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Your Opportunity: Taylor Corporation is seeking a Kit Packaging Engineer. The Kit Packaging Engineer is responsible for designing efficient, safe, and cost-effective packaging solutions for kit-based products while developing accurate labor and build-time estimates. This role combines engineering principles, process optimization, and data-driven estimating to ensure kits are assembled efficiently, meet quality standards, and arrive safely to customers.
Work Authorization:
To be considered for the Taylor opportunities, candidates mustbe authorized towork in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship.
Your Responsibilities:
Designs packaging and/or displays to ensure integrity and appeal under varying shipping and display conditions.
Develop packaging configurations based on product size, fragility, weight, and shipping requirements.
Tests, analyzes, and selects materials for packaging based on durability and cost effectiveness.
Identify opportunities for process improvements in packaging operations, leading initiatives to enhance efficiency and reduce waste.
Create packaging instructions, specifications, and standardized work documentation.
Validate packaging performance through testing (drop tests, compression, etc.).
Develop accurate time and cost estimates for kit assembly based on data.
Partner with operations and leadership to support pricing, quoting, and planning activities.
Ensure all packaging designs comply with relevant regulations and industry standards, including safety and environmental guidelines.
You Must Have:
Requires a bachelor's degree or 5+ years of related experience.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Proficiency in Excel (modeling, data analysis) and/or estimating software
Knowledge of packaging materials and shipping requirements
Detail-oriented, innovative, and able to work both independently and collaboratively in a team environment.
We Would Also Prefer:
Proficiency in CAD software (Artios Cad) and packaging design tools
Experience in kitting, fulfillment, or print manufacturing environments
Knowledge of ERP systems
Theanticipatedannual salary range for this position is $75,000-95,000. The actual base salary offered depends on a variety of factors, which may include as applicable, the qualifications of the individual applicant for the position, years of relevant experience, specific and unique skills, level of education attained, certifications or other professional licenses held, and the location in which the applicant lives and/or from which they will be performing the job. The range listed is just onecomponentof Taylor Corporation’s total compensation and benefits package for employees
About Taylor Corporation
One of the largest print and communications firms in North America, Taylor’s family of companies provides a diverse set of products, services and technologies that address the toughest business challenges. We work diligently each day to create printed and digital marketing communication solutions that help power many of the world’s most recognizable brands.
With more than 50 years of categoryexpertiseand10,000 employeesspanning dozens of U.S. states and multiple countries, Taylor serves businesses and distributors both large and small. Our employees enjoy a comprehensive benefit package including a choice of several health plans, dental, vision, wellness programs, life and disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, a 401(k) plan with company match, paid time off (PTO) and64 hoursof annual holiday pay.
The Employerretainsthe right to change or assign other duties to this position.
Taylor Corporationis an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin,veteranor disability status.
Taylor Corporation including all partners and affiliates is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled.
Taylor provides a diverse set of products, services and technologies to power the potential of the world’s leading brands. Using the latest printed and digital methods, we facilitate marketing communications of all types for businesses and consumers across a wide range of industries. You’ll see our solutions in your mailbox, your email inbox, in retail settings and on your mobile device.
Driven by Glen Taylor’s unwavering entrepreneurial spirit, Taylor Corporation has grown from a single small business in 1975 to one of the nation’s largest privately held companies today. What started as a humble printer of wedding invitations and business cards is now a highly diversified leader in the field of business communications. However, while Taylor's capabilities have changed dramatically in the last 45 years, our core purpose remains the same ― to create opportunity and security for our employees.
Taylor also continuously invests in technologies and production methods that enable us to shrink our environmental footprint. This commitment shows in the way we divert tons of waste to energy production, source responsibly harvested forest products and work to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions year over year. The result is a culture of sustainability that guides our decision making and ensures that we take the long-term view in everything we do.
