Job Description

Are you excited by the idea of improving food packaging at the source—right on the production floor? Do you enjoy combining technical know-how, project ownership, and collaboration to turn packaging challenges into smart, practical solutions?

As a Packaging Engineer, you’ll play an important role in supporting packaging qualifications, optimization initiatives, and innovation projects across production sites and copackers. You’ll work closely with internal and external stakeholders, bringing technical insight to packaging and filling operations while helping ensure high standards in quality, efficiency, and documentation. This is a hands-on role for someone who enjoys being close to operations, solving problems with data, and driving projects forward in a dynamic environment.

PACKAGING PRODUCTIONS AND COPACKER VISITS

You’ll visit packaging productions and copackers to support qualifications, optimization activities, and innovation projects. By being present on-site, you’ll help assess technical requirements, identify improvement opportunities, and ensure packaging solutions work effectively in real production environments.

AUDITS

You’ll conduct audits to review packaging-related processes and standards. Your work will help ensure production partners and operations meet the required expectations and support continuous improvement.

PROJECT MANAGEMENT

You’ll manage a diverse range of food packaging-related projects with internal and external stakeholders. From planning through execution, you’ll coordinate interdisciplinary activities and help keep projects moving efficiently and effectively.

TECHNICAL SUPPORT FOR PACKAGING AND FILLING OPERATIONS

You’ll use your understanding of technical requirements in packaging productions and filling operations to support practical decision-making. You’ll help evaluate current processes and contribute to solutions that improve performance and reliability.

OPTIMIZATION AND DATA-DRIVEN IMPROVEMENT

You’ll analyze production data and translate insights into actionable optimization opportunities. Your ability to understand operational data will support continuous improvement across packaging processes.

PROJECT DOCUMENTATION AND STAKEHOLDER COLLABORATION

You’ll maintain clear and structured project documentation while working with a range of internal and external partners. Strong collaboration will be key as you align different stakeholders and contribute to interdisciplinary project success.

Qualifications

1–3 (or more) years of experience in packaging production across primary, secondary, and tertiary packaging, working with various materials or experience in food production

University degree in Technical Studies or Natural Science

Fluent in English

Understanding of technical requirements for packaging productions and filling operations

Ability to analyze production data and develop solutions for optimization

Experience managing or supporting interdisciplinary projects with multiple stakeholders

Openness to travel and confidence working with internal and external partners

Experience with metallurgy is beneficial

Additional Information

Due to legal reasons, we are obliged to disclose the minimum salary according to the collective agreement for this position, which is EUR 2,251 gross per month. However, our attractive compensation package is based on market-oriented salaries and is therefore significantly above the stated minimum salary.

As an employer, we value diversity and support people in developing their potential and strengths, realizing their ideas and seizing opportunities. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We welcome applications from all members of society irrespective of age, skin colour, religion, gender, sexual orientation or origin.