Packaging Engineer (4-Month Contract)

**This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Packaging Engineer (4-Month Contract) based in the United States.** This role offers the opportunity to lead critical packaging development initiatives within a fast-growing health and wellness organization. You will manage end-to-end packaging engineering activities, from specification creation and supplier collaboration to commercialization support. The position combines technical expertise, project ownership, and cross-functional execution across product development, supply chain, quality, and regulatory teams. You will play a key role in scaling packaging solutions across multiple product lines while ensuring quality, compliance, and operational efficiency. Working in a high-velocity environment, you will balance innovation, supplier coordination, and detailed technical documentation. This is an ideal opportunity for an experienced packaging professional who enjoys solving complex challenges and driving impactful improvements. ### Accountabilities: As a Packaging Engineer, you will own packaging development and specification management across primary, secondary, and component packaging categories. You will collaborate with internal teams and external suppliers to ensure packaging solutions are scalable, compliant, and aligned with business growth objectives. - Create, maintain, and manage packaging specifications within PLM systems, ensuring accurate and audit-ready product data. - Review and validate dielines, structural specifications, material details, technical data sheets, and bills of materials for packaging components. - Support SKU and UPC creation processes while maintaining accurate product hierarchies and documentation. - Manage engineering change requests (ECRs), packaging revisions, and obsolete SKU processes. - Partner with suppliers, copackers, regulatory teams, sourcing teams, and quality teams to collect information and maintain packaging accuracy. - Support development and qualification of primary packaging including stick packs, sachets, pouches, tubs, and bottles. - Collaborate with suppliers on material selection, trial runs, qualification processes, and commercial readiness. - Evaluate packaging trade-offs related to cost, lead times, supply chain flexibility, performance, and shelf stability. - Manage packaging samples, testing coordination, pilot fills, and internal review processes. - Support secondary packaging development, including cartons, shippers, print specifications, and fulfillment requirements. - Optimize packaging configurations to reduce complexity, improve efficiency, and support cost savings. - Assist with component development, supplier relationships, risk assessments, and packaging changeovers. - Support sustainability initiatives related to recyclability, recycled materials, certifications, and environmental impact assessments. - Ensure packaging decisions align with applicable regulatory requirements, including dietary supplement standards and labeling guidelines. - Collaborate with cross-functional teams including product development, creative, procurement, planning, regulatory, quality, and logistics. - Identify risks, dependencies, and timeline impacts while maintaining project visibility and execution plans. **Requirements:** The ideal candidate is a hands-on packaging engineering professional with experience managing complex packaging programs in regulated consumer industries. You should have strong technical knowledge, excellent organizational skills, and the ability to manage multiple packaging initiatives simultaneously in a fast-paced environment. - Bachelor’s degree in Packaging Engineering, Packaging Science, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related technical field. - 5+ years of hands-on packaging engineering experience with ownership of primary and secondary packaging development. - Experience working in dietary suppl…