What are the responsibilities and job description for the PACKAGING ENGINEER, R&D position at Post Consumer Brands?
Business Unit Overview :
Headquartered in Lakeville, Minn., Post Consumer Brands, a business unit of Post Holdings, Inc., is dedicated to providing people and their pets with delicious food choices for every taste and budget. The companys portfolio includes beloved brands such as Honey Bunches of Oats, PEBBLES, Grape-Nuts and Malt-O-Meal cereal, and Peter Pan peanut butter, as well as Rachael Ray Nutrish, Kibbles n Bits and 9Lives dog and cat food. As a company committed to high standards of quality and to our values, we are driven by one idea : To make lives better by making delicious food accessible for all. For more information about our brands, visit www.postconsumerbrands.com and follow us on LinkedIn for the latest news.
Brand :
Post Consumer Brands recently acquired several iconic pet food brands, venturing into a new market while remaining true to our purpose to provide delicious and accessible food that our consumers love. Were always searching the center store for the next exciting product to add to our portfolio, and right now, were growing and need passionate, driven individuals with diverse perspectives to help us reach greater heights. Thats where you come in. Join a team where your voice is not only heard but valued. Make a real impact on brands enjoyed by millions of people and their pets.
Location Description :
Post Consumer Brands corporate headquarters in Lakeville, Minn. is about 20 miles south of Minneapolis and St. Paul, Lakeville has all the benefits of smaller town living with access to everything a large metropolitan area has to offer. Join more than 400 team members collaborating on the two-building campus to help put breakfast on the tables of millions of consumers in North America.
Responsibilities :
In this role you will use your knowledge in Packaging Science or Engineering to perform basic and critical experimental work of applied research and / or development, including planning experiments, generating, and analyzing data. Individuals plan and execute a broad range of technical tasks. Your work is typically hands on, in a lab, in a plant or pilot plant, at a critical site, on a computer or with consumers.
Location : this position offers hybrid flexiblity out of our corporate campus in Lakeville, MN
Primary responsibilities will include :
- Provide innovative ideas leading to the application of new packaging technologies and solving packaging related challenges.
- Design, develop and implement new packaging, utilizing formats such as film / laminate, paperboard, Steel / Aluminum metal cans, corrugated, thermoforming, and injection molding.
- Define and conduct package development testing to ensure readiness for production, distribution, package stability, shelf life and consumer use.
- Collaborate with Products Research, Creative Services, Product Development, Brand Management, and suppliers in early-stage new package and / or new product design.
- Design and execute package qualifications with suppliers and production facilities.
- Plan, execute, analyze, and summarize plant trials, collaborating with Manufacturing and site technical resources.
- Create performance-based specifications for upload into electronic database specification system
- Advise and recommend equipment suppliers and service providers to cross functional organization in support of new product launches
- Learn to assess legal and environmental aspects, and patent opportunities for new packaging
- Support plant packaging organization as needed to resolve packaging supply chain or production technical issues. ?
Qualifications : Education
Experience
What we are looking for :
