Packaging Engineer jobs in Louisiana
Packaging Engineer designs product packaging to ensure product integrity and appeal under varying shipping and display conditions. Tests, analyzes, and selects materials for packaging based on durability and cost effectiveness. Being a Packaging Engineer helps ensure packaging complies with all regulations. May require a bachelor's degree. Additionally, Packaging Engineer typically reports to a supervisor or manager. The Packaging Engineer works on projects/matters of limited complexity in a support role. Work is closely managed. To be a Packaging Engineer typically requires 0-2 years of related experience. (Copyright 2024 Salary.com)
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Packaging Engineer
- Dow
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Plaquemine, LA
FULL_TIME
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At Dow, we believe in putting people first and we’re passionate about delivering integrity, respect and safety to our customers, our employees and the planet.
Our people are at the heart of our solutions. They reflect the communities we live in and the world where we do business. Their diversity is our strength. We’re a community of relentless problem solvers that offers the daily opportunity to contribute with your perspective, transform industries and shape the future. Our purpose is simple - to deliver a sustainable future for the world through science and collaboration. If you’re looking for a challenge and meaningful role, you’re in the right place.
Dow has an exciting opportunity for a Packaging Engineer, located in Plaquemine, LA.
About You And This Role
The Packaging Engineer provides packaging specific technical support throughout the entire value chain. Ensures packaging designs are optimized and considerations are given to material, equipment and supplier selection; impact on manufacturing operations and logistics productivity; functional and regulatory requirements; functional and business strategies; cost rationalization; and customer expectations that result in creating a competitive advantage for packaged products. Entry level to a professional career progression. Receives instruction, guidance and direction from more senior level roles. Requires conceptual knowledge of theories, practices, and procedures within job discipline. Performs routine assignments and solves standard problems using existing procedures. Applies general knowledge of business developed through education or past experience. Analyzes information and standard practices to make judgments.
Responsibilities- Manages packaging support and project requests per assigned business aligned, commodity and specialization areas.
- Develops and maintains packaging expertise across diverse packaging types, materials, processes, equipment and technology.
- Understands and applies new technology to ensure that Dow packaging and delivery systems technology is “best in class”.
- Provides knowledge/experience/leadership to solve packaging related issues.
- Provides project documentation and communication for all packaging support and project requests, including quality issues and QN management.
- Develops optimized package designs for new product launches and packaging improvements that ensure user safety, product protection, environmental impact, and optimized cost that can be integrated into production and packaging facilities.
- Works in partnership with Package Purchasing, Operations, Site Logistics, EH&S, and Transportation Safety & Security to ensure Supply Chain and Dow’s goals are met.
Experience- A minimum of a bachelor’s degree in Engineering or relevant military experience at or above a U.S. E6 ranking or Canadian Petty Officer 2nd Class or Sergeant.
- A minimum requirement for this U.S. based position is the ability to work legally in the United States. No visa sponsorship/support is available for this position, including for any type of U.S. permanent residency (green card) process.
- Experience in a manufacturing or supply chain environment
Benefits – What Dow Offers You
We invest in you.
Dow invests in total rewards programs to help you manage all aspects of you: your pay, your health, your life, your future, and your career. You bring your background, talent and perspective to work every day. Dow rewards that commitment by investing in your total wellbeing.
Here are just a few highlights of what you would be offered as a Dow employee:- Equitable and market-competitive base pay and bonus opportunity across our global markets, along with locally relevant incentives.
- Benefits and programs to support your physical, mental and emotional well-being, to help you get the care you need...when you need it.
- Competitive retirement program that may include company-provided benefits, savings opportunities, financial planning and educational resources to help you achieve your long term financial-goals.
- Become a Dow shareholder through various employee stock programs.
- Opportunities to learn and grow through training and mentoring, work experiences, community involvement and team building.
- Workplace culture empowering role-based flexibility to maximize personal productivity and balance personal needs.
- Global Paid Time Off (PTO) policies:
- Paid time off for new parents (birthing and non-birthing, including adoptive and foster parents).
- Paid time off to care for family members who are sick or injured.
- Paid time off to support volunteering and Employee Resource Group’s (ERG) participation.
About Dow
Dow (NYSE: DOW) is one of the world’s leading materials science companies, serving customers in high-growth markets such as packaging, infrastructure, mobility and consumer applications. Our global breadth, asset integration and scale, focused innovation, leading business positions and commitment to sustainability enable us to achieve profitable growth and help deliver a sustainable future. We operate manufacturing sites in 31 countries and employ approximately 35,900 people. Dow delivered sales of approximately $45 billion in 2023. References to Dow or the Company mean Dow Inc. and its subsidiaries. Learn more about us and our ambition to be the most innovative, customer-centric, inclusive and sustainable materials science company in the world by visiting www.dow.com.
