Sr. Pet Packaging Engineer

This is a full-time (40 hr/wk), 9-12 month, remote-eligible contract position on our Pet R&D Packaging Team. Travel, up to 10% is required for this position.

JOB SUMMARY:

This Senior Packaging Engineer contract position is in support of the Company's Pet Packaging team and will be a part of a fully integrated cross-functional team, working closely with R&D Platforms, Sourcing, Quality, Engineering, Marketing and Operations. The team is responsible for advancing our innovation, cost savings (HMM), and core support of our pet food brands. The role is very focused on successfully delivering against key development projects and supporting key system needs at our production facilities while maintaining high-quality standards for our products and materials.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Build strong relationships with key businesses and platform partners in order to support trials, new product launches and other key initiatives
• Proactively lead collaboration with cross-functional partners to develop margin improvement and technical innovation opportunities
• Conduct and/or manage supplier experiments, trials, and analyses to validate and advance technical packaging opportunities
• Build internal and external networks, relationships and understanding of internal and external customer needs to effectively influence and gain support for initiatives
• Effectively partner with supplier resources against key initiatives, showing a bias for results
• Provide effective communication and documentation of work including technical plans, specification creation/modification, experimental reports, financial analysis, and management updates
• Build and leverage technical depth of technical material knowledge to drive innovation and margin improvements.
• Collaborate and influence both internally and externally

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree in Packaging or related field
• 5 years of Package Engineering experience
• Solid understanding of product commercialization process from packaging design to manufacturing
• Demonstrated expertise in application of process engineering solutions that apply to consumer-packaged goods
• Experience creating/generating technical packaging drawings
• Experience with working on team projects at corporate and plant level, and with engineering firms, vendors and contractors
• Good interpersonal and communication skills required to effectively network face-to-face with business teams
• Self-directed, motivated and good time management
• Manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Products, Office 365, SharePoint, TOPS
• Travel, up to 10%

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• 7+ years of Packaging development experience
• Experience in the manufacturing industry, food industry, or related field
• Experience in Interspec or a similar Product Lifecycle Management system
• Experience in pet food manufacturing