Junior Packaging Systems Designer for Food & Beverage

IFAB Engineering Partners LP; Springfield (MA); On-site; USD 78,000 - 82,000; Full time

Job summary

Dennis Group is seeking a Packaging Engineer to join our on-site team in Springfield, MA. You will scope, design, install, and commission packaging lines for our food and beverage facilities, coordinating with process, controls, and building system engineers.

Responsibilities include developing design concepts and specifications, selecting equipment, coordinating on-site construction, performing material balances and packaging flow diagrams, and ensuring compliance with project plans while

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, packaging, industrial, or manufacturing engineering
• 0-3 years of work experience or schooling in scope, layout, install, and commissioning of packaging equipment lines.
• Experience working for professional services, packaging, and food and beverage firms is a plus.
• Proficiency with MS Office, MS Project, and familiarity with AutoCAD
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Intellectual curiosity and a positive, can-do, team-oriented attitude
• Strong problem solving, organizing, and time management skills
• Must meet Travel Requirement - On-site construction project coordination and management with travel requirements 50%+ of the year

Responsibilities

• Developing design concepts, estimates and functional specifications for packaging lines
• Interpreting mechanical design requirements and customer specifications to ensure that all requirements are realized in the design of the packaging system
• Specification, purchase, installation and commissioning of packaging equipment
• On-site construction project coordination and management
• Machine and process design
• Preparation of machine testing requirements and procedures
• Preparation of equipment specification, purchase documentation as well as equipment / facility layout
• Surveying existing conditions
• Creating packaging flow diagrams
• Creating material balance
• Creating packaging matrix
• Creating equipment lists
• Assisting with equipment bid packages
• Understanding size and placement of control/electrical panels
• Creating design basis documents and scopes of work
• Producing basis of design documentation
• Preparation and advisement in manufacturing and packaging design principles including conveyance, wrapping, bagging, cartoning, filling, bottling, case packing and palletizing
• Assisting in process simulation
• Providing construction site support
• Observing rough-in construction compliance and plans, specs, and details (install support team member)
• Assisting in sanitary design and warehouse design and layout
• Developing AutoCAD equipment layouts
• 0-3 years of work experience or schooling in preparation of machine testing requirements and procedures
• 0-3 years of work experience or schooling in manufacturing and packaging design principles including conveyance, wrapping, bagging, cartoning, filling, bottling, case packing and palletizing
• 0-3 years of work experience or schooling in machine and process design
• Researching packaging engineering best practices
• Supporting talent growth within our organization

Skills

MS Office

MS Project

Communication skills

Problem solving

Time management

Team oriented

Education

Bachelor's degree in mechanical, packaging, industrial, or manufacturing engineering

Tools

AutoCAD

MS Office

Job description

Dennis Group is seeking a Packaging Engineer to join our on-site team in Springfield, MA. You will scope, design, install, and commission packaging lines for our food and beverage facilities, coordinating with process, controls, and building system engineers.

Responsibilities include developing design concepts and specifications, selecting equipment, coordinating on-site construction, performing material balances and packaging flow diagrams, and ensuring compliance with project plans while