Packaging Systems Design Engineer III

Dennis Group; Springfield (MA); On-site; USD 115,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life & disability insurance

Paid time off with open vacation

Bonus

Profit-sharing

Retirement plans

Job summary

Dennis Group is seeking a Packaging Engineer to scope, layout, install, and commission packaging lines for food and beverage clients. You’ll define project requirements, estimate costs, create flow diagrams, and support on-site start-up and commissioning.

You will lead design efforts, develop specifications, and manage installation, with frequent collaboration across process, controls, and building systems engineers in a design-build environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, packaging, industrial, or manufacturing engineering.
• 8-11 years of work experience in related field.
• Must have multiple large project experience in project definition, equipment design/layout, process design, equipment design, machine testing procedures, installation and commissioning of equipment.
• Experience working for food and beverage manufacturing or food and beverage design firms is required.
• Proficiency with MS Office, MS Project, and 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 between 50%-70% of the year

Responsibilities

• Design basis of design and scope of work documents.
• Develop design concepts and functional specs for packaging lines.
• Create packaging flow diagrams, material balance, equipment specifications; provide on-site support.
• Lead packaging system design including conveyance, wrapping, bagging, cartoning, filling, bottling, packing, and palletizing.
• Manage installation, commissioning, and vendor coordination; lead client meetings and factory acceptance testing.

Skills

Communication skills

Team orientation

Problem solving

Time management

Intellectual curiosity

Education

Bachelor's degree in mechanical packaging industrial or manufacturing engineering

Tools

AutoCAD

MS Project

MS Office

Job description

• Pay or shift range: $115,000 USD to $135,000 USD
  The estimated range is the budgeted amount for this position. Final offers are based on various factors, including skill set, experience, location, qualifications and other job-related reasons.
• Full-Time
• Requisition #: SENIO001561

Description

Job Summary

Packaging Engineers work closely with our process, controls, and building system engineers to scope, layout, install, and commission packaging equipment lines for our food and beverage industry clients. Dennis Group is a design build engineering firm and general contractor that designs and builds food and beverage processing facilities. As such, our packaging engineers are involved with defining packaging equipment project requirements, estimating packaging equipment costs, creating packaging flow diagrams, providing onsite construction support, and start-up and commissioning the packaging equipment. As a Packaging Engineer, your responsibilities will include, but not be limited to:

Responsibilities

• Design:
  • Create basis of design and scope of work documents
  • Develop design concepts
  • Develop functional specifications for packaging lines
  • Work with sanitary design concepts for liquid, powder, and shaped products
  • Create AutoCAD equipment layouts
  • Interpret mechanical design requirements and customer specifications
  • Review and approve vendor shop drawings and discipline coordination drawings
• Be a subject matter expert in at least one packaging area
• Create packaging flow diagrams, material balance, packaging matrix, equipment specifications, OEE documents, speed matrix and V- Curve
• Create and follow up with equipment bid packages
• Develop and maintain delivery and installation schedule
• Understand size and placement of support equipment
• Provide expertise in manufacturing and packaging design principles
• Design systems including conveyance, wrapping, bagging, cartoning, filling, bottling, case packing and palletizing
• Assist in process simulation
• Develop project specific procurement documents for packaging equipment
• Assist with machine and process design
• Preparation of machine testing requirements and procedures
• Survey existing conditions
• On-site construction project coordination
• Manage installation and commissioning of packaging equipment
• Manage equipment vendors and installation crews
• Lead and/or participate in presentations at client meetings
• Lead factory acceptance testing at vendors shop
• Lead a team including coaching and mentoring of employees
• Be the client contact and lead engineer on multiple projects
• Must have led a project team that installed a packaging system with components including conveyance, wrapping, bagging, cartoning, filling, bottling, case packing or palletizing
• Departmental growth:
• Continual research ofpackaging engineering best practices

Required Education Skills and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, packaging, industrial, or manufacturing engineering
• 8-11 years of work experience in related field
• Must have multiple large project experience in project definition, equipment design/layout, process design, equipment design, machine testing procedures, installation and commissioning of equipment
• Experience working for food and beverage manufacturing or food and beverage design firms is required.
• Proficiency with MS Office, MS Project, and 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 between 50%-70% of the year

Physical Requirements

• Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
• Must be able to lift-up to 15 pounds at times.

Travel Requirement

• 50%-70% travel required throughout the year to visit project site and other offices.

About Us

We plan, design, engineer, and build food plants for major brands across the country and the world. For the past three decades, we’ve focused exclusively on the food and beverage industry, helping your favorite brands put your favorite foods in the grocery store. Simply put, food isn’t one thing we do, it’s all we do.

Dennis Group offers competitive compensation packages commensurate with experience. We provide comprehensive employee benefits including medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance, paid time off including an open vacation policy, as well as bonus, profit-sharing, and retirement plans.

Dennis Group is proud to provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or genetics.

Travel Required

Yes . 50%-70% travel required throughout the year

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