Packaging Engineer Assistant

ManpowerGroup; Montvale (NJ); Hybrid; USD 55,000 - 74,000; Full time

Job summary

ManpowerGroup is seeking a Packaging Engineer Assistant in Parsippany/Montvale to lead high-growth packaging projects focused on Amazon channels. You will develop concepts, select materials, participate in cost estimation, and drive samples, validation, and documentation for ISTA 6/Amazon certification.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams across Omni channel, Quality, R&D, Marketing, and Supply Chain to ensure form, fit, and function while balancing cost, manufacturability, and

Qualifications

• Packaging degree and 2-5 years of CPG commercialization experience.
• Experience in package development, testing, materials, and components.
• Ability to be trained on internal systems to request codes for new components and manage BOMs.
• Proficiency with MS suite (Teams, Excel, Word) and TOPS; strong communication for email, calls, Teams chat/video, and in-person collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Manage high-growth packaging projects for Omni channel opportunities, with Amazon as a key focus area.
• Re-think and develop packaging concepts for prep-free and SIOC/SIPP, then follow through with proposals, material/component selection, cost estimating participation, sampling, validation, and complete related documentation.
• Use hands-on experience to take SKUs through Amazon SIOC certification and ISTA 6 Amazon.com testing, submit through Amazon Packaging support and Supplier Networking (PSSN), and resolve certification rejections.
• Collaborate with Packaging and cross-functional partners including Omni channel, Project Managers, Quality, R&D formulators, Marketing, Supply Chain, and external CMO/custom manufacturing sites and suppliers.
• Support packaging execution by ensuring form, fit, and function while balancing cost, manufacturability, sustainability, and consumer/customer preferences; assist with die lines for artwork development.

Skills

Communication skills

Excel

MS Teams

TOPS

Education

Packaging degree

Mechanical or Chemical Engineering degree

Tools

TOPS

Job description

Job Title: Packaging Engineer Assistant

Location: Parsippany, NJ / Montvale, NJ (Hybrid: ≥3 days in office, ≤2 days remote per week)

Pay Range: $47

What's the Job?

• Manage high-growth packaging projects for Omni channel opportunities, with Amazon as a key focus area.

• Re-think and develop packaging concepts for prep-free and SIOC/SIPP, then follow through with proposals, material/component selection, cost estimating participation, sampling, validation, and complete related documentation.

• Use hands-on experience to take SKUs through Amazon SIOC certification and ISTA 6 Amazon.com testing, submit through Amazon Packaging support and Supplier Networking (PSSN), and resolve certification rejections.

• Collaborate with Packaging and cross-functional partners including Omni channel, Project Managers, Quality, R&D formulators, Marketing, Supply Chain, and external CMO/custom manufacturing sites and suppliers.

• Support packaging execution by ensuring form, fit, and function while balancing cost, manufacturability, sustainability, and consumer/customer preferences; assist with die lines for artwork development.

What's Needed?

• Packaging degree and 2-5 years of CPG / consumer packaged goods commercialization experience (Mechanical or Chemical Engineering degree also considered).

• Experience in package development, testing, materials, and components, including understanding of torques, sealing, assembly, print technologies, and document management.

• Working knowledge of household product compatibility with different materials to support packaging evaluations and validations, including arranging in-house and/or third-party testing.

• Ability to be trained on internal systems to request codes for new components and create/revise/remediate specifications, bills of materials, pallet pattern documents, and related project artifacts.

• Proficiency with MS suite (Teams, Excel, Word) and TOPS; strong communication skills for email, calls, Teams chat/video, and in-person collaboration.

What's in it for me?

• Work on meaningful, high-impact packaging projects across major brands and channels, including Amazon-focused certification and testing.

• Build real-world packaging expertise by supporting sampling, validation, documentation, and resolution of certification outcomes.

• Collaborate with a cross-functional team and external partners to drive solutions from concept through commercialization.

• Develop stronger project execution skills by managing multiple packaging initiatives and keeping stakeholders aligned.

• Contribute to sustainability-minded packaging improvements, including PCR content and recyclability considerations.

About ManpowerGroup, Parent Company of: Manpower, Experis, Talent Solutions, and Jefferson Wells.

ManpowerGroup® (NYSE: MAN), the leading global workforce solutions company, helps organizations transform in a fast-changing world of work by sourcing, assessing, developing, and managing the talent that enables them to win. We develop innovative solutions for hundreds of thousands of organizations every year, providing them with skilled talent while finding meaningful, sustainable employment for millions of people across a wide range of industries and skills. Our expert family of brands – Manpower, Experis, Talent Solutions, and Jefferson Wells – creates substantial value for candidates and clients across more than 75 countries and territories and has done so for over 70 years. We are recognized consistently for our diversity - as a best place to work for Women, Inclusion, Equality and Disability and in 2023 ManpowerGroup was named one of the World's Most Ethical Companies for the 14th year - all confirming our position as the brand of choice for in-demand talent.

ManpowerGroup is committed to providing equal employment opportunities in a professional, high quality work environment. It is the policy of ManpowerGroup and all of its subsidiaries to recruit, train, promote, transfer, pay and take all employment actions without regard to an employee's race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, religion, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable law.