Packaging Engineer III — Sustainable Plastics & LCA Lead

Bausch+Lomb Companies Inc.; City of Rochester (NY); On-site; USD 95,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Eye Health, and Life

401K Plan with company match

Paid time off – vacation, holidays, S/

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Employee Incentive Bonus

Tuition Reimbursement

Annual performance review

Job summary

Bausch+Lomb Companies Inc. is seeking a senior packaging engineer to lead primary plastic packaging design, qualification, and sustainability initiatives.

You will work with cross-functional teams and suppliers to embed life-cycle thinking and regulatory compliance into new and existing packaging. The role requires 7+ years in Plastics/Packaging Engineering with hands-on development experience and strong project management, communication, and collaboration skills.

Qualifications

• BS in Packaging Engineering, Packaging Science, Plastics Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, or related Engineering/Scientific discipline required.
• MS in Packaging Science, Plastics Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Materials Science or related discipline preferred.
• ISO-9000, GMP, and DFSS experience; Six Sigma/DOE methodology a plus.
• Experience with plastics conversion processes such as injection molding, thermoforming, form-fill-seal, etc.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the plastics packaging and sustainability SME on project teams, providing guidance on polymer selection, plastic packaging design and conversion processes, performance testing, and global recyclability and end-of-life requirements.
• Research, identify, develop, and qualify plastics packaging solutions including lightweighting, mono-material structures, multi-material structures, recycled content, bio-based, and recyclable designs.
• Explore potential new manufacturing processes and technologies; support existing manufacturing processes, quality improvements, and cost reductions including plastics conversion processes.
• Manage activities with external suppliers, material suppliers, and packaging vendors, and recycling/end-of-life partners to identify and qualify new sustainable packaging options.
• Lead technology transfer of new packaging materials and processes.
• Conduct and interpret packaging performance testing and life-cycle assessments (LCA) to evaluate sustainability trade-offs and substantiate environmental claims.
• Monitor evolving global packaging regulations and extended producer responsibility (EPR) schemes; translate requirements into design changes and compliance roadmaps.
• May serve as engineering lead on projects; may provide daily direction to technical team members assigned to project teams.

Skills

GMP/DFSS experience

Six Sigma/DOE

Cross-functional collaboration

Project management

Education

BS in Packaging Engineering / related

MS in Packaging Science / related

Tools

SolidWorks

AutoCAD

Minitab

JMP

Job description

Bausch+Lomb Companies Inc. is seeking a senior packaging engineer to lead primary plastic packaging design, qualification, and sustainability initiatives.

You will work with cross-functional teams and suppliers to embed life-cycle thinking and regulatory compliance into new and existing packaging. The role requires 7+ years in Plastics/Packaging Engineering with hands-on development experience and strong project management, communication, and collaboration skills.