Senior Packaging Engineer – Scale-Up & Innovation

Danone; Louisville (CO); Hybrid; USD 82,000 - 118,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Prescription Drug Coverage

401k Plan

Wellness Program

Life Insurance

Tuition Reimbursement

Flexible Time Off

Paid Parental Bonding Leave

Job summary

Danone North America is seeking a Packaging Engineer to lead scale-up, validation, and commercialization of packaging innovations and renovations. You will integrate design, materials, process conditions, equipment, quality, and supply chain to deliver robust manufacturing solutions.

The role involves cross-functional work across R&I, Operations, Quality, and suppliers, with a hybrid work environment and a salary range of $82,000–$118,000 USD.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Packaging, Mechanical, Chemical or Food Engineering, Materials Science, or a related field.
• 5+ years in packaging engineering, development, industrialization, or commercialization.
• Hands-on packaging scale-up experience spanning plant trials, line qualification, start-up, troubleshooting, and documentation.
• Experience with primary, secondary, and tertiary packaging, with expertise in at least two formats such as rigid plastics, cups, closures, flexibles, labels, paper, corrugated, or cans.

Responsibilities

• Co-lead packaging scale-ups from concept through validation, first production, and launch stabilization.
• Support innovation, renovation, productivity, sustainability, capacity, and business-continuity projects across food/beverage platforms.
• Translate consumer, product, quality, sustainability, cost, and manufacturing needs into clear success criteria, validation plans, and specs.
• Co-own trial and first-production readiness, including scope, materials, tooling, line changes, measurements, resources, documentation, and contingencies.
• Analyze trial data and lead root-cause troubleshooting of material, equipment, operating-window, quality, and distribution issues.

Skills

Packaging engineering

Scale-up

Industrialization

Documentation

Education

Bachelor’s degree or higher in Packaging, Mechanical, Chemical or Food Engineering, Materials Science, or a related field

Job description

Danone North America is seeking a Packaging Engineer to lead scale-up, validation, and commercialization of packaging innovations and renovations. You will integrate design, materials, process conditions, equipment, quality, and supply chain to deliver robust manufacturing solutions.

The role involves cross-functional work across R&I, Operations, Quality, and suppliers, with a hybrid work environment and a salary range of $82,000–$118,000 USD.