Location: Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh
Industry: Home Décor Export

About the Company
We are an export company manufacturing and exporting home decorative articles made from metal, glass, wood and mixed materials.

Job Summary
We are looking for a Packaging Engineer responsible for developing safe, cost-effective and export-compliant packaging for our products. The candidate should ensure that products—especially fragile, heavy and irregularly shaped items—reach customers without damage while meeting buyers’ packaging requirements.

Key Responsibilities
• Develop suitable packaging for metal, glass, wood and mixed-material home décor products.
• Design inner and outer packaging using cartons, partitions, inserts, foam, honeycomb, moulded pulp and other protective materials.
• Prepare packaging specifications, packing instructions and carton markings.
• Conduct drop, vibration, stacking and transit tests.
• Analyse packaging failures and reduce transit damage and customer claims.
• Create packaging samples for buyer approval and production trials.
• Optimise carton sizes and container utilisation to reduce material and freight costs.
• Ensure compliance with buyers’ requirements and international packaging standards.
• Coordinate with production, quality, merchandising, suppliers and the packing department.
• Train packing staff and monitor packing methods on the production floor.
• Maintain packaging BOMs, test reports and approved packaging records.
• Work on sustainable and recyclable packaging solutions wherever possible.

Required Qualifications and Skills
• Diploma or degree in Packaging Technology, Engineering or a related field.
• Relevant experience in packaging development, preferably in home décor, handicrafts, furniture, glassware or export manufacturing.
• Knowledge of corrugated boxes, protective packaging materials and export packing.
• Understanding of fragile-product packaging and transit testing.
• Basic knowledge of AutoCAD, ArtiosCAD or other packaging-design software is preferred.
• Good problem-solving, communication and coordination skills.
• Ability to work closely with factory teams and packaging suppliers and Follow up.

Key Performance Areas
• Reduction in transit damage and customer complaints.
• Packaging material and freight-cost optimisation.
• Timely development and approval of packaging.
• Compliance with buyer specifications.
• Improvement in container utilisation and packaging sustainability.

This is not a 100% desk job, will require most time on the work floor area.
Most importantly should be able to give cost breakup and find ways to reduce costs.
This is the main reason for having a person at this position