Scj-posted 9 months ago
Full-time • Mid Level
Remote • Huntsville, TX
Insurance Carriers and Related Activities

International Consumer Brands (ICB) Home Cleaning is looking for a packaging engineer to join a newly created team championing sustainability initiatives in alignment with our 5-year strategy. As an Associate Manager, you will be the SME that drives sustainability initiatives related to recycled plastics, virgin plastic reduction, and overall recyclability improvements. You will apply emerging technologies to identify, develop and drive technical solutions into effective product design. Additionally, you will contribute to the technical development & qualification of new or revised packaging materials & products. To be successful in this role, you will be curious and action oriented. You will partner with key internal and external stakeholders and business partners to bring creative solutions to technical challenges old & new. Additionally, you will leverage your technical subject matter expertise with cross functional teams to ensure achievement of project objectives, strategic initiatives, and growth goals. It is also crucial that you remain current with the latest technology to effectively and efficiently impact portfolio activity. In addition to your hands on technical work, you will have the opportunity to serve as a go-to and mentor, influencing and impacting continuous learning and capabilities of other packaging engineers within the ICB organization.

  • Contribute packaging technology and product design options that fulfill consumer needs
  • Identify and evaluate new packaging materials and components that unlock speed in execution
  • Provide expertise in areas of package design, material selection, performance characterization methods, and iterative prototyping to support test and learn model of new product development (NPD)
  • Lead outside vendors & design partners to ensure timely delivery of project milestones, including prototype samples, product qualification and scale-up activities
  • Collaborate with project managers and cross functional teams to build project timelines, deliver key milestones, and provide input on technical risks & mitigation plans
  • Develop validation and line qualification plans, perform lab tests, and document results in technical reports
  • Model R D functional skills including effective communication, quality in design, regulatory compliance, product safety, and scientific rigor
  • Bachelor's degree in Packaging or other relevant engineering disciplines (e.g., Mechanical, Material Science, etc.) and 6+ years of packaging development experience, OR Master's degree with 4+ years of relevant work experience
  • Qualified candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States
  • Prior experience in packaging solutions that maximize recyclability, recycled content, virgin plastic reduction, and minimize negative environmental impacts of our products and materials selection
  • Expertise in multiple packaging disciplines such as rigid plastics, dispensing systems, flexible materials, closures, manufacturing line requirements and plastic molding techniques
  • Project management experience and the ability to anticipate, identify, communicate and mitigate technical risks
  • Strategic thinker with ability to effectively navigate complex and/or ambiguous situations
  • Excellent communication skills with ability to present, influence and persuade across functions and organizational levels
  • Multilingual communication skills
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