Production Engineer jobs in Illinois

With over $2B in revenue, 80 manufacturing facilities across 6 continents and over 9,000 employees worldwide, Signode is a leading manufacturer of a broad spectrum of transit packaging consumables, tools, software, and equipment that optimize end-of-line packaging operations and protect products in transit. Signode brings this extensive product portfolio together under hundreds of trusted brands to offer complete transit packaging solutions to its customers.

We produce strap, stretch and protective packaging. We also manufacture packaging tools and equipment used to apply the bulk packaging materials. These commercial packaging products are used to pack, bundle, unitize, protect and secure goods during warehousing and transit. Our company is a  materials, processes and automation technology that have revolutionized the sector.

Headquartered in Tampa, Florida, we are proud to be the Transit Packaging Division of Crown Holdings, Inc. We are excited to go to market as Signode and to share the portfolio of products, services and capabilities that make us the world’s premier end-of-line packaging company.

Benefits:

Signode offers a comprehensive benefits package to full-time employees, which includes health, dental, vision, 401k, paid time off, life insurance, wellness perks, and more. Benefits begin the month following the hire date.

Salary: 

$74,250-$92,000

Summary

The Product Engineer role is responsible for load design of dunnage and related securement items that protect products during shipment. This involves product design with respect to capabilities of multiple Signode manufacturing facilities across North America. The role will support multiple product families across a variety of processes and market applications. Focus will be on industrial product/application design, product performance to specification, new product development from a production perspective, and industry certification and acceptance. This position will support growth and profit objectives through the successful completion of key projects that deliver improved productivity and a positive impact on operating costs.

Essential Functions

• Support Operations Leadership on both general business and plant specific projects. Including but not limited to product production design, process engineering, efficiency, safety, and equipment specification.
• Application and quality troubleshooting – Identify product processing and usage issues and develop corrective actions to assure resolution; internally and externally. Work with all stakeholders to assure solutions are successfully implemented.
• Manage product design support to assure manufactured and resale products continually adhere to market and application specification requirements.
• Participate in, and sometimes lead projects and cross-functional teams supporting company initiatives.
• Network and partner effectively with local plant teams and other internal personnel/resources to promote an organizational culture that supports the achievement of business objectives.
• Provide periodic customer field engineering support to assist with product design, runnability, testing, and specifications. As example: assist customers in designing load securement layouts for their products shipped within railcars, containers and OTR trailers to minimize/negate damage. Securement systems often use multiple Signode products working in concert.
• Assist customers in complying with shipping requirements as set forth by governing transit bodies.
• Product, application and usage troubleshooting. The design of systems to aid customers in protecting products during shipment and lowering damage costs.
• Oversee and operate CAD design support for customer load securement needs.
• Support New Product Development from a plant production, operational capability and needs perspective. Participating in development teams for new products and product variations from conceptualization through and after commercialization.
• Acting as a product champion working with sales during the introduction process.
• Consult with other Signode departments on appropriate projects.
• Support plant, product and application training.
• Assist with capital requisition and development for relevant businesses.
• Assist with product cost analysis.
• Self-motivator with ability to work independently.

Position Qualifications

Education: Bachelor’s degree in a field related to Industrial Packaging, Industrial Engineering and/or Manufacturing Engineering.

Experience: 1-3 years of experience. Prefer exposure to packaging engineering of paper-based products in a working environment. Will consider a recent graduate with strong aptitude and interest.at both product and plant manufacturing levels. Must have strong background in Microsoft Office applications, CAD design and SolidWorks.

Functional Success Drivers: These competencies are what we require for an individual to be successful in this role.

• Energy
• Passion
• Problem Solving
• Detail Oriented
• Results Oriented
• Communication
• Team Player

Reasonable Accommodation Statement

To perform this job successfully, the individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.  Reasonable Accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities.

The Company has reviewed this job description to ensure that essential functions and basic duties have been included. It is intended to provide guidelines for job expectations and the employee's ability to perform the position described. It is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all functions, responsibilities, skills and abilities. Additional functions and requirements may be assigned by supervisors as deemed appropriate. This document does not represent a contract of employment, and the Company reserves the right to change this job description and/or assign tasks for the employee to perform, as the Company may deem appropriate.

Signode Industrial Group, LLC is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.