Remote (covering UK & Europe)

Rise Technical Recruitment Ltd; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Rise Technical Recruitment Ltd is seeking an Application Engineer to support customers across Europe, with a focus on flexible food packaging. The role is remote and involves collaboration with Sales, R&D and Product Development teams.

The successful candidate will bring experience in flexible packaging, particularly meat-related films and bags, and be comfortable travelling across the UK and Europe to drive trials and solutions.

Qualifications

• Experience in application engineering roles within packaging or similar technical fields.
• Strong communication and customer-facing skills.
• Willingness and ability to travel across the UK and Europe.

Responsibilities

• Develop technical solutions for customers across Europe.
• Collaborate with Sales, R&D and Product Development teams.
• Support packaging trials and troubleshoot applications.
• Optimise packaging processes for meat packaging and related products.
• Influence packaging innovation and product development with customers.

Skills

Application Engineer

Technical Service

Technical Sales

Product Development

Job description

Application Engineer

Remote (covering UK & Europe)
Competitive salary + Bonus + Car Allowance + Company Benefits

Are you an experienced Application Engineer, Technical Service Engineer, Technical Sales Engineer or Product Development Engineer with a strong background in flexible food packaging?

Our client is a leading global packaging organisation working with major food manufacturers across the world. Due to continued growth, they are looking for an Application Engineer to support customers across Europe.

This is a highly technical, customer-facing role where you'll collaborate with customers, Sales, R&D and Product Development, helping food manufacturers solve packaging challenges and bring new solutions to market.

The ideal candidate will have experience within flexible packaging, ideally within the meat (shrink films and bags; forming films and bags). You'll be technically confident, customer-focused and comfortable supporting packaging trials, troubleshooting applications, optimising packaging processes and working closely with Sales, R&D and Product Development teams.

The role:

• Become a technical expert within your field, working with major food manufacturers across Europe
• Influence packaging innovation and product development
• Work across Sales, R&D, Product Management and Technical Service
• Solve real-world customer and packaging challenges
• Develop expertise across a highly specialised food-packaging market

The person:

• Experience as an Application Engineer, Technical Service Engineer, Technical Sales Engineer or Product Development Engineer
• Experience within flexible packaging
• Experience with meat (shrink films and bags; forming films and bags)
• Confident communicator with strong customer-facing skills
• Able and willing to travel across the UK and Europe

Reference Number: BBBH280774

We are an equal opportunities company and welcome applications from all suitable candidates.