Application Engineer - Fresh Meat Packaging

Amcor; Ponte della Venturina; Remote; EUR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Amcor is seeking an experienced Application Engineer for Fresh Meat Packaging to join our Flexible Europe, Middle East and Africa team. This remote European role plays a critical part in translating customer needs into robust packaging solutions, collaborating with Sales, R&D and Product Management to deliver value across markets.

You will engage with customers, lead trials, support product scale-ups, and travel extensively to sites across EMEA.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in sciences or equivalent by experience.
• Strong understanding of packaging materials and manufacturing processes.
• Fluent English is required.

Responsibilities

• Act as a technical expert for packaging applications at customers manufacturing in meat markets across EMEA.
• Support customers with product selection, application optimization, and effective product commercialization.
• Support product enhancements and new developments in collaboration with R&D and Product Management.
• Work closely with Sales and Field Technical Service to solve complex application issues.
• Lead and support product qualifications, trials, and scale-ups at customer sites.
• Conduct packaging line, shelf-life, and performance evaluations to demonstrate quantifiable customer value.
• Capture customer and market insights to identify portfolio gaps, innovation opportunities, and competitive trends.
• Share knowledge internally and contribute to building strong application capabilities across the organization.

Skills

Application engineering

Technical sales

Cross-functional

International environment

Travel >50%

Education

Chemistry

Polymers

Materials science

Job description

Application Engineer - Fresh Meat Packaging

Location: Brussels, BE Venturina, IT Gent, BE Porto, PT Lugo, IT La Defense, FR Dijon, FR Lodz, PL Barcelona, ES Prague, CZ Arenzano, IT Paris, FR Chalon Sur Saone, FR Lyon, FR Bristol, GB

Department: R&D/Innovation Management

Full-time or Part-time: Full-Time

Job Type: Employee

Shift: Remote

Accelerate the possible by joining a winning Amcor team that’s transforming the packaging industry and improving lives around the world.

At Amcor, we unpack possibility through our innovative and responsible packaging to provide solutions that benefit our customers, our people and our planet. More than 10,000 consumers worldwide encounter our products every second and rely on us for safe access to food, medicine and other goods. We value their trust by making safety our guiding principle. It’s our core value and integral to how we do business.

Beyond this core principle, our shared values and behaviors unite us as we work together to elevate customers, shape lives and protect the future. We champion our customers and help them succeed. We play to win – adapting quickly in an everchanging world – and make smart choices to safeguard our business, our communities and the people we serve for generations to come. And we invest in our world-class team, empowering our colleagues to unpack their potential, because we believe when our people grow, so does our business.

To learn more about playing for Team Amcor, visit www.amcor.com I LinkedIn I Glassdoor I Facebook I YouTube

Position Job Title: Application Engineer - Fresh Meat Packaging

BG and BU: Amcor Flexible Europe, Middle East and Africa

Function: Research and Development

Location: Open in Europe

Line Manager’s Job Title: Product Development Manager

Contract Type: Permanent

Be part of something great We are looking for an experienced Application Engineer to join our Flexible Packaging team in EMEA. In this role, you will work closely with customers and internal teams to turn fresh meat packaging challenges into robust, value‑adding solutions. You will be a trusted technical partner, supporting existing products and enabling new developments that drive profitable growth.

What You Will Do As an Application Engineer, you will sit at the intersection of customers, sales, and R&D, translating application needs into the right packaging solutions.

Your key responsibilities include:

• Act as a technical expert for packaging applications at customers manufacturing in meat markets across EMEA
• Support customers with product selection, application optimization, and effective product commercialization
• Support product enhancements and new developments in collaboration with R&D and Product Management
• Work closely with Sales and Field Technical Service to solve complex application issues
• Lead and support product qualifications, trials, and scale‑ups at customer sites
• Conduct packaging line, shelf‑life, and performance evaluations to demonstrate quantifiable customer value
• Capture customer and market insights to identify portfolio gaps, innovation opportunities, and competitive trends
• Share knowledge internally and contribute to building strong application capabilities across the organization

What Makes This Role Exciting

• High level of customer interaction and real‑world problem solving
• Strong influence on product success and customer satisfaction
• Exposure to leading packaging technologies, market trends, and sustainability challenges
• Daily collaboration with Sales, R&D, Operations, Marketing, and global teams

What You Bring

• 5+ years of experience in application engineering, technical sales, or similar roles within flexible packaging in Fresh Meat.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in (Applied) Sciences (Chemistry, Polymers, Material Sciences) or equivalent by experience.
• Strong understanding of packaging materials and customer manufacturing processes
• Proven ability to assess customer needs and translate them into practical, scalable solutions
• Solid project management, problem‑solving, analytical, and communication skills
• Comfortable working independently in a cross‑functional, international environment
• Willingness to travel more than 50%
• Fluent English is required.

Market expertise:

• Fresh Meat: shrink films and bags; forming films and bags

Who You Are

• Customer‑focused and solution‑oriented
• Curious, proactive, and hands‑on
• Credible technical partner who builds trust quickly
• Organized, pragmatic, and able to manage multiple priorities

Why join us You will join a global packaging leader where technology, customer value, and collaboration matter. This is a role with real impact on customers, products, and the future of flexible packaging.

About Amcor Amcor is the global leader in developing and producing responsible consumer packaging and dispensing solutions across a variety of materials for nutrition, health, beauty and wellness categories. Our global product innovation and sustainability expertise enables us to solve packaging challenges around the world every day, producing a range of flexible packaging, rigid packaging, cartons and closures that are more sustainable, functional and appealing for our customers and their consumers. We are guided by our purpose of elevating customers, shaping lives and protecting the future. Supported by a commitment to safety, over 75,000 people generate $23 billion in annualized sales from operations that span over 400 locations in more than 40 countries.

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