From a small family business to a multi-billion-dollar global company, Sonoco has been changing the face of products and packaging since 1899 - all while keeping the heart of "People Build Businesses" alive.

Our talented people are at the core of our growth, constantly reinventing the Sonoco wheel with brilliant solutions every year. Today we are a world leader in global packaging solutions with diversified operations in over 34 countries. We're extremely proud of our portfolio of brands, our achievements in sustainability and industrialization and the groundbreaking work accomplished by our people.

This position reports directly to the Engineering Services Team Lead. The following job description outlines the essential functions of designing and maintaining engineering specifications for insulated shippers and associated components as well as their bills of materials. The following lists are not exhaustive, and the engineer is expected to assume any and all duties assigned by management irrespective of whether such duties are specifically included in the following.

What you'll be doing:

• Effective in a variety of formal and informal presentation settings: one-on-one, small and large groups, with peers, direct reports and supervisors, inside and outside the organizations
• Spends time on what's important; zero in on critical items; eliminates roadblocks; creates focus. Uses time effectively and efficiently; can attend to a broader range of activities.
• Picks up on technical things quickly; can learn new skills and knowledge
• Comes up with a lot of new, unique ideas and is good at bringing the creative ideas of others to market. Has good judgment of what will work.
• Can negotiate skillfully in tough situations with both internal and external groups; can win concessions without damaging relationships; can be direct and forceful as well as diplomatic, gains trust of other parties.
• Work closely with internal partners to design and develop packaging solutions to meet customer requirements
• Create prototypes and CAD drawings of new package designs utilizing SolidWorks and/or ArtiosCAD
• Assists manufacturing with assembly questions
• Creates prototype drawing specifications using SolidWorks and/or ArtiosCAD for customer approval, external testing, and tooling requirements
• Records all sample and production drawings and keeps them up to date
• Work with other departments to communicate about customer needs, product ideas, etc.
• Produce associated drawings and instructions, maintain bills of materials in Agile PLM
• Perform engineering duties that require exercise of judgment and application of standard engineering principles and practices.
• Work from instructions, drawings, proposals, specifications, and other important information
• Prepare specifications and documents in accordance with requirements
• Establish formats and instructions
• Maintain up-to-date working knowledge of industry and trade trends/developments
• Produces production and engineering change request specifications
• Other related duties as assigned.

This position can be located in our Arlington Heights., IL plant or our Montgomeryville, PA plant.

We'd love to hear from you if:

• BS or AS degree in a technical, business or a related field or equivalent experience or 4 to 6 years of related experience preferably in a manufacturing environment, required.
• General packaging experience preferred
• Good organization and attention to detail skills, required.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, required
• Excellent teamwork skills
• Excellent computer skills (Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)
• Proficiency in SolidWorks or similar 3D CAD program, required
• Familiarity with Agile PLM and MCAD, preferred
• Excellent presentation skills, self-confidence, maturity, as well as the ability to work alone
• Ability to work in a heavily deadline-oriented environment. Ability to work individually and as part of a team. Ability to identify, research, coordinate, and resolve issues.
• Organized, detail-oriented, and possess the ability to multi-task and a team player with a positive attitude and a focus on business issues.
• Highly effective communication skills; ability to prepare oral and written reports.
• Strong interpersonal, analytical, organizational, and communications skills and the ability to work effectively with a wide range of constituencies in a diverse community.

Compensation:

The annual base salary range for this role is from $60,675 to $72,810.

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