Senior Engineer - Packaging

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Date: Mar 17, 2025

Location: Navi Mumbai, MH, IN

Company: Bajaj Electricals

JOB ROLE

Senior Engineer- Packaging 

LOCATION

ABSQ Navi Mumbai

BU/ DIVISION

Research and Development Department

JOB PURPOSE

To lead packaging development for NPDs, addressing quality and cost improvement opportunities, and providing guidance on validation and supplier development.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Lead the development of packaging for NPDs, ensuring quality improvements and value engineering projects are delivered on time.
  • Design and develop robust packaging to address critical consumer quality issues within the distribution network.
  • Provide technical guidance for packaging validation, supplier development, and the testing of alternative packaging materials.
  • Benchmark packaging trends and best practices, implementing these in packaging designs to maintain a competitive edge.
  • Lead documenting SOPs, packaging specifications, and test protocols to ensure compliance.

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

  • Post Graduate Diploma in Packaging
  • Desirable: BE with Post Graduate Diploma in Packaging

Work Experience

  • 5-10 years of experience in packaging material design or related fields
  • Proven expertise in Packaging material design & sustainable packaging
  • Experience with DFSS methodologies and problem-solving tools is desirable

CERTIFICATIONS

Packaging Engineering certification

Printing certification

PREFERRED/ ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT

  • Proficiency in RCA and problem-solving tools and techniques, statistical tools and techniques
  • DFSS Green belt is desirable.

INTERNAL / EXTERNAL INTERFACE

  • Internal – Engineering Design team, PRC, DQC, Product Development team, Tooling Teams, Advanced Development teams, Commercials
  • External – Marketing, SCM, Plants, distributor, retailer, End consumer

FUNCTIONAL COMPETENCIES

Technical skills:

  • Packaging material knowledge for plastics, EPS, EPE, paper and paperboard includes duplex and kraft with thorough understanding of conversion process impacting overall packaging material design
  • Good understanding of storage and handling guidelines and its challenges for safe transportation with periodic benchmarking efforts
  • Good knowledge on the new technology and sustainable packaging materials for driving focused innovation
  • Mathematical model-based packaging design

Process skills :

  • Proficiency in structured problem solving & decision-making tools such as six sigma & 8D tools, RCA tools for design & field failure investigation
  • Strong understanding of IP process

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