Packaging Engineer – Food, Nutrition & Consumer Products

Melaleuca: The Wellness Company; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

On-site fitness center

Employee restaurant

Job summary

Melaleuca: The Wellness Company is seeking a Packaging Engineer with 3+ years of consumer packaging experience to join our team in Idaho Falls. You will lead development, testing, and qualification of packaging across food, nutrition, and dietary supplement products, driving improvements from concept to production.

You will collaborate across R&D, Marketing, Manufacturing, Engineering, Quality, Purchasing, and suppliers, with relocation assistance available so you can join our award-winning,

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, commercializing, or troubleshooting consumer packaging.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, project management, and organizational skills.
• Ability to work effectively across technical, manufacturing, commercial, and supplier teams.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with ownership and attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Develop and qualify packaging solutions for new and existing products.
• 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 engineering

Project management

Analytical skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Packaging/Packaging Science/Engineering/Materials Science

Tools

Packaging testing equipment

Statistical analysis basics

Job description

Idaho Falls, Idaho | Onsite | Relocation Assistance Available

An Award-Winning Company. An Extraordinary Place to Build What's Next.

• #2 Best Brand for Value in America — Forbes
• 4X Forbes America's Best Midsize Employer
• TIME Magazine America's Best Midsize Companies
• USA TODAY America's Most Trusted Brands and America's Best Stores

For more than 40 years, Melaleuca: The Wellness Company has been guided by a simple mission: “To Enhance the Lives of Those We Touch by Helping People Reach Their Goals.” Long before better-for-you products, naturally derived ingredients, and environmental responsibility became mainstream consumer trends, Melaleuca was building products around these principles.

Today, we're a global health and wellness company with more than $2 billion in annual sales, more than 400 products, and thousands of Team Members worldwide. Our products span nutrition, food and healthy snacking, dietary supplements, personal care, beauty, and home care and reach consumers in markets around the world.

And we've built it from a place that's every bit as distinctive as the company itself.

Our Global Headquarters is in Idaho Falls, Idaho, in the heart of the Rocky Mountain West and within easy reach of Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks. People travel from around the world to experience this remarkable part of the country. Here, you have the opportunity to call it home.

We're looking for a Packaging Engineer with 3+ years of consumer products packaging experience who's ready for an opportunity that's different from the typical next step at a large CPG company.

Do More With Your Packaging Career

Approximately 75% of this role will support food, nutrition, and dietary supplement products, with the balance primarily focused on personal care and other consumer products.

You'll join a relatively small Packaging team with responsibility across a diverse product portfolio. Rather than owning one narrow piece of the process, you'll work across packaging materials, formats, and the development lifecycle—from concepts and prototypes through testing,

qualification, line trials, commercialization, and production troubleshooting.

You'll partner closely with R&D, Marketing, Manufacturing, Engineering, Quality, Purchasing, and external suppliers. For an engineer with a strong technical foundation who's ready for the next step, this role offers breadth, visibility, meaningful ownership, and the opportunity to see your work reach consumers around the world.

What You'll Do

• Develop and qualify packaging solutions for new and existing products, particularly in 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.

What You'll Bring

• Bachelor's degree in Packaging, Packaging Science, Engineering, Materials Science, or a related technical field.
• 3+ years of professional packaging experience in consumer products.
• Hands-on experience developing, testing, qualifying, commercializing, or troubleshooting consumer packaging.
• Strong analytical, technical problem-solving, project management, and organizational skills.
• Ability to work effectively across technical, manufacturing, commercial, and supplier teams.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with a high level of ownership and attention to detail.

Experience in food, beverage, nutrition, dietary supplements, personal care, or other CPG categories is especially valuable. Familiarity with packaging testing, ASTM/ISTA standards, GMP environments, packaging test equipment, or basic statistical analysis is a plus.

Why Melaleuca

Broad Packaging Experience You'll work across food, nutrition, dietary supplements, personal care, beauty, home care, and other consumers products, gaining experience with a wide range of materials, formats, manufacturing processes, and technical challenges.

Meaningful Ownership

Our Packaging team is relatively small, so your work will be visible. You'll work directly with the people developing, manufacturing, and commercializing our products and see projects move from concept to production and ultimately to consumers.

A Company Built Around Better Choices

Melaleuca was building around health, wellness, naturally derived ingredients, and smarter choices long before those ideas became mainstream CPG trends. That heritage continues to shape the products we develop today.

Exceptional Benefits and Quality of Life

Melaleuca offers competitive compensation and a comprehensive benefits package, including a longevity bonus, along with on-site amenities such as a fitness center, concierge services, and employee restaurant.

And in Idaho Falls, you can build a world-class career while enjoying the lifestyle that comes with living in the Rocky Mountain West. Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks are nearby, with outstanding skiing, hiking, fishing, mountain biking, and other outdoor recreation close to home.

Relocation assistance is available.

If you've built a strong foundation in consumer packaging and are ready for broader experience, greater ownership, and the opportunity to make a visible impact, we'd like to hear from you.

This position is based onsite at Melaleuca's Global Headquarters in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Candidates must be willing to work onsite and relocate to the area.