Packaging Engineer

amIT Global Solutions Sdn Bhd; Indonesia; On-site; IDR 89,280,000 - 167,400,000; Full time

Job summary

amIT Global Solutions Sdn Bhd is seeking a Packaging Development Specialist to manage packaging specs, artwork proofs, and ensure production accuracy across projects in Indonesia.

You will coordinate with Engineering, Asia Packaging, FG suppliers and printers, source new suppliers, advance sustainability, and drive PDQ sizing and master carton sizes.

If you bring 5-8 years of packaging experience and strong English communication, you will help deliver cost-effective packaging solutions.

Qualifications

• College degree in Packaging Engineering or Printing Technology.
• 5-8 years experience in Printing Industry or managing Packaging development.
• Ability to influence and deliver optimized packaging solutions.
• Time management to meet tight deadlines.
• Good teamwork spirit.
• Review packaging quality and data accuracy.
• Basic understanding of mathematics and geometry for sizing PDQs and master cartons.

Responsibilities

• Assist to manage packaging specs and artwork proofs, ensuring production consistency.
• Support PDQ sizing and master carton measurement.
• Assist in cost-effective delivery and implementation of packaging designs.
• Interface with Engineering, Asia Packaging, FG suppliers and printers to ensure correct designs first time.
• Assist in sourcing new packaging suppliers for new designs.
• Assist packaging sustainability initiatives.
• Interact with suppliers for Pallet development activities.

Skills

Communication

MS Office

English proficiency

Organizational skills

Project management

Packaging knowledge

Packaging production

Graphic skills

PDQ sizing

Color management

Education

Packaging Engineering or Printing Technology degree

Tools

Packaging/Printing technology

Job description

General

• Responsible for product packaging development and management.

Specific Responsibilities

• Assist to manage project packaging specifications and artwork proofs and ensure they are consistently implemented in production.
• Support the correct and efficient execution of measuring/sizing PDQ's and master cartons.
• Assist in the cost-effective delivery and implementation of the defined packaging design and specifications provided in project briefs.
• Interface with Engineering team, Asia Packaging team and FG suppliers and Printers to ensure that design and specifications are delivered the first time around and every time.
• Assist in sourcing new packaging suppliers for new packaging design.
• Assist in facilitating packaging sustainability initiative.
• Interact with designated suppliers and service providers for Pallet development related activities.

Required Skill Set

• Excellent communication skills. Ability to communicate effectively in English. Required English reading, writing, and speaking to convey technical packaging information.
• Computer proficiency in Microsoft Office software. Outlook/Excel/Word and PowerPoint.
• Common understanding of English measuring system.
• Extremely organized and highly detailed with a focus on accuracy and precision.
• Project management skills. During busy season, multiple specs for different projects may happen all at the same time. Prospective employee must be able to juggle tight deadlines and changing priorities with minimal stress.
• Knowledge of Packaging / Printing technology and materials is a must.
• Packaging production experience (prepress, press, post-press) and pack out experiences is preferred.
• Assist with graphic & office software skills , Color Management.
• Structural packaging development experience will be added plus point.

Required Qualifications & Experience

• College degree – Degree in Packaging Engineering or Degree in Printing Technology
• 5-8 years experience in Printing Industry or managing Packaging development
• General understanding of problem-solving processes
• Ability to influence and intervene to ensure optimized packaging solutions is delivered.
• Persists in overcoming barriers
• Manage time to meet tight deadlines
• Good teamwork spirit
• Review packaging quality and collect data. Check for accuracy based on packaging specification
• Basic understanding of mathematics and geometric relationships. When sizing PDQs/Display trays for primary packaging and sizing master cartons one must determine the size based on inner product and material specifications