Improvement with packaging vendors and purchasing
- Create packaging concepts using 3D modeling software (i.e. Pro-E)

**BACKGROUND/EXPERIENCE**:

- Bachelor of Science Degree in Packaging, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or equivalent degree.
- Minimum 2 year of industrial packaging design experience
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Ability to perform data query analysis (i.e. SAS, business objects)
- Strong interpersonal, teamwork, organization and communication skills
- Knowledge and understanding of 6 Sigma project management principles
- Develop and deploy creative / original solutions to complex problems
- Knowledge of material handling equipment
- Minimum 1 year project management experience
- This position requires English

**DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS**:

- Familiar with company policies and procedures with a strong department background
- Additional packaging design experience in automotive or similar industry
- Supply chain knowledge
- Transportation and logistics knowledge

**The Caterpillar Code of Conduct states that we will select and place employees based on their qualifications for the job to be performed, without regard to race, religion, national origin, color, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age or disability. In this company we do not request pregnancy tests, nor HIV tests as requirements for employment entry, permanence or promotion.**

**Final details**

Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO).

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