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Job Summary
We are seeking a Package Engineer for a 1-year contract assignment in Stamford, CT, supporting packaging development within the consumer packaged goods manufacturing industry. This role is ideal for a packaging professional with experience in liquid filling, injection-molded packaging components, blow-molded packaging components, and technical qualification work.
The Package Engineer will serve as a technical lead on packaging projects, helping develop safe, functional, attractive, and efficient packaging solutions for consumer products. This opportunity offers exposure to cross-functional teams, supplier collaboration, plant trials, testing, quality standards, and continuous improvement initiatives in a professional manufacturing environment.
This role is well suited for someone who enjoys solving technical packaging challenges, managing project timelines, influencing stakeholders, and contributing to packaging innovation with minimal guidance.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and design packaging solutions that support product safety, convenience, transport performance, consumer appeal, and production efficiency.
- Create packaging material standards, specifications, engineering drawings, and supplier requirements for new and existing packaging components.
- Plan and coordinate laboratory testing, plant trials, and technical evaluations to qualify new packaging materials, components, equipment, and processes.
- Evaluate packaging and transportation methods to ensure compliance with quality, safety, and performance standards.
- Provide technical support for package performance, continued supply, quality issue resolution, and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Partner with cross-functional teams, suppliers, contract packaging sites, and labeling operations to execute projects on time and within budget.
Compensation and Benefits
- Salary range: $124,000 to $150,000 per year. ($75 Hr.)
- Contract/temporary assignment.
- Assignment length: 1 year.
- Schedule: 4 days per week, 32 hours per week.
- Location: Stamford, CT.
Guiding Principles and Core Values: UP HIRE
Understanding Matters.
We actively listen to each other, our STEM professionals, and customers. We take the time to understand their needs to make the best connections in the industry.
People Matter.
People are at the center of our company. All decisions we make are in the best of interest of our employees, co-workers, communities, candidates and customers.
Honesty Matters.
We conduct our business with integrity and DO the right things. We ARE trustworthy partners WHO stand behind our work and people.
Innovation Matters.
We are disciplined in bringing forward new thought and solutions that guide the industry and grow our company. Continued growth secures sustainability that provides solid careers for our employees, stability for our STEM professionals, and reliability to our customers.
Relationships Matter.
We take personal responsibility for all relationships with our employees, co-workers, STEM professionals and customers. Courtesy, dignity and respect EQUAL high performance results.
Everything Matters.
We hold ourselves accountable to perform with the upmost of professionalism, attention to detail, and highest standard of service. We hit our targets and do what we say we will do.