The Packaging Machinery Solutions Engineer provides technical leadership and application expertise to support front鈥憀ine sales in the packaging machinery industry. This role drives pre鈥憃rder testing, cost estimating, facility layout/line design, proposal creation and machine order reviews, coordinates handovers to project teams, and helps market machinery capabilities to win new business and improve product lines.
Key responsibilities
- Act as a support function for technical sales, agents and customers across assigned regions on packaging machinery (e.g., Flow wrappers, robotics, cartoners, case packers, various 3rd party equipment).
- Coordinate pre鈥憃rder machine testing and validation, work with test lab to document results and identify risks/mitigations.
- Work closely with System engineering to prepare accurate cost estimates, layouts, and proposals.
- Clarify customer specifications and scope with direct sales/agents to enable correct order entry and reduce change orders.
- Coordinate handover to project management at order entry, supply test protocols, FAT acceptance criteria, and remain available during order fulfillment for technical clarifications.