Packaging Engineer

Job title: Packaging Engineer

Location: Chicago, IL 60607 (HYBRID)

Pay range: $37 – 38.50/hour on W2.

Job Type: 12 Contract Role

Shift: Hybrid Work Schedule – 3 Days Onsite per week, Chicago (Randolph)

Job Description:

As a Knowledge Analyst, you will play a key part in evaluating and driving client growth and sustainability opportunities.

You will work with teams to guide the creation of our clients’ current and future portfolio as well as driving productivity and innovation across their various functions including engineering, procurement, and product management.

You will typically work in teams of 2 – 3 analysts and experts.

You may often be collocated at a client site with other consultants responsible for the diagnosis, analysis, and implementation of business initiatives tailored to help our clients improve margins and reduce costs.

Working closely with client stakeholders is key to establishing buy-in and grow client capabilities.

The ownership of individual work and ability to create impact as an individual is necessary to be successful.

Quintessential analyses include:

Reverse engineering of products

Determination of critical product or materials specifications and feature/attribute comparisons

Materials and product cost modeling for design and procurement outcomes

You will gain exposure across several industries and clients including:

Consumer packaged goods

Automotive

Retail

Consumer electronics

Light/Heavy industrial

Medical/Pharmaceutical

In addition, you will work in cooperation with our worldwide network of consultants to shape thinking in this area, continuously developing your own knowledge, as well as that of the Firm.

Skills:

You will be working with Design Labs as part of the Operations practice.

Our Operations practice assists our clients in solving complex operational challenges.

Blending strategic thinking with hands-on practicality, our teams work to develop and implement operational strategies that solve our clients’ most critical problems.

The Design Labs work closely with our clients and teams on an integrative approach to product development and procurement that considers what customers want, what competitors offer, and what it costs to manufacture and distribute the end product.

The team uses several key tools and software integrated with personal experience to deliver impact across several product development and procurement levers including product matrix optimization, complexity reduction, design for manufacturing/assembly, and commercial excellence.

2 years of packaging design and manufacturing experience preferred

Knowledge and experience with laminated film, rigids, corrugated packaging design and manufacturing (extrusion, thermoforming, etc.). Experience with paper products is considered a plus.

Proficient communicator, capable of working in multinational environments, self-motivated

Willingness/ability to travel, if needed

Ability to impact individually or as a collaborative member of a team, capable of working well with others but also autonomously with little direction

Experience in starting projects, managing multiple priorities, and work effectively in the face of ambiguity

Highly organized and detail-oriented individual

Excellent presentation skills with a focus on communicating complex ideas clearly

Creative and strategic thinker with the ability to analyze and synthesize data

Education:

A bachelor’s degree in packaging engineering, mechanical engineering, materials science or analogous technical degree required;

Strong record of academic performance; minimum GPA = 3.4

“Russell Tobin offers eligible employees comprehensive healthcare coverage (medical, dental, and vision plans), supplemental coverage (accident insurance, critical illness insurance and hospital indemnity), a 401(k)-retirement savings, life & disability insurance, an employee assistance program, identity theft protection, legal support, auto and home insurance, pet insurance, and employee discounts with some preferred vendors.”