Packaging Engineer

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Yoh Engineering has an opening for a Packaging Engineer in Carson, CA.

Description:
Identifies and investigates opportunities to improve cost or quality through improved packaging material specifications or conformance, and recommends changes. Works with Sales/Marketing on new design and modifications of VMS and OTC packaging. Works with packaging operations, vendors, Purchasing, and QA/QC to resolve irregularities and improve packaging materials’ performance.

Responsibilities:
•Seeks/evaluates opportunities to improve packaging line performance.
•Recommends changes to equipment, materials, components, set-up procedures, etc. to optimize and reduce packaging costs.
•Optimizes packaging components, specifications, and part numbers.
• Evaluates and develops new packaging systems and modifications to support customer requirements.
•Provides new and innovative designs and concepts as required.
•Identifies and investigates opportunities to increase profit margin and quality, or reduce environmental impact through improved material specifications or conformance. This will be accomplished by conducting studies, analyzing products, and coordinating internal or outside technical resources.
•Quarterly review and monitor cost savings of related projects.
•Evaluates technical investigations of complaint reports, component defects, and quality issues. This will include packaging, component, and vendor issues.
•Provides thorough evaluation of major equipment purchases and process design reviews.
•Monitors journals, processes, and packaging designs in order to provide technical information to all relevant departments in the company.
REQUIREMENTS
Qualifications:
•B.S. in Packaging Science, Material Science, or related engineering degree with equivalent packaging experience.
•5 years packaging experience in consumer products industries.
•Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
•Ability to logically design and execute analysis, resolve complex business issues.
•Ability to identify, rigorously analyze, and solve operating/packaging issues.
•Ability to convert both qualitative and quantitative information into action plans, and see solution to resolution/completion.
•Excellent oral and written communication skills.
•Excellent Value Engineering skills.
•Proficiency in MS Office, MS Project, AutoCAD, TOPS and CAPE.
•Bilingual English/Spanish is highly desirable.
•Certification or License (Example: CPA, none)
•Professional packaging certification or designation (i.e. IoPP certification).
•Certified Reliability Engineer (CRE), Professional Engineer (PE), Registered Pharmacy License, etc.

Yoh delivers talent and outsourcing solutions to customers in the United States. As one of the largest staffing services firms in the United States – with more than 415 million USD in total sales – Yoh operates from more than 80 locations and provides long- and short-term temporary and direct placement of technology and professional personnel, as well as managed staffing services, for the information technology, scientific, engineering, health care, telecommunications and industrial communities. Yoh is part of Yoh Services LLC, a Day & Zimmermann Company.

Yoh is an Equal Opportunity Employer. M/F/H/V.

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