Packaging Test Technician

For more than 50 years, Smithers Distribution Testing in Lansing, MI has provided package and distribution testing solutions to help reduce shipment damage, troubleshoot packaging and supply chain issues, identify cost reduction opportunities, meet sustainability requirements and more.

Join our team with this FULL TIME position with BENEFITS ( 401k retirement plan, medical, FSA plans, vision, dental, disability, life, legal, PTO vacation, sick time, holiday pay, bereavement leave and more)!

Location:

Lansing, MI 48917, USA

Complete distribution testing projects for packaging in multiple industries by operating test equipment (vibration tables, impact machines, etc.) and driving a forklift to move materials.

• Utilize test equipment to complete projects accurately.
• Perform facility or equipment maintenance, repairs, restoration, and organization, as needed and required.
• Capture and manage project and lab data activities using database.
• Safely operate forklifts.
• Leverage good documentation practices as required.
• Other duties, as assigned.

• Ability to learn, or experience with hands on laboratory testing.
• Ability to learn, or experience with a forklift.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Teams, Excel, Outlook).
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Mathematical aptitude to solve basic problems by leveraging practical and scientific logic.

• High school diploma or general education degree (G.E.D.) is preferred.
• Forklift experience is preferred.

High School or better.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
This employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws. For further information, please review the Know Your Rights notice from the Department of Labor.