Senior Packaging Engineer - Livingston, United States - Foster Farms

Foster Farms Livingston, United States

4 weeks ago

Description

Company Description

Foster Farms has been serving families since 1939.

Since the founding days, Foster Farms has always been committed to providing consumers with the highest-quality, best-tasting poultry products available.

Our commitment to excellence, honesty, quality, service, and our valued TEAM Members will shine through in everything we do.

Foster Farms is always looking for talented individuals to join the Foster Farms TEAM. We offer the experience of a large organization, but operate like a family business.

More than half of our job openings are filled by internal promotion, and we encourage TEAM Members to gain a variety of experiences across different functional groups.

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

Qualifications

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

BS degree in Packaging, Engineering, with an emphasis in flexible packaging.

3-4 years' experience must include flexible films, corrugate, printing, labels, and trays

3-4 years of direct involvement in product development and commercialization testing of film, corrugate, labels and trays

Proven project management skills and the ability to create change across multiple departments.

Must have a broad business perspective of the requirements for operating within a large vertically integrated organization.

Must have strong problem-solving skills, sound judgment and decision-making abilities

Must be able to communicate effectively with varying levels of management and team leads, both written and verbal

PREFERRED REQUIREMENTS:

Broad knowledge of domestic food packaging requirements.

Field/Plant work required

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

Must have reliable transportation

Must be able to travel 50-60%

Must be able to obtain CA driver's license

Must be able to have consistent attendance in the Livingston, or other assigned Foster Farms' Office

Must be able to sit for long periods of time

Must be able to drive to various company and vendor locations

Must be able to work on the computer for long periods of time

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Foster Farms is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Minorities, Females, Veterans and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

Foster Farms participates in E-Verify during the hire process at all locations for all new TEAM Members.

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