Packaging Engineer

Packaging Engineer

Essity is a global leader in health and hygiene headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, with a North American headquarters located in Philadelphia, PA. We are a multi-billion-dollar company with a purpose to break barriers to well-being for the benefit of consumers, patients, care givers, and customers across the globe. We do this through innovations in our Professional Hygiene, Consumer Goods, and Health & Medical business units that provide hygiene and health solutions to over a billion people every day worldwide.

Working at Essity is more than a career, it is where you will play your part in a better future, to improve well-being for people and have opportunities to drive positive change for society and the environment. As an employee at Essity, you will belong to a team where you feel valued, are safe, supported to grow and challenged to generate business results in a friendly and open atmosphere.

About the Role

Essity Health and Medical Solutions North America is currently seeking a Packaging Engineer in our manufacturing plant in Dover, DE (Playtex plant).

We're looking for people who embody our values, aren't afraid to challenge, innovate, experiment, and move at a fast pace. We're always looking for ways to improve our products and ourselves. If this is you, we'd love to talk.

What You Will Do

1. Develop, engineer, and test packaging components. Modify as necessary to meet consumer requirements, functional parameters, costing targets, manufacturing & shipping requirements.
2. Execute new packaging systems from concept through qualification working with internal teams and suppliers
3. Provide packaging options and risk mitigation strategies.
4. Provide technical input to package design process and assure package designed for manufacturing acceptability.
5. Be accountable for meeting all assigned Packaging Engineering deliverables.
6. Ensure the quality of packaging produced is consistent with EPC Quality standards.
7. Work with manager to ensure the Packaging development process is functioning efficiently by assessing current processes and identifying ways to streamline or improve.
8. Support appropriate product development and quality related projects: both internal and with external suppliers.
9. Ability to effectively communicate with cross functional groups located both internally and externally.
10. Creates and presents reports for management, and other internal groups.
11. Support investigation of consumer complaints (customer/consumer) to meet applicable standard operating procedures.
12. Demonstrates ability to problem solve and troubleshoot in an automated production environment.
13. Ability to use data and packaging engineering tools to support recommendations.
14. Ability to effectively interact with vendors, contract manufacturers, suppliers and cross functional teams.
15. Ability to write, review, revise and implement Packaging SOP's.
16. Ability to write, review, revise and approve new packaging specifications, bill of materials, and packaging assembly specs

Who You Are

• Ability to develop and execute innovative solutions for new cost savings ideas. Highly analytical and skilled in achieving operational efficiencies and committed to quality.
• Must have the ability to develop new innovative lower cost solutions and conduct feasibility analysis with goal of recommending projects to implement.
• Must be familiar with various manufacturing processes and mold types.
• Must have the ability to understand modeling & prototype development processes through to unit and production tooling and qualification stages.
• Must have the ability to evaluate designs concepts and prove out feasibility.
• Must have the ability to manage third party relationships.
• Effective verbal / written communication, interpersonal, and influencing skills.
• Ability to clearly communicate technical and non-technical information via verbal presentations and in writing.
• Must be a highly credible individual capable of rapid engagement, and of bridging relationships between R&D and other functional areas.
• Excellent negotiating and influencing skills.
• Good computer skills. Proficiency with Word, Excel, Access/databases e-mail and internet applications.
• Excellent organizational, prioritizing and follow up skills.
• Ability to handle multiple tasks / projects simultaneously.
• Ability to think and act independently and make sound decisions.
• Good problem-solving skills.

What We Can Offer You

At Essity, we believe every career is as unique as the individual and empower employees to reach their full potential in a winning culture motivated by a powerful purpose.

Compensation and Benefits:

Expected Compensation:

Competitive annual salary + annual incentive bonus + benefits.

Pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors such as knowledge, skills, and experience.

Along with competitive pay you will be eligible for the following benefits:

• United Healthcare PPO / EyeMed Vision Insurance / Delta Dental Insurance
• Wellness program provided through Rally
• Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
• 401(k) with employer match and annual employer base contribution
• Company paid Basic Life, AD&D, short-term and long-term disability insurance
• PTO offering with Paid Holidays
• Scholarship program for children of Essity employees.

The Company is committed to equal employment opportunity and providing reasonable accommodations to qualified candidates and employees pursuant to applicable law. We value and encourage diversity and solicit applications from all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, gender, sex, age, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, medical condition, military and veteran status, gender identity or expression, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.

If you require reasonable accommodation as part of the application process please contact EssityHRNorthAmerica@essity.com.

Together, we are improving lives, every day. Working at Essity is not just a career; it is a chance to directly make the world a healthier, more hygienic and safer place. With impactful innovations coupled with sustainable solutions, we strive to reach more people every year with the necessary and essential solutions for well-being.

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Job Requisition ID: Essity260489