As a Senior Packaging Engineer, reporting to the Packaging Manager, you will lead new product development, quality improvement, and cost savings initiatives for Client's packaging portfolio. With a focus on sustainability, you will work on many different packaging formats. You will support and lead packaging-driven projects and new start-ups/capacity expansion for specific plants. You will support trials and/or start-ups and perform hands-on package testing & prototyping in our state-of-the-art labs and pilot plants. Each engineer owns their space/brands while working with our internal and external partners.

Client's R&D facilities in Chicago are state-of-the-art, including dedicated packaging spaces for ideation, design, and prototyping. Engineers have the ability perform in-house package testing and physical prototyping to bring new innovations to life using our top-of-the-line equipment within our labs and other spaces.

Position Responsibilities

• Lead technical delivery of base business projects independently while simultaneously supporting high complexity technical projects.

• Develop ideas for savings, innovation, and quality improvements that are relevant to the business.

• Collaborate with business, and technical peers on assigned brand(s), as well as external partners and resources.

• Independently plan, execute, and analyze plant/pilot plant/lab trials.

• Present results of technical report to leadership team, both written and oral.

• Review and develop technical specifications.

• Utilized as a subject matter expert in selected packaging technology platforms.

• Establish working relationship with suppliers.

• Maintain understanding and application of experimental design, performance specs, and CQV design.

• Maintain a working knowledge of the packaging principles and operating systems for the assigned business.

• Maintain awareness of technical trends and developments in the packaging industry.

• Lead brainstorming and information gathering for resource planning process.

• Mentor to associate engineers.

• Gain familiarity with fiscal and strategic plans of team.

Position Qualifications

• Bachelors in Packaging, Engineering, or related field.

• 5+ years work experience within a corporate package engineering function preferably within CPG/Food industry working with cross-functional teams.

• Commercialization experience within manufacturing.

• Experience with packaging materials capabilities and equipment.

• Understanding of government regulatory requirements in the processing of food.

• Experience with food science and how food affects packaging.

• Experience with food safety, sanitary design, and equipment cleaning.

• Experience with physical and structure package testing procedures.

• Financial understanding to improve profitability.