Allegion jobs - Packaging Engineer

Creating Peace of Mind by Pioneering Safety and Security
At Allegion, we help keep the people you know and love safe and secure where they live, work and visit. With more than 30 brands, 11,000+ employees globally and products sold in 130 countries, we specialize in security around the doorway and beyond.

Duties And Responsibilities

• Develops, implements, and monitors package designs for new and existing products. This includes conducting development/qualification tests and pilots.
• Establishes and implements standardized specifications and test procedures to optimize package performance, quality, and operational efficiencies.
• Oversees the prototyping and testing of new designs, including the interpretation of test results.
• Leads technical projects ranging from individual research to management of complex projects and cross-functional teams.
• Develops and implements design standards for projects.
• Collaborates with internal and external partners to research, identify, and qualify new/alternative components, materials and designs to optimize quality, performance, or manufacturability.
• Communicates with stakeholders to ensure successful new product implementations and launches.
• Provides technical and professional leadership throughout the organization in support of project, department, and company goals.
• Uses data driven decision processes to draw conclusions from test results and provides guidance to drive for a results-oriented approach.
• Runs Engineering Change Requests in support of new package development, sustaining, and VA/VE projects.
• Creates drawings and specifications for packaging components ranging from die cut corrugate to injection molded plastics.
• Prepares cost estimates involved in changing current packaging to new packaging design; estimates savings expected as a result
• Reviews and revises packaging designs to meet departmental productivity goals.
  
  

Essential Skills And Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in a Technical Program (Packaging Engineering or related Engineering field)
• 2-6 years of experience in a packaging design and engineering, leading project improvements and new product development initiatives is preferred.
• ArtiosCAD experience, Illustrator, Creo, and Cape Pack in the design and development of packaging designs and specifications
• Ability to lead and coordinate projects and teams to optimize results and success.
• Demonstrated ability to work across functions and among a variety of levels within an organization, on individual and group projects
• Proven experience designing and developing packaging for Retail, Commercial, and E-commerce products
• Strong problem-solving abilities
• Must be able to manage multiple projects and meet established timelines.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Aptitude to author technical reports and specification documents.
• Reliable and self-motivated
• Must be open-minded, flexible, and able to adapt easily to changing priorities and accept new ideas quickly
• Ability to maintain confidentiality
• Experience designing die cut corrugate and paper, thermoformed plastic, molded pulp, molded foam, fabricated foam, and injection molded packaging components
• Experience designing and working with pallet specifications
• Experience with graphic design and printing technology
• Previous experience with PLM software and ECN processes

We Celebrate Who We Are!
Allegion is committed to building and maintaining a diverse and inclusive workplace. Together, we embrace all differences and similarities among colleagues, as well as the differences and similarities within the relationships that we foster with customers, suppliers and the communities where we live and work. Whatever your background, experience, race, color, national origin, religion, age, gender, gender identity, disability status, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law, we will make sure that you have every opportunity to impress us in your application and the opportunity to give your best at work, not because we’re required to, but because it’s the right thing to do. We are also committed to providing accommodations for persons with disabilities.