Senior Packaging Engineer

Job Description
Pay Range: $101,000 to $126,000 per year
Purpose of position:
To assure Foster Farms maintains a competitive advantage in the area of packaging materials and capital costs through the development and testing of structures and respective machinery. Develop and implement with direction from the Director of Packaging on product packaging strategies that incorporate breakthrough technology, product innovation, and operational services, at the lowest total cost. Provide packaging leadership and strategic contribution to the company’s Operations, Product Development, and Marketing departments.
Essential Job Functions:
Lead packaging design and implementation aspects of new product development across all production facilities working in conjunction with stakeholders in R&D, Marketing, Operations, Quality Assurance, Procurement, and company suppliers.
Direct the technical development of product packaging during the design and investigate stages.
Develop start up protocol for plant trials and commercialization stage using commonly accepted KPIs from Operations and Marketing. Maintain protocols.
Oversee plant trials, reporting against predetermined KPIs, and oversee commercialization runs, gaining Operations and Marketing acceptance.
Trouble-shoot Customer, Operations, and Quality packaging or equipment concerns.
The role will supervise the Packaging Engineering team with direct reports consisting of Packaging Engineer(s), Associate Packaging Engineer(s) and/or Intern(s) and report to the Director of Packaging.
Ensure sufficient technical expertise to assure all company packaging is best in class with regards to new technologies and structures, respective of current machinery, and the functionality of the individual finished good.
Identify sustainability, cost and processing savings opportunities working with Suppliers, Operations, Marketing and Sourcing.
Execute the prioritized project list from the Director of Packaging with input from Marketing and Operations.
Develop long term, sustainable solutions to address product requirements and company goals.
Additional Functions:
Engagement of Innovation centers provided by Supplier.
Participate in Industry organizations as appropriate