Packaging Engineer

Fortune Personnel of Houston, Inc.; Lansing (MI); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Our client, a large publicly traded chemical company, seeks a Packaging Engineer to support Texas operations. You will manage projects involving design, development, manufacturing, testing and marketing of engineered plastics for food and beverage uses.

Relocation to Texas is required and relocation assistance is provided. You will lead cross-functional teams, work with Sales, Marketing, Quality and Engineering, and help bring new products from concept to commercialization.

Qualifications

• BS in Packaging Science, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Materials Science or Polymer Science.
• 3+ years of experience in plastics, plastics compounding, food grade packaging.
• Ability to lead sales/market development and bring products from concept to commercialization.
• Experience setting up and running food stability studies.
• Participates in project teams; uses market research to meet market needs.
• Identifies market trends and creates strategic product plans.
• Leads new product strategies for brands or sub-segments.
• Evaluates global needs of product marketing and sales and coordinates with cross-functional teams.
• Works with design, packaging, labeling, regulatory claims, advertising, and sales education.

Responsibilities

• Manage projects involved in design, development, manufacturing, testing and marketing of engineered plastics for food/beverage uses.
• Lead cross-functional teams including sales/marketing, quality and engineering while coordinating with external clients.

Skills

Plastics packaging

Sales/market development

Food stability studies

Market research

New product strategy

Global marketing collaboration

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

BS in Packaging Science or related field

Job description

Our client (large publicly traded chemical company) is looking for a Packaging Engineer to support their Texas operations. The Packaging Engineer will be responsible for managing key projects involving the design, development, manufacturing, testing, sales / marketing of engineered plastics products that are utilized in the food and beverage space. Candidate will manage and organize internal and external teams for new product development and frequently interact with the Director of Sales / Marketing, Director of Quality, Director of Engineering and external clients. This role requires relocation to Texas. Relocation assistance will be provided.

Requirements and responsibilities:

• BS in Packaging Science, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Materials Science or Polymer Science.
• 3plus years of experience in plastics, plastics compounding, food grade packaging.
• Ability to lead the sales / market development effort and bring new products from concept through commercialization.
• Experience setting up and running food stability studies.
• Actively participates in assigned project teams. Acquires product information through market research and regional input to assure projects meet the needs of the intended markets.
• Identifies market trends, issues and competitive environment and forms strategic plans for product brand or sub-segment.
• Leads the effort to initiate new product strategies in the form of supporting existing brands and/or sub-segment and creating new products.
• Evaluates the needs of product marketing and sales personnel on a global basis and initiates strategies that meet regional and worldwide requirements.
• Works across multiple internal and external groups such as design, packaging and labeling, regulatory claims, advertising, sales force education.
• Experience in food packaging and working in a highly regulated manufacturing environment is a plus.
• Certification in PMP and MCPM would be helpful, but is not required.