Packaging Engineer

Overview

Pierce, An Oshkosh Company, is a manufacturer with a long history of building trucks to protect people and communities around the world. The organization emphasizes innovation, customization, and service, with trucks designed to perform under the toughest conditions. To support growth at the Pierce Florida facility, a NEW Packaging Engineer position has been created.

We’re searching for a Packaging Engineer who thrives in a dynamic manufacturing environment and wants to influence material flow. The Packaging Engineer will support and lead packaging projects to ensure effective delivery of products to internal customers while optimizing our internal and external supply chain. This role will progress our material flow strategy by enforcing our packaging standards and achieving cost reductions, product preservation, and team member safety through improved packaging.

These duties are not meant to be all-inclusive, and other duties may be assigned.

• Work with the operations team to develop packaging solutions for material presentation to manufacturing work centers, interplant material flow, and warehousing.
• Collaborate with suppliers to develop optimal packaging solutions while meeting safety, quality, ergonomic, cost, and material flow requirements.
• Analyze and implement alternative packaging methods and stay current on industry standards and best practices.
• Pull engineering drawings for raw materials and record part dimensional data needed to select containers.
• Review and approve material flow and packaging change requests.
• Research and support the implementation of new material handling solutions and other material flow changes affecting how parts are packaged.
• Source new packaging suppliers and lead the setup of new suppliers in the supplier database; manage relationships with packaging suppliers.
• Address day-to-day tactical issues with suppliers and internal/external users of returnable packaging.
• Request quotes from packaging suppliers for materials in support of internal and external packaging and shipping processes and estimate current packaging costs of purchased parts.
• Develop relationships with internal customers and suppliers to enhance understanding of the packaging strategy and tools/processes used to drive optimal packaging solutions.
• Collaborate with the PFEP (Plan for Every Part) team to implement reusable containers internally and externally in support of the PFEP strategy.

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/Engineering Technology, Packaging Engineering, or a related Engineering degree.
• Three (3) or more years of relevant experience.

• Relevant industry-related certifications.
• Packaging engineering experience within the manufacturing industry.
• Experience with High-Mix/Low-Volume manufacturing.
• Experience with CAD or 3D modeling software such as CATIA or CREO.
• Ability to perform measurement and metrology-based reverse engineering to design packaging solutions when CAD models, drawings, or complete product data are unavailable.
• Experience capturing and interpreting physical product geometry and tolerances to ensure proper fit, protection, and space optimization in packaging designs.
• Demonstrated skill using measurement tools and techniques (e.g., calipers, CMM, 3D scanning, physical mockups) to inform packaging design decisions and reduce development risk.
• Proven capability to translate physical measurements into manufacturable packaging designs, minimizing rework, material waste, and product damage.
• Strong time-management and prioritization skills, able to multi-task and meet deadlines.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment where requirements are constantly changing.

The following represents general working conditions for this role. Specific conditions may vary depending on business needs and individual circumstances.

• This position is based in a manufacturing or production environment and may involve exposure to loud noise, dust, moving machinery, or temperature fluctuations.
• The role may require standing for extended periods, repetitive motions, lifting items up to 50 pounds, bending, kneeling, climbing, or using tools…