Manufacturing Engineer, Corporate Packaging

Manufacturing Engineer, Corporate Packaging

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, a leading global supplier of automotive interior systems. Summit has over 50 years of experience delivering engineering and product excellence to customers on time and in budget.

FLSA Status: Exempt
Reports To: Technical Manager, Corporate Packaging
Summary: Provide expertise in the design and purchase of returnable and expendable packaging for production and purchased goods between customer, supplier, and sister SPI facilities.

• Provide guidelines for estimating to accurately quote packaging costs and quote packaging for major programs before submission to the customer.
• Gain a complete understanding of customer packaging requirements and work closely with customer packaging engineers to satisfy requirements in the most economical manner.
• Work with plant launch champions/manufacturing engineers to develop packaging for new programs and ensure the packaging is optimum and within quote.
• Conduct packaging program management requirements, including providing specifications and concepts to suppliers, obtaining quotes, collaborating with suppliers to design packaging samples, working with customer plants and packaging engineers to obtain customer approval, calculating fleet sizes and obtaining formal acceptance from customers, adhering to budget, negotiating pricing with vendors, generating and obtaining approval of purchase orders, and monitoring production and delivery timing of the packaging to the plants.
• Troubleshoot packaging problems as they develop throughout the corporation and work for quick and economical resolutions.
• Provide direction in support of initiatives for the reuse, recycling, and disposal of packaging materials in Summit facilities.
• Assist Purchasing in developing economical incoming packaging for purchased components that maximizes opportunities for reuse and recycling.
• Work on existing packs.
• Review for accuracy and present to management the status of various Return on Investment analysis reports provided by Corporate Finance.
• Complete other projects as directed.

College degree in Packaging or Engineering and a minimum of 3 years’ experience (automotive preferred) in the packaging area.

• Possess the ability to gather and analyze information and make decisions from a limited number of choices.
• A minimum score of 50 on the Wonderlic Select Assessment (Traditional score of 26 on the cognitive portion).

This position typically requires up to 10 % travel.

The information contained in this job description is not intended to be an all‑inclusive list of the duties and responsibilities of the job, nor are they intended to be an all‑inclusive list of the skills and abilities required to do the job. Management may, at its discretion, assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time. Agreement to complete all post‑hire required training.