Engineering Jobs in Glenwood, IN

LHH is currently seeking a Design Engineer for a full-time, Direct Hire, permanent position with a top manufacturing client near Connersville, IN. You will design new products, enhance existing designs, and lead engineering projects that directly impact manufacturing success.

Location-Onsite: Connersville, IN area

Compensation: $85,000 - 90,000 annually (may be negotiable based on experience)

Bonus eligible position

***Must be authorized to work in the U.S. without employer sponsorship.***

About the Role

In this Design Engineer role, you will take ownership of product development from initial concept through full production. You will design new products, enhance existing designs, and lead engineering projects that directly impact manufacturing success.

Partnering across departments you will ensure designs are manufacturable, cost‑effective, and aligned with customer requirements. This is a hands‑on engineering position that values technical depth, practical problem‑solving, and strong cross‑functional collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Lead new product development projects from ideation through production
• Define design requirements, select components and BOMs, and ensure manufacturing readiness.
• Design new products and refine existing designs using 3D CAD tools
• Create detailed engineering drawings and specifications to customer requirements, material thickness, tolerances, and structural integrity
• Partner closely with engineers, technicians, and production personnel to translate designs into manufacturable solutions on the shop floor
• Support prototyping, verification, and validation activities; conduct root‑cause analysis for design or quality issues during early production
• Collaborate with Sales and Client Services to support customer requests, custom projects, and application‑specific solutions
• Perform initial and ongoing product performance reviews and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives across existing product lines

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering strongly preferred, with emphasis on Mechanical or Design Engineering
• Minimum of 5+ years of product design experience
• Experience using CAD (SolidWorks, CREO< AutoCAD or similar)
• Knowledge of GD&T and ability to read engineering drawings and blueprints
• Experience developing and maintaining drawings, BOMs, and engineering change documentation.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem‑solving capabilities
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to work effectively in a cross‑functional, team‑based environment.

If you or someone in your network fits this profile and would like to apply for this Design Engineer position near Connersville, Indiana, please submit your application alongside your resume using the link in this posting.

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Why Choose Us?

Novolex is a leading manufacturer of food, beverage, and specialty packaging that supports multiple industries including foodservice, restaurant delivery and carryout, food processing, grocery and retail, and industrial sectors. Novolex manufacturing and sourcing expertise spans a diverse range of substrates including resin, paper, molded fiber, aluminum and more. We provide customers a broad array of stock and customized solutions with 120 product categories, 250 brands and over 39,000 SKUs.

Our Sustainability Commitment

The Novolex sustainability vision is built upon three pillars: our products, our operations and our people. Each is critically important to our growth and future as a business. These pillars form the foundation of our company-wide commitment to sustainability, helping us achieve our ambitious goals through our wide-ranging initiatives.

The EHS Manager will be responsible for leading the facility’s environmental, health, and safety program while creating a safety-focused culture. They will create, deploy, and champion policies, procedures, and processes that align with Novolex’s Human Performance (HP) initiative and ensure compliance with all local, state, and federal standards.

Essential Functions & Key Responsibilities:

• Develop strategies for all facility areas, including both operational and office environments, to mitigate safety hazards and improve performance.
• Provide leadership, coaching & mentoring, managing performance, and rewarding & recognizing employees.
• Lead multiple projects simultaneously with a hands-on approach in a fast-paced environment to achieve the desired outcomes and results.
• Develop, deploy, and monitor the EHS Management System in a manner that ensures compliance to Federal, State, Local, Customer, and align with Corporate EHS requirements.
• Implement and administer an internal EHS hazard/risk register, assessment and compliance auditing process designed to validate alignment to ‘best known’ standards and practices and compliance with regulatory obligations.
• Develop, implement, and institutionalize a process to identify and eliminate high risk occurrences through review of historical incident data, leading/warning indicators, identified error traps plant, process, and equipment audits; job and activity observations; and highly specified JSAs and SWIs.
• Champion the Human Performance (HP) initiative, ensuring the plant is effectively implementing and using this methodology.
• Set the frequency for and enable access to training requirements related to environmental, health, and safety practices for the site; ensure all required recurring training is administered and documented.
• Oversee the investigation of work-related illnesses and injuries; investigating all Company incidents to identify root cause and appropriate corrective actions.
• Partner with Human Resources on Workers’ Compensation claims management and communicating with the carrier about the most effective method to control care; may accompany sick, hurt, or injured employees to the appropriate medical facility.
• Audit hazardous energy sources and other identified hazards to determine appropriate risk mitigation and work with engineering or maintenance to implement such controls.
• Site lead for emergency response, first responders, security and other EHS related programs and projects ensuring the implementation of industry best practices; organizes and directs an employee Safety Committee, holding meetings to increase awareness.

Candidate Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in related discipline preferred; or in-lieu of a degree, an equivalent number of years of additional related work experience.
• 3+ years’ experience leading EHS in an industrial or manufacturing environment.
• Related post-education training, certifications such as CIH, CSP, CPEA, or CHMM preferred.
• In-depth knowledge of local, state, and federal reporting requirements related to EHS and experience responding to inquiries from relevant government agencies.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and projects under tight timelines; works with a sense of urgency.
• Displays excellent written and verbal communication skills, with an ability to establish and maintain effective channels of communications internally, externally, and at all levels.
• Strong organizational, interpersonal and leadership skills.
• Proficient in use of Microsoft Office (Outlook, Teams, Word, Excel and PowerPoint) programs.

