Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. DrinkPAK is a leading manufacturer of canned beverages in North America, known for revolutionizing beverage manufacturing through automation and sustainability. The Senior Manager of Packaging Engineering will lead all packaging engineering activities across the product portfolio, ensuring high standards and efficiency in a high-speed manufacturing environment.
Responsibilities
- Own packaging engineering across all formats: aluminum cans, lids, cartons, trays, corrugated cases, and pallet configurations—ensuring format standards are documented, maintained, and enforced across all sites
- Lead packaging qualification activities for new formats, sizes, and secondary packaging configurations; manage validation testing, trials, and launch readiness
- Serve as the primary technical interface between Operations, Sales, and contract customers on all packaging-related specifications, tolerances, and new product introduction requirements
- Drive secondary packaging equipment performance—including case packers, wraparound cartons, tray formers, palletizers, and stretch wrappers—through standards development, OEM collaboration, and continuous improvement
- Develop and maintain packaging design specifications, capability matrices, and engineering standards in coordination with Corporate Engineering Services
- Evaluate and approve packaging material and component submissions from suppliers; manage supplier performance relative to quality, consistency, and lead time
- Lead engineering input into new product launch (NPL) processes: provide packaging feasibility assessments, format compatibility reviews, and equipment readiness confirmations
- Partner with Quality and Food Safety teams to ensure all packaging meets regulatory, SQF, GMP, and customer-specific requirements
- Identify and drive continuous improvement initiatives targeting material waste reduction, changeover time, line efficiency, and packaging cost optimization
- Support capital project teams on packaging equipment selection, layout, and commissioning for new and expanded production lines
- Manage packaging engineering documentation, format drawings, and technical specifications across Engineering Services
Skills
- 8–10+ years of packaging engineering experience in CPG, food and beverage, or high-speed consumer goods manufacturing
- Deep knowledge of aluminum can packaging systems, secondary packaging formats (cartons, trays, corrugated), and palletization standards
- Demonstrated experience qualifying new packaging formats and leading new product introduction engineering in a manufacturing environment
- Familiarity with secondary packaging equipment including case packers, tray formers, palletizers, and stretch wrappers
- Understanding of food safety standards including SQF, GMP, HACCP, and applicable FDA regulations
- Strong supplier management skills: specification development, qualification, performance monitoring
- Ability to read and interpret packaging drawings, tolerance specifications, and material standards
- Strong cross-functional communication skills; ability to interface with customers, sales, operations, and OEM partners
- Detail-oriented with strong documentation, organizational, and project management capabilities
- Bachelor's Degree in Packaging Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or related field preferred; equivalent experience considered
Benefits
- PPO medical, dental, and vision insurance for our employees AND their dependents, 100% paid by the Company
- A cell phone stipend
- Annual discretionary bonus
- 401(k) match program, pet insurance, life insurance, and more.
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