Automotive Packaging Engineer – On‑Site (Vance, AL)

Kids for the Future; Vance (AL); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus opportunities

401(k) with company match

Healthcare

Flexible work options

Job summary

Ingenics in Alabama seeks a Packaging Engineer to provide on-site packaging planning for Body Shop and Assembly Shop operations in Vance. You will develop packaging concepts, coordinate with planning, production, safety, and suppliers, and help prepare for an upcoming vehicle program.

You will manage packaging development, testing, approval, and sign-off with internal teams and suppliers, support returnable and expendable packaging, and ensure readiness for milestones and launches.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in automotive packaging planning or packaging engineering.
• Experience with SAP and automotive planning systems.
• Knowledge of returnable and expendable packaging and material flow.
• Ability to coordinate with suppliers and cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate packaging development and setup based on BOM.
• Support packaging concepts for safe, ergonomic material flow.
• Coordinate development, testing, approval, and sign-off with suppliers and internal stakeholders.
• Support returnable and one-way packaging for automated and non-automated environments.
• Coordinate packaging materials and ensure readiness for milestones and vehicle launch.
• Maintain packaging data in SCIP, Smaragd, SAP and other planning systems.
• Collaborate with Packaging Engineering, Planning, Production, Safety, Logistics and others.
• Coordinate with suppliers to resolve packaging issues and ensure requirements are met.
• Provide on-site support during development, implementation and launch activities.
• Travel to supplier locations within the U.S. as required.

Skills

Automotive packaging planning

Cross-functional collaboration

Supplier management

Ergonomic material-flow

MS Office familiarity

Tools

SAP

SCIP

Smaragd

Microsoft Office

Job description

Ingenics in Alabama seeks a Packaging Engineer to provide on-site packaging planning for Body Shop and Assembly Shop operations in Vance. You will develop packaging concepts, coordinate with planning, production, safety, and suppliers, and help prepare for an upcoming vehicle program.

You will manage packaging development, testing, approval, and sign-off with internal teams and suppliers, support returnable and expendable packaging, and ensure readiness for milestones and launches.