Packaging Engineer

What Makes a Honda, is Who makes a Honda
Honda has a clear vision for the future, and it’s a joyful one.  We are looking for individuals with the skills, courage, persistence, and dreams that will help us reach our future-focused goals. At our core is innovation. Honda is constantly innovating and developing solutions to drive our business with record success.  We strive to be a company that serves as a source of “power” that supports people around the world who are trying to do things based on their own initiative and that helps people expand their own potential. To this end, Honda strives to realize “the joy and freedom of mobility” by developing new technologies and an innovative approach to achieve a “zero environmental footprint.”

We are looking for qualified individuals with diverse backgrounds, experiences, continuous improvement values, and a strong work ethic to join our team.

If your goals and values align with Honda’s, we want you to join our team to Bring the Future!

Job Purpose

Honda Development & Manufacturing of America (HDMA) Regional Packaging Operations is responsible for the development and management of returnable packaging for all North America Facilities. This position leads medium complexity work scope for New Model packaging development. Facilitates and works with a large number of different stakeholders to gain feedback and buy in to ensure packaging is developed and implemented successfully and on-time. Will require minor support from peers and mentors to develop and complete tasks consistently

In the Packaging Developer role, you are responsible for developing custom packaging to secure shipping of automotive parts between suppliers and Honda plants while taking into account a wide degree of supply chain characteristics, part quality, handling objectives and constraints.

Responsible to evaluate, test and implement packaging designs, validate change points, determining effectiveness to minimize critical impact or risk. Packaging design outputs contribute to overall multimillion dollar packaging development budget targets.

Key Accountabilities

• Execute project management and strategies to develop new packaging based on conditional change points. Engineer a reduction complexity to meet cost reduction targets.
• Gain commitment from stakeholders on all guidelines and requirements for packaging.
• Use 3D software to make strategic decisions evaluating change points to build pack plans.
• Use the technical experience to sell ideas and secure buy-in for optimal pack design.
• Lead in communication for feedback from stakeholders on operating needs for packaging.
• Change point design management and documentation.
• Complete development forms and documentation.
• Task Leader for various activities that support overall project and operational requirements.
• Manage stakeholders to secure buy in on packaging development plan.
• Trouble shoot and correct design related packaging issues that impact mass production.

Qualifications, Experience, and Skills

• Bachelor’s in engineering Field or 6 years relevant engineering experience for Non-Engineering Degree. 
• 0-6 years relevant engineering experience.
• Previous experience working in the automotive and/or manufacturing industry.

Decisions Expected

• Planning and managing medium complexity projects needed to be successful.
• Evaluate multiple conflicting requirements from various stakeholders to establish a one solution path forward.
• Understand project schedule to maintain situation awareness to establish expectations to all stakeholders to drive outputs required to keep projects on schedule.

Working Conditions

• Office environment.
• Periods of local and regional travel (about 25%).
• Average 5 hours overtime a week.

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What differentiates Honda and make us an employer of choice?

Total Rewards:

• Competitive Base Salary (pay will be based on several variables that include, but not limited to geographic location, work experience, etc.)
• Paid Overtime
• Regional Bonus (when applicable)
• Industry-leading Benefit Plans (Medical, Dental, Vision, Rx) 
• Paid time off, including vacation, holidays, shutdown
• Company Paid Short-Term and Long-Term Disability 
• 401K Plan with company match + additional contribution
• Relocation assistance (if eligible)

Career Growth:

• Advancement Opportunities
• Career Mobility  
• Education Reimbursement for Continued Learning
• Training and Development programs 

Additional Offerings:

• Tuition Assistance & Student Loan Repayment
• Lifestyle Account
• Childcare Reimbursement Account
• Elder Care Support
• Wellbeing Program
• Community Service and Engagement Programs
• Product Programs
• Free Drinks Onsite

Honda is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected factor.