Packaging Engineer

Career Area:

Supply Chain and Logistics

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At Caterpillar, we work to help our customers build a better world. Without our team of talented, bright and driven individuals, we wouldn’t be the Caterpillar we are today. Now, this is your chance to join our team and do work that matters. We want you to help us enable customer success, make progress possible around the world and help our communities grow and thrive.

We are looking for a dynamic, organized self-starter to join our Product Support and Logistics Division as a Packaging Engineer in Lebanon, IN.

Our Product Support and Logistics Division (PSLD) is one of the most innovative divisions within Caterpillar. In PSLD, as within all of Caterpillar, our priority is our customers and helping them build a better world. PSLD is responsible for the worldwide distribution of Cat aftermarket parts, integrated logistics, and global service to develop and support our global dealer network and customers.

We’re committed to our customers, who build a better world with our products, services and solutions. We understand and show the value of why they should always choose us. We’re exploring new ideas and opportunities – innovating to discover the breakthroughs necessary for tomorrow’s growth.

• The Packaging Engineer designs and develops returnable and expendable packaging for individual piece parts and bulk shipping to ensure the timely and efficient receipt and delivery of material. The role will also design packaging solutions for internal logistics processes to ensure part preservation is maintained at an optimum cost. Proper packaging design includes part containment, protection, and optimization of transportation and other supply chain functions.
  
  Process partner collaboration is required for this role to ensure packaging solutions provide quantifiable results to process owners and stakeholders. Opportunities for outbound packaging support in future years is also present.

• Location: Lebanon IN and will commute to Lafeyette IN as needed
• U.S Work Authorization Sponsorship Offered: None
• Relocation Assistance Offered: None
• This role is 1st shift
• This role is 100% on-site with no opportunity for hybrid or remote schedules
• This role may require up to 10% domestic travel

• Establish packaging and processing specifications at the part number level for new product/sourcing introductions, cost savings, or other supply chain improvement
• Communicate with existing facilities on packaging issues related to receiving, warehousing, and/or line side delivery
• Perform cost analysis on current packaging processes and recommend changes where appropriate
• Lead Green Belt projects
• Perform activities to ensure parts are protected, shipped, and delivered to the customer in a usable fashion. Including:
• Develop packaging solutions to protect finished painted components
• Design for transport efficiency
• Perform containerization analysis, testing, and quoting
• Validate new packaging and containers during pilot phase
• Coordinate with operations for storage and ergonomic consideration
• Develop kitting packaging
• Validate returnable quantities through simulations
• Resolve safety and / or quality issues caused by current packaging
• Resolve issues reported by customers and process partners
• Develop, communicate and maintain supplier packaging requirements
• Audit conformance to packaging specification
• Joint Process Improvement with packaging vendors and purchasing
• Create packaging concepts using 3D modeling software (i.e. Pro-E)
• Customers include logistics, operations, facility engineering, quality, purchasing, and other supply chain functional areas. External contacts include global packaging vendors and product suppliers.