As part of our dedication to the diversity of our workforce, Dow is committed to equal opportunities in employment. We encourage every employee to bring their whole self to work each day to not only deliver more value, but also have a more fulfilling career. Further information regarding Dow's equal opportunities is available on www.dow.com.
Dow is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and is committed to providing opportunities without regard for race, color, religion, sex, including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity, national origin, age, disability and genetic information, including family medical history. We are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you may call us at 1-833-My Dow HR (833-693-6947) and select option 8. - 10 Days Ago
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- Packaging Corporation of America
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Deridder, LA
FULL_TIME
- ENGINEER-PROCESS-ELECTRICAL DeRidder, LA 70634, USA Req #9367 Monday, January 15, 2024 As a Fortune 500 company, Packaging Corporation of America (PCA) is an ideas and solutions company. Our corrugate...
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- Packaging Corporation of America
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Deridder, LA
FULL_TIME
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Packaging Specialist
- Graham Packaging Company
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Jefferson, LA
FULL_TIME
- Company StatementGraham Packaging is a people, planet and values-based company and a leader in sustainable packaging manufacturing. From the kitchen to the laundry room, Graham Packaging is part of yo...
- 29 Days Ago
Director of Packaging Equipment & Service
- Mac Papers and Packaging
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Orleans, LA
FULL_TIME
- The Director of Packaging Equipment & Service would have an excellent understanding of the Packaging Equipment industry including all types of Manufacturers, their Equipment currently in the market an...
- 20 Days Ago
Packaging
- American Sugar Refining
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Arabi, LA
FULL_TIME
- ASR Group is the world’s largest refiner and marketer of cane sugar, with an annual production capacity of more than 6 million tons of sugar. The company produces a full line of grocery, industrial, f...
- 20 Days Ago
Packaging Engineer jobs at Popular Companies
Principal Packaging Engineer
- Keurig Dr Pepper Inc.
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Burlington, MA
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Packaging Engineer
- Refresco
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Tampa, FL
- Make a Difference in YOUR Career! Our vision is both simple and ambitious: to put our drinks on every table. We are the ...
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Packaging Engineer
- Granite State Manufacturing
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Manchester, NH
- POSITION SUMMARY Oversee the creation, development and implementation of packaging details and processes to maintain pro...
- 6/9/2024 12:00:00 AM
Principal Packaging Engineer
- Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
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Irvine, CA
- If you are looking for a challenging and exciting career in the world of technology, then look no further. Skyworks is a...
- 6/8/2024 12:00:00 AM
Principal Packaging Engineer
- Hiring Now!
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Chicago, IL
- Principal Packaging EngineerAs part of an entrepreneurial-culture, the ideal candidate will be open to stretching within...
- 6/8/2024 12:00:00 AM
Sr. Principal Packaging Engineer
- Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
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Irvine, CA
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Associate Packaging Engineer
- WK Kellogg Co
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Battle Creek, MI
- At WK Kellogg Co, we exist to create joy and connection to inspire Gr-r-reat days. We believe that doing good is always ...
- 6/8/2024 12:00:00 AM
Principal Packaging Engineer
- Melaleuca, Inc.
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Idaho Falls, ID
- Company Profile : "Enhancing the Lives of Those We Touch by Helping People Reach Their Goals" For over 32 years, Melaleu...
- 6/7/2024 12:00:00 AM
About Louisiana
Louisiana is bordered to the west by Texas; to the north by Arkansas; to the east by Mississippi; and to the south by the Gulf of Mexico.
The state may properly be divided into two parts, the uplands of the north, and the alluvial along the coast.
The alluvial region includes low swamp lands, coastal marshlands and beaches, and barrier islands that cover about 20,000 square miles (52,000 km2). This area lies principally along the Gulf of Mexico and the Mississippi River, which traverses the state from north to south for a distance of about 600 mi (970 km)) and empties into the Gulf of Mexico; ...
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Income Estimation for Packaging Engineer jobs
$65,675 to $81,335
Most Popular Cities in Louisiana for Packaging Engineer Jobs
What does a Packaging Engineer do?
Packaging Engineer in Vincennes, IN
Having a broad understanding of all phases of a product’s supply chain and logistics enables the engineer to design a package that is reliable, efficient and appealing throughout the entire cycle.
February 17, 2020
Packaging Engineer in Boise, ID
The professional duty of someone who is a packaging engineer is that of designing, developing, and producing particular packages or containers for a broad range of different items, which can include the likes of clothing, computers, electronics, food, pharmaceuticals, household items, appliances and children’s toys.
February 19, 2020
Packaging Engineer in Altus, OK
Industrial engineers use creativity and ingenuity to design new production processes in many kinds of settings in order to reduce the use of material resources, time, or labor while accomplishing the same goal.
December 18, 2019