Senior Packaging Engineer: Lead Innovation & Optimization

Bazooka Brands; Moosic (Lackawanna County); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Bazooka Brands seeks a Senior Packaging Engineer to lead development, qualification, and commercialization of packaging across product categories. You will collaborate with R&D, Operations, Procurement, Quality, Marketing, and external suppliers to deliver innovative, cost-efficient, and sustainable packaging systems.

The role requires deep expertise in plastics, flexible packaging, paperboard, corrugates, packaging equipment, testing, and artwork management, with a focus on continuous

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Packaging Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or related technical discipline.
• 7+ years of progressive packaging engineering experience within consumer packaged goods (CPG) or related environments.
• Strong hands-on experience in plastic injection molding, including mold design, tooling evaluation, resin selection, package development, and manufacturing support.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, qualification, and commercialization of primary, secondary, and tertiary packaging solutions for new products, line extensions, renovations, and productivity initiatives.
• Manage packaging projects from concept through launch, ensuring delivery against timelines, performance requirements, quality standards, and cost objectives.
• Create, maintain, and approve detailed packaging specifications for all packaging materials, including plastics, films, labels, paperboard, corrugate, and related components.
• Develop and maintain Bills of Materials (BOMs), packaging standards, testing protocols, and technical documentation.
• Develop trial plans and create packaging trial protocols for plant testing, line validations, commercialization activities, and manufacturing scale-up initiatives.
• Plan and execute packaging trials, line validations, transportation testing, shelf-life studies, and commercialization activities.
• Conduct packaging feasibility assessments to evaluate manufacturability, equipment compatibility, material performance, and operational readiness prior to commercialization.
• Collaborate with Manufacturing and Quality teams to resolve packaging-related production issues and implement sustainable corrective actions.
• Support packaging artwork, labeling, and regulatory compliance activities in partnership with Quality, Regulatory, Legal, and R&D teams.

Skills

Packaging engineering

Mold design

Tooling evaluation

Resin selection

Package development

Manufacturing support

Flexible packaging

Paperboard

Corrugated packaging

Labels

Packaging equipment

Project management

Cross-functional collaboration

Lean Six Sigma

Education

Bachelor's degree in Packaging Engineering

Tools

CAPE

TOPS

Esko WebCenter

CAD software

PLM platforms

Job description

Bazooka Brands seeks a Senior Packaging Engineer to lead development, qualification, and commercialization of packaging across product categories. You will collaborate with R&D, Operations, Procurement, Quality, Marketing, and external suppliers to deliver innovative, cost-efficient, and sustainable packaging systems.

The role requires deep expertise in plastics, flexible packaging, paperboard, corrugates, packaging equipment, testing, and artwork management, with a focus on continuous