Packaging Engineer II

Location: Carbondale, PA
Department: CPG

Job Description

Adept Group offers an award-winning workplace for exceptional packaging industry talent. We work on a range of innovative projects for iconic brand owners. Our technically gifted team collaborates to produce unparalleled results.
 
We offer a great place to showcase your expertise and build upon your skillset. All while having fun with amazing people from a variety of diverse backgrounds. We’re driven, inspirational and most importantly, human.
 
We offer a flexible, creative culture focusing on 3 pillars - our environment, our communities, and our health and well-being. Join a team committed to building a sustainable future!
 
The Opportunity
Adept Group is seeking a Packaging Engineer II (1099 Contractor) to add to our team! This candidate would have full packaging development experience in the Food & Beverage or CPG industries with flexible films, folding cartons, and corrugate experience.
 
This a position requires this candidate to be commutable to Carbondale, PA and be open to being onsite at least once a month.
 
Key Responsibilities:
  • Executes product initiatives, packaging design and performance enhancements, cost-improvement efforts, and promotional activities.
  • Initiate and drive packaging qualifications by generating packaging protocols, overseeing test execution, analyzing test data, and authoring qualification reports.
  • Provide limited technical expertise for packaging risk assessments and failure mode/root cause analyses.
  • Plan and execute a design of experiments. Perform statistical analysis on data generated from experiments and write final reports.
  • Provide activity, resource, and decisional input to Initiate and complete packaging line trials including planning, conducting and post-trial activities. 
  • Perform the project plan outlined for the improvement and standardization of packaging on existing products with a focus on performance and cost effectiveness
  • Partner with purchasing and production departments to determine costs and feasibility of producing proposed packaging
  • Build internal and external relationships to effectively influence and gain support for initiatives. 
Requirements:
  • Bachelor's degree in Packaging Engineering.
  • 2 – 5 years Packaging Engineering experience.
  • In-depth understanding of the full packaging development and qualification process (or stage gate process).
  • Demonstrated knowledge of resource planning for trials. 
  • Demonstrated knowledge of FDA and ISO requirements related to packaging and labeling, ensuring robust package validation and qualification.
  • Intermediate understanding of project timeline development.
  • Demonstrated effective communications (verbally and in writing) across internal and external teams.
  • Demonstrated ability to multitask and manage time efficiently and effectively across multiple activities and tasks simultaneously.
Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.


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