Senior Packaging Engineer

Church & Dwight is seeking a Senior Packaging Engineer to join our team. This role is responsible for leading packaging development programs from concept through commercialization across multiple Strategic Business Units (SBUs), supporting both innovation and lifecycle management initiatives while ensuring packaging performance, quality, cost, and timing objectives are achieved.

Requirements

• Lead end-to-end packaging development programs from concept initiation through manufacturing launch.
• Develop and qualify primary, secondary, and tertiary packaging systems including plastics, flexible films, corrugated, folding cartons, thermoforms, bottles, tubes, and injection-molded components.
• Design, plan, and execute analytical testing, package performance testing, line trials, and commercialization activities.
• Conduct hands-on evaluations in lab, warehouse, and manufacturing environments to ensure conformance to requirements.
• Troubleshoot packaging and line-related issues independently during development, trials, and commercialization.
• Independently plan and execute projects, including timelines, risk assessments, contingency plans, and action plans.
• Manage multiple concurrent projects across innovation, quality improvement, and margin enhancement initiatives.
• Develop component specifications using DOE, SPC, FMEA, and Lean Six Sigma principles.
• Evaluate graphics and printing processes and assess their impact on package performance, sustainability, and quality.
• Lead qualification programs for new materials, formats, and suppliers.
• Support cost-savings and value-engineering initiatives tied to packaging design and material selection.
• Ensure all project documentation, test data, trial reports, and qualification records are complete and accurate.
• Act as a technical resource and provide mentorship to junior engineers, technicians, and co-op students.

Benefits

• Paid vacation and sick time
• Paid holidays, floating holidays, and vacation days
• Paid Parental Leave
• 401k retirement plan (with company match and profit-sharing)
• Discounted Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Medical, dental, vision, basic life insurance