Engineering Manager – Fort Lauderdale, FL

 

 

 

 

 

 

Engineering Manager – come grow with us!

WANTED: an Engineer with experience in packaging and plastics manufacturing!  This is your opportunity to use your industry experience to manage our team, projects and processes in the exciting world of cosmetics packaging.   APC Packaging, a nationally recognized skincare and cosmetics packaging company, is seeking a talented Engineering Manager to join our team of outstanding professionals.  Our business is booming as we continue to innovate and develop new ways to showcase our clients’ beauty products and make consumers feel safe and happy.

You will play a key role in our manufacturing process, by planning, managing and monitoring engineering functions to ensure our company’s success.  Reporting to the Director of Engineering & Innovation, you will be responsible for overseeing various projects, processes, budgets and timelines, as well as well as managing and building the engineering team.

Why join APC?

With 15 years in the industry, our team is experienced and tightly knit.  We are more than just a packaging solution for global beauty brands.  We are a place for our employees to dream, grow and create.  We bring together a diverse group of talented individuals who are achievers, innovators and visionaries in the beauty industry.  Our team is agile and quick, providing fast turnaround for our clients.  Our engineering team is on the cutting edge of innovative product development including sustainable, refillable and unique one of a kind designs that reduce the carbon footprint and have an immediate environmental impact.

We are relentless about improvement and innovation, fanatical about details and response time, solution focused in problem solving, and we deliver results.  We live by our core values daily!

Our team has united even more strongly since COVID.  We are a fun, fast paced and friendly environment and promote work/life balance.  Enjoy paid time off, healthcare benefits, 401(k) with a generous match, company outings, holiday luncheons and so much more!

Please visit us at www.apcpackaging.com to learn more.

Key accountabilities include:

  • Manage projects for our larger clients
  • Provide expert knowledge to clients from an engineering perspective
  • Work with other department leaders and team members and aid when needed
  • Create and improve process flow for projects
  • Research and develop new manufacturing processes.
  • Analyze manufacturing data and suggest improvements
  • Design or influence necessary components
  • Analyze quality control and correct flaws
  • Manage & grow engineering team members and facilitate training
  • Review existing validation reports
  • Create new reports and verifications
  • Be a leader in SOP documentation for engineering and all the departments that engineering is partnered with internally

 

Skills/Experience/Knowledge required:

  • BS in Plastics Engineering required or BS in Packaging with strong plastics experience
  • 5-10 years of industry experience in plastics manufacturing
  • Skincare/Cosmetics packaging experience preferred
  • Experience working with enterprise accounts preferred
  • Knowledge of high precision metrology
  • Proficient with the use of Design for Manufacturing, SPC, & DOE
  • Understand 3D and ability to read 2D
  • Working knowledge of GMP, ISO rules and regulatory requirements.
  • GD&T experience with tolerance stack-up analysis.
  • Supervisory or management experience
  • Passion for finding solutions
  • Demonstrated ability to manage multiple tasks and projects.