What You'll Get From Us

Benefits

With safety as our top priority and a commitment to employee well-being an important focus, we offer comprehensive and competitive benefits that include medical, dental and vision insurance as well as a variety of other well-being resources focused on mental, physical and financial health. Specific benefits and well-being programs may vary depending on where you work.

Community Engagement

At Novolex, giving back to the local communities that support us is important. Our Focused Giving Program prioritizes support for organizations whose missions promote sustainability initiatives or address food and hunger needs. We also encourage facility level support of activities in the communities where our employees live and work.

Training and Development

We offer constant opportunities for advancement. From skills development to advanced education programs, training and development programs and courses are available through MyLearning. Programs include company and industry training curricula, support for formal education through the Tuition Reimbursement Program (Non-Union), and a Learning Management System that supports and enhances employee skills at all levels of the organization.

Novolex is committed to providing equal employment opportunity in all employment practices, including but not limited to selection, hiring, promotion, transfer, and compensation to all qualified applicants and employees without regard to age, race, color, national origin, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, handicap or disability, genetics, citizenship status, service member or veteran status, or any other category protected by federal, state, or local law. Any individual who, because of his or her disability, needs an accommodation in connection with an aspect of the Company's application process should contact

Formerly Pactiv Evergreen

Job Title : Nuclear Engineer (Naval Reactors Engineer) Category / Component : Officer • Active Overview Design, regulate, and oversee the Navy's nuclear propulsion program, including reactor design, fleet operations, and eventual defueling and decommissioning of nuclear powered ships and submarines from Naval Reactors Headquarters and associated Department of Energy laboratories and shipyards.

Key Responsibilities Provide technical direction in areas such as reactor and fluid systems design, reactor physics, materials development, component design for steam generators, pumps, and valves, instrumentation and control for reactor and propulsion plants, testing and quality control, radiation shielding, and chemistry and radiological controls; review designs and analyses from laboratories, shipyards, and industry partners; coordinate with fleet units to ensure safe and reliable nuclear plant operation.

What to Expect Assume significant technical responsibility early in your career as part of a lean headquarters staff; work primarily in an analytical and oversight role rather than operating plants at sea; balance long term engineering projects with time sensitive fleet and shipyard issues; frequent coordination with senior civilian engineers, naval officers, and technical teams; high expectations for attention to detail, judgment, and written and oral communication.

Work Environment Work mainly at Naval Reactors Headquarters in the Washington, District of Columbia area with regular engagement with Department of Energy laboratories, nuclear training sites, shipyards, and nuclear powered ships and submarines; office based work that includes document reviews, technical meetings, inspections, and site visits rather than day to day shipboard watchstanding.

Pathways, Training & Advancement Officer commissioning through programs such as Officer Candidate School or the Nuclear Propulsion Officer Candidate program followed by a structured technical qualification program at Naval Reactors; rotational exposure to laboratories, prototypes, shipyards, and fleet support issues; progressive responsibility leading projects and becoming a subject matter expert, with opportunities for professional military education and advanced graduate study in technical fields.

Entry through the Nuclear Propulsion Officer Candidate program for qualified college students and recent graduates, or selection via Officer Candidate School for those who already hold qualifying degrees; all applicants must meet Nuclear Propulsion Program academic and technical screening standards in addition to general officer commissioning requirements.

Qualifications All Navy jobs require meeting general enlistment or commissioning standards, which typically include: Eligibility to serve in the United States Navy, which may involve United States citizenship or other legal residency and work status, depending on the program and current law and policy A high school diploma or equivalent for enlisted positions, and a bachelor's or qualifying professional degree for officer positions Meeting age limits that vary by program and are set in law and Navy policy.

Some communities have more restrictive age ranges Meeting medical, vision, and dental standards, including body composition and physical fitness requirements, with some jobs requiring more demanding standards Meeting character and conduct standards, including background screening Achieving required test scores for your program, such as the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery for enlisted roles or officer qualification tests for officer programs Eligibility for a security clearance when required for your rating or designator Additional qualifications can include specific skills, education, licensure, or experience that are unique to a job or community and will be reviewed with you by a recruiter.

Additional qualifications for this job may include: Completion of a rigorous technical degree in engineering, physics, mathematics, or a closely related field that includes strong backgrounds in calculus and physics; outstanding academic record, particularly in technical coursework; United States citizenship and eligibility for a high level security clearance; strong technical aptitude and comfort with detailed analytical work.

Education Education benefits are available through standard Navy programs such as Tuition Assistance, the Post-9/11 GI Bill, ACE-recommended college credit for Navy training, Navy COOL-funded certifications, USMAP apprenticeships, and other Navy College Program opportunities.

Specific options depend on the Sailor's status, training, and current Navy policy.

Pay, Benefits & Service Pay, benefits, and service commitments follow standard Navy Active and/or Reserve policies for this type of role, including basic pay, allowances when eligible, health coverage, and retirement options.

Exact entitlements, special pays, and service obligations depend on program, component, years of service, and current law and Navy guidance.

Incentives Incentives such as bonuses, special pays, and loan repayment may be available at times for specific ratings or communities, but they change frequently and cannot be guaranteed.

Applicants must confirm current incentives and eligibility with an official Navy recruiter or authoritative Navy source.

Notes and Disclaimers This description is a general overview of typical duties, training, and opportunities in this community.

It does not replace official Navy instructions, policies, or contracts and does not guarantee specific assignments, training, incentives, or outcomes.

Actual opportunities depend on Navy needs, individual performance, screening results, and current law and policy.