Packaging Engineer - Innovation & Sustainability

Edgewell Personal Care; Shelton (CT); Hybrid; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental & vision

401(k)

Life, accident, disability insurance

Wellness programs

Job summary

Edgewell Personal Care seeks a Packaging Development professional to drive promotional, display and e-commerce packaging for assigned brands. You will support innovation, cost savings and sustainability initiatives, serving on cross-functional teams and guiding project timelines.

The role emphasizes developing packaging concepts, testing components, and coordinating with suppliers to ensure successful production and timely ship dates. A hybrid Shelton, CT work arrangement is offered.

Qualifications

• BS in Mechanical, Package or Industrial Engineering, or equivalent technical degree.
• Minimum of 1 year of package development experience preferred, ideally with consumer products companies.
• Good aesthetic “innovative” design skills.
• Ability to develop and implement schedules and ensure engineering procedures are followed.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office tools (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).

Responsibilities

• Manage assigned package development projects, coordinating with Brand and project teams to hit objectives and ship dates.
• Communicate technical issues during product team meetings to the project team and management.
• Develop, engineer, test packaging components, and meet consumer, functional, cost, manufacturing & shipping requirements.
• Provide input to packaging design and ensure manufacturability with desirable aesthetics.
• Test and qualify packaging components with suppliers from engineering prints to prototypes and tooling.
• Collaborate with Package Engineering, Suppliers, and Manufacturing to create timely specifications.
• Stay updated on packaging and manufacturing tech developments.

Education

BS in Mechanical, Package or Industrial Engineering, or equivalent technical degree

1 year of package development experience

Good aesthetic “innovative” design skills

Effective organization and scheduling

Proficiency with Microsoft Office tools

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Edgewell Personal Care seeks a Packaging Development professional to drive promotional, display and e-commerce packaging for assigned brands. You will support innovation, cost savings and sustainability initiatives, serving on cross-functional teams and guiding project timelines.

The role emphasizes developing packaging concepts, testing components, and coordinating with suppliers to ensure successful production and timely ship dates. A hybrid Shelton, CT work arrangement is offered.