Job description
Join Apex Pack Industries, a premium packaging innovator crafting sustainable, retail-ready packaging for leading consumer brands. We are seeking a results-driven Senior Product Packaging Engineer to lead end-to-end packaging development from concept to production.
In this role, you will collaborate with product designers, supply chain, and suppliers to deliver packaging that protects product integrity, enhances shelf impact, reduces material usage, and complies with regulatory standards.
Responsibility
- Lead the end-to-end packaging development lifecycle for assigned SKUs, from brief to launch.
- Translate product specs into robust packaging concepts, including primary, secondary, and tertiary packaging.
- Create and manage dielines, 3D renders, and prototypes; validate with testing and consumer feedback.
- Partner with suppliers and manufacturers to optimize materials, cost, and sustainability.
- Drive sustainability initiatives: reduce plastic, increase recyclability, and support circular economy goals.
- Ensure regulatory compliance (labeling, packaging safety, migration, allergen, etc.) across regions.
- Collaborate with product, marketing, and QA to ensure packaging aligns with brand standards and packaging integrity.
- Manage project schedules, budgets, and risk assessments.
Qualification
- Bachelor's degree in Packaging Engineering, Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, or related field; advanced degree preferred.
- 5+ years of packaging development or packaging engineering experience, preferably in consumer goods.
- Strong knowledge of packaging materials (corrugate, PET, HDPE, HIPS), testing methods, and quality assurance.
- Proficiency with CAD tools and dieline software (Esko, ArtiosCAD, SolidWorks) and 3D rendering.
- Experience with sustainability initiatives, recyclability, regulatory compliance (US, EU, APAC).
- Excellent project management, cross-functional collaboration, and communication skills.
- Experience with supplier management, cost engineering, and BOM management.