Job DescriptionSchedule: Work from home Monday and Friday; onsite Tuesday-Thursday (required).
What the Client Is Looking For:An experienced Senior Packaging Engineer with 7+ years of experience developing and improving packaging solutions in manufacturing, food, consumer products, or related industries.
Key Responsibilities:- Develop, test, validate, and launch new packaging solutions.
- Strong expertise in plastic injection molding, mold design, and tooling.
- Experience with flexible packaging, paperboard, corrugated packaging, and labels.
- Manage packaging specifications, BOMs, testing, and validation.
- Improve packaging quality, production efficiency, sustainability, and cost.
- Work with suppliers, manufacturing, quality, and procurement teams.
- Support packaging equipment installation, troubleshooting, and new product launches.
Required Qualifications:- Bachelor's degree in Packaging, Mechanical, Industrial Engineering, or a related field.
- 7+ years of packaging engineering experience.
- Strong hands-on experience with plastic injection molding and tooling.
- Knowledge of packaging materials, testing, and commercialization.
- Experience with packaging optimization software such as CAPE or TOPS.
- Familiarity with artwork management systems such as Esko WebCenter.
- Strong project management and communication skills.
Preferred: Knowledge of FDA, FSMA, GMP, food safety, Lean Six Sigma, and sustainable packaging.
In simple terms: The client needs a senior packaging engineer who can develop and launch packaging, has strong plastic injection molding and tooling experience, and can improve packaging quality, cost, and manufacturing efficiency.
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