Packaging Engineer: Innovation & Plant Efficiency Leader

Lamb Weston; Richland (WA); On-site; USD 79,000 - 118,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance Benefits

Flexible Spending Accounts

Well-being programs

Paid Time Off

401(k) plan with company contributions

Employee Stock Purchase Program

Job summary

Lamb Weston in Richland, WA is hiring a Packaging Engineer to drive identification, development, and commercialization of new packaging solutions across multiple business units. You will lead packaging projects from ideation to implementation, collaborating with suppliers, manufacturing, and quality teams.

The role emphasizes hands-on testing, data-driven decision making, and mentoring junior engineers while aligning with cost, performance, and safety goals in a fast-paced manufacturing

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Packaging, Engineering, or related field.
• 2+ years’ work experience in packaging industry, CPG preferred.
• Strong understanding of packaging materials capabilities and equipment.
• Understanding of government regulatory requirements in the processing of food.
• Strong ability to collaborate and maintain cross‑functional partnerships, both internally and externally.
• Ability to effectively, appropriately communicate to senior organization, both verbally and nonverbally.

Responsibilities

• Support the innovation stage‑gate process on assigned packaging projects from ideation through commercialization.
• Effectively communicate within the greater packaging technical community.
• Lead technical delivery of base business projects independently while simultaneously supporting high complexity technical projects.
• Support assigned business unit on all packaging projects from ideation through commercialization.
• Develop ideas for savings, innovation, plant efficiency and quality improvements that are relevant to the business.
• Collaborate with business and technical peers on assigned projects, as well as external partners and resources.
• Independently plan, execute, and analyze plant/pilot plant/lab trials.
• Prepare and present results of technical reports to leadership team, both written and oral.

Skills

Packaging knowledge

Cross-functional collaboration

Analytical thinking

Communication

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Packaging, Engineering, or related field

Tools

AutoCAD

ArtiosCad

SolidWorks

Job description

Lamb Weston in Richland, WA is hiring a Packaging Engineer to drive identification, development, and commercialization of new packaging solutions across multiple business units. You will lead packaging projects from ideation to implementation, collaborating with suppliers, manufacturing, and quality teams.

The role emphasizes hands-on testing, data-driven decision making, and mentoring junior engineers while aligning with cost, performance, and safety goals in a fast-paced manufacturing