Packaging Systems Engineer — Food & Beverage, 50–70% Travel

IFAB Engineering Partners LP; 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

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.