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Packaging Engineering

$47 - $70 per hour
Full-time

Insight Global

Job Description We’re looking for a Packaging Engineer with direct food/CPG packaging experience to support the development, testing, optimization, and commercialization of packaging solutions.
This person will work hands-on with a variety of packaging materials and formats, support plant and production trials, troubleshoot packaging challenges, and partner closely with R&D, Quality, Manufacturing, Operations, Procurement, Marketing, and external packaging suppliers.
The ideal candidate has around 5 years of dedicated Packaging Engineering experience and has taken food packaging projects from initial concept and design through testing, scale-up, and commercialization.
4–10 years of Packaging Engineering experience , ideally around 5 years

  • Direct food packaging experience within a CPG environment
  • Hands-on experience developing and testing packaging materials/formats such as:
  • Flexible films and pouches
  • Rigid plastics
  • Experience with packaging development, testing, validation, and commercialization
  • Experience taking packaging projects through the full development lifecycle , from concept through production scale-up
  • Strong cross-functional experience with R&D/Product Development, Quality, Manufacturing, Operations, Procurement, Marketing, and suppliers
  • Willingness to travel as needed

Experience with a large food or CPG organization
Manufacturing-floor experience troubleshooting packaging or production issues
Experience with cost savings, material reduction, sustainability, or packaging optimization
Experience managing several packaging projects or SKUs simultaneously

Travel: Some travel required
6 month contract to hire

Vacancy posted 22 hours ago
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