3D Packaging Engineer

We are Reckitt

Home to the world's best loved and trusted hygiene, health, and nutrition brands. Our purpose defines why we exist: to protect, heal and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner, healthier world. We are a global team united by this purpose.

Join us in our fight to make access to the highest quality hygiene, wellness, and nourishment a right and not a privilege.

​Research & Development​

In R&D, we're full of highly skilled talents that include Scientists, Engineers, Medical, Clinical and Regulatory professionals - all working to create a cleaner, healthier world. With nine Centres of Excellence, we continually seek out new opportunities by using science, our entrepreneurial flare and our fearless innovation to develop and enhance our existing portfolio, never compromising on quality or performance. 

We do the right thing, always, by ensuring we act with responsibility and integrity, by complying with regulatory legislation across the globe, whilst ensuring our products are safe for our consumers and are to the highest quality.

The size of our organisation means you'll have the opportunity to learn and work in different functions within R&D, giving you exposure to different disciplines, teams and environments. You will also have access to our R&D Academy, designed to develop our team and allow you to grow in our great organisation.

About the role

A unique creative opportunity is available for a talented Industrial or Product Designer to join our 3D & Packaging Innovation team at our Global R&D facility in Hull. In this role you will be working in our Hygiene Power-brand Portfolio as part of a creative team, that combines design and engineering. Joining a focussed global team, you’ll be responsible for developing innovative packaging concepts and product delivery systems at the very first stages of a project.

Your responsibilities

- Design consumer products with consideration for function, consumer use and aesthetic appeal.

- Create realistic images of your ideas by using 3D CAD modelling and surfacing (SolidWorks) & rendering software (Visualize or Keyshot).

- Construct and develop prototypes that effectively demonstrate your ideas to stakeholders, focusing on technical function & proof of principle.

- Communicate your ideas effectively to a wide range of cross functional partners, such as marketing & R&D scientists.

- Apply your experience of Injection Moulding, Blow Moulding and other manufacturing technologies into designs for rapid tooling and consumer handling.

- Create new manufacturable mechanical solutions for dispensing & delivering our products, with patent potential.

The experience we're looking for

- A Degree in Industrial Design (Engineering) or BA (Hons) in Product Design.

- Proven experience in product design in either manufacturing or design consultancy environments.

- Can effectively illustrate your new ideas & mechanisms as quick, hand drawn, 2D Sketches, on SolidWorks 3D CAD or as photorealistic product renderings.

- Ability to prioritise and operate simultaneously on a wide variety of projects, and successfully approach different challenges in the innovation process.

- A creative lateral thinker and problem solver on a variety of structural challenges, who thrives in a fast paced, small, international team.

- Natural curiosity in product construction with the confidence to generate and introduce your ideas.

The skills for success

Industrial Design, Design Engineer, Product Design, 3D CAD Design, Product Rendering, MS Office, Presentation Skills, Rapid Tool Development, Task Execution Under Pressure, Commercial Awareness, Consumer Insight, Accountability, Creative Thinking, Innovation, Problem solving, Collaboration and Partnership Building, Relationship Management, Adapt to changes in technological development plans, R&D, Innovation Processes.

What we offer

With inclusion at the heart of everything we do, working alongside our four global Employee Resource Groups, we support our people at every step of their career journey, helping them to succeed in their own individual way.

We invest in the wellbeing of our people through parental benefits, an Employee Assistance Program to promote mental health, and life insurance for all employees globally. We have a range of other benefits in line with the local market. Through our global share plans we offer the opportunity to save and share in Reckitt's potential future successes. For eligible roles, we also offer short-term incentives to recognise, appreciate and reward your work for delivering outstanding results. You will be rewarded in line with Reckitt's pay for performance philosophy.

Equality

We recognise that in real life, great people don't always 'tick all the boxes'. That's why we hire for potential as well as experience. Even if you don't meet every point on the job description, if this role and our company feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability or medical condition; colour, ethnicity, race, citizenship, and national origin; religion, faith; pregnancy, family status and caring responsibilities; sexual orientation; sex, gender identity, gender expression, and transgender identity; protected veteran status; size or any other basis protected by appropriate law.