Packaging Engineer - Food and Nutrition, Onsite Idaho Falls

Melaleuca: The Wellness Company; Idaho Falls (ID); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

On-site fitness center

Concierge services

Employee restaurant

Job summary

Melaleuca: The Wellness Company in Idaho Falls, ID, is seeking a Packaging Engineer with 3+ years of consumer-packaging experience. You will work across packaging materials, formats, and the product lifecycle from concept through production troubleshooting.

You'll collaborate with R&D, Marketing, Manufacturing, Engineering, Quality, Purchasing, and suppliers to deliver packaging solutions for food, nutrition, and dietary supplements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Packaging, Packaging Science, Engineering, Materials Science, or related field.
• 3+ years of professional packaging experience in consumer products.
• Hands-on experience developing, testing, qualifying, or troubleshooting consumer packaging.

Responsibilities

• Develop and qualify packaging solutions for new and existing products, especially food, nutrition, and dietary supplements.
• Recommend packaging materials, components, and configurations based on product requirements, package performance, manufacturing capabilities, cost, and consumer needs.
• Partner with R&D, Marketing, Manufacturing, Engineering, Quality, Purchasing, and suppliers to move packaging from development through commercialization.
• Plan and support packaging testing, production line trials, qualifications, and troubleshooting of packaging-related manufacturing issues.
• Develop and maintain packaging specifications and evaluate components, prototypes, technical drawings, and competitive packaging.
• Conduct and document packaging studies, including compatibility, functionality, dimensional, and weight-loss testing.
• Work directly with suppliers to evaluate new materials, components, technologies, and prototypes.
• Serve as a packaging subject-matter expert on cross-functional product development teams supporting domestic and international products.

Skills

Packaging experience

Analytical thinking

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Packaging/Packaging Science/Engineering/Materials Science or related field

Job description

Melaleuca: The Wellness Company in Idaho Falls, ID, is seeking a Packaging Engineer with 3+ years of consumer-packaging experience. You will work across packaging materials, formats, and the product lifecycle from concept through production troubleshooting.

You'll collaborate with R&D, Marketing, Manufacturing, Engineering, Quality, Purchasing, and suppliers to deliver packaging solutions for food, nutrition, and dietary supplements.