Achieve. Create. Collaborate. Organize. Essential brands. Innovative products. Smart investment. Winning team. This is what you will find at ACCO Brands. We are passionate about building a culture that is committed to the success of our employees. If you are looking for an organization that offers rewarding opportunities and is dedicated to team orientation, learning and development, and flourishes with success, we invite you to be a part of building our company for the future. **Job Summary** ACCO Brands is seeking an experienced **Packaging Engineer II** to join our team! Reporting to the Director, Product & Packaging Engineering, the Packaging Engineer II is responsible for coordination of all duties required to support product development, drafting primary, on-shelf packaging for retail. The individual in this role will be responsible for developing samples and prototypes to share with our external suppliers. **Responsibilities** + Design CAD packaging specifications. + Provide coaching directionally to other packaging engineers and support resources. + Lead process or cost improvement efforts, researching new technology and materials with suppliers. + Develop packaging BOM’s, packaging instructions, and testing requirements. + Obtain prototype samples to evaluate form, fit, and function. + Coordinate and communicate product and master carton dimensions. + Determine appropriate GTINs, carton markings, and label formats. + Validate, review, and audit preproduction and production golden samples per ACCO specifications and quality standards for manufactured and purchased finished goods + Review supplier verification forms to ensure compliance with carton labeling and scanning conformance. + Develop packaging files using TOPS software for ideal pallet/container layouts. + Communicate and work across multi-functional teams both domestically and internationally. + Execute and manage document control of packaging documents in the Product Center. + Design artwork by utilizing carton markings on case “tertiary” cartons. **Qualifications** + 4-year technical degree, preferably in Packaging Engineering. + 4 or more years of experience in a manufacturing or converting environment. + Alternatively, a position with corrugate, structural engineering, merchandising, manufacturing, or analytical functions would be acceptable. + Significant knowledge of corrugate standards and materials, structure, or sustainable materials + Prior knowledge of paper or corrugate converting and our product line is desirable. + Strong CAD Design experience (Artios CAD and/or Adobe Illustrator background) + Experience with SAP. + Product Center background is preferred. + Experience with Microsoft Office Programs and Tops is ideal. + Ability to travel up to 10% annually, visiting manufacturing facilities and suppliers. + Local Candidates only: Must be open to Hybrid role in Lake Zurich, IL Headquarters \#LI-Hybrid **About Us:** You know our brands. You love our brands. You just may not know they are ours. If you have touched a PowerA® gaming controller, a Five Star® notebook, a Swingline® stapler, a Quartet® dry erase board, or a Kensington® computer mouse, you have touched part of ACCO Brands Corporation. With annual revenues of over $2 Billion, ACCO Brands (NYSE: ACCO) designs, markets, manufactures and sells branded academic, consumer and business products globally. The power of our brands, our unmatched global customer reach, and our strategic market strengths put us in a position to achieve global leadership and growth. We're proud of our long history of industry leadership and innovation and are focused on delivering exceptional value to our customers by providing unique, cutting-edge, branded products. Apply now and build a successful future with ACCO Brands. Click here (https://www.accobrands.com/careers/working-with-us/) to learn more about our employee benefits. More information about ACCO Brands, the Home of Great Brands Built by Great People, can be found at www.accobrands.com. **Equal Opportunity Employer** At ACCO Brands, we are committed to providing an environment of fairness and mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and team members without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, physical and mental disability, veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by applicable law. ACCO Brands believes that a diverse and inclusive work environment is critical to our success as a global company, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. **AODA** Accommodation for applicants with disabilities will be provided in all parts of the recruiting process as required under the ACCO Brands Canada AODA policy. Applicants are asked to make their needs known in advance.