Sr. Packaging Engineer

Packaging Engineer

The role of the Packaging Engineer will be to strategically lead, develop, & drive the Packaging Innovation function. Packaging Development has been recognized as a key business driver within Boar's Head, and this role will significantly contribute to the growth of the company. The Packaging Engineer will work in a dynamic, fast paced, highly collaborative, & cross-functional environment where strategic thinking, creativity, leadership, and a self-motivated drive for excellence & results will be necessary. The incumbent will design, develop, & implement holistic innovative packaging solutions that contribute to the overall Innovation agenda of the company and its' growth platforms. There will be a high degree of interaction with all levels of Marketing, Sales, Design, Research & Development, Engineering, Supply Chain, Procurement, and Senior Management.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Holistic Packaging Leadership: Design | Development | Implementation | Technical Services
• Pricing architecture & cost modeling
• Maintain quality packaging standards, specifications, and best practices
• Generate concepts, design, & develop structural packaging solutions against consumer insights
• Interact with the internal Design team or external Design partners to deliver a holistic packaging vision
• Maintain solid relationships with a variety of departments, ie: Marketing, Sales, Design, Supply Chain, Product Development, etc.
• Ideation & Brainstorming: Insight into packaging ideas, quickly reducing those ideas to functional and testable prototypes
• Prototype Development: Hands-on development of prototypes ranging from quick cut & paste, low-resolution models to fully functional, consumer testable packages & devices
• 3D CAD Design
• Design for Manufacturing: Works with Global Engineering, Supply Chain, and Suppliers to develop comprehensive transformation flow sheets of the manufacturing & supply process to ensure consideration for design & manufacturability
• Cost Modeling: Works with Supply Chain, Procurement, and Finance to develop comprehensive cost models for new packaging
• Technical Modeling: Translates consumer insight into functional attributes and develops corresponding engineering/technical models
• Test Methods & Specifications: Coordinates and develops packaging performance testing for shelf life, material specifications relating to key package dimensions & critical consumer attributes
• Qualification & Validation: Works with Suppliers, Supply Chain, Quality & Global Engineering to plan and execute comprehensive qualification & validation of new packaging and equipment systems
• Project Management: Plans, coordinates, and leads all project development activities and timelines from Concept through Package Definition.
• Customer & Executive Presentations: Provides internal presentations ranging from project updates to in-depth technical reviews. Participates in customer presentations and demonstrations
• Intellectual Property: Works with Legal to convert key consumer insight along with corresponding features & attributes, material structures, and manufacturing methods into a comprehensive Intellectual Property plan and resultant patent filings
• Travel is required up to 60%

Education and Experience

• Bachelor of Science in Industrial Design or Engineering Design, with experience in Packaging Design & Development or a BS in Packaging Science, Mechanical, or Industrial Engineering with relevant Design & Development.
• Seven (7) to ten (10) years of experience in Designing & Developing consumer products &/or structural packaging from concept through to commercialization.

Location: Sarasota, FL

Time Type: Full time

Department: Engineering