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Packaging Engineer
full-time•New Albany
About this role
Business Unit Overview
Responsibilities
Qualifications
About Bob Evans Farms, Inc.
For over 75 years, Bob Evans Farms has delivered delicious, quick-to-table, farm-inspired food that makes mealtime a little bit easier and a lot more delicious. We're proud to be the No. 1-selling refrigerated dinner sides*, including many varieties of wholesome, feel-good favorites such as mashed potatoes and macaroni & cheese, sold in grocery stores across the country. We're also a leading producer and distributor of sausage and egg products including liquid eggs. In addition to our flagship Bob Evans® brand, our product portfolio includes Simply Potatoes®, Egg Beaters® and Owens® Sausage. Bob Evans Farms is based in Columbus, Ohio, and is owned by Post Holdings, Inc., a consumer-packaged goods holding company. For more information about Bob Evans Farms, Inc., visit www.bobevansgrocery.com.
Responsibilities
Position Overview:
This position is responsible for supporting Packaging initiatives within the Bob Evans Farms Research & Development department. The Packaging Engineer will manage multiple projects of various degrees of difficulty and will contribute to portions of more complex technical projects as part of a larger team. This position will be responsible for planning and conducting tests, analyzing, and evaluating data, and formulating conclusions to accomplish department goals.
Accountabilities:
• Manage assigned packaging development projects.
• Identify and recommend potential cost savings opportunities to RD&I leadership team, including validation and implementation requirements.
• Identify efficiencies through package design and pallet cube optimization.
• Validate packaging performance through R&D lab testing and plant line trials.
• Assure packaging readiness for production, distribution and shelf-life requirements.
• Gather packaging specifications and manage database for storage and maintenance.
• Create organize and maintain pallet patterns via TOPS software.
• Collaborate with cross-functional partners for identification and implementation of packaging solutions through to successful commercialization.
• Troubleshoot existing packaging as needed, recommending technical solutions.
• Coordinate packaging samples for internal and external needs as required.
• Conduct product ship testing, with data-driven recommendations through detailed reporting.
• Support packaging equipment selection efforts to meet end-need state.
Qualifications
Experience and Education:
Education Level:
• Bachelor’s Degree, or equivalent education, training, and/ or experience in Packaging Science, or equivalent field required.
Experience:
• 3 - 5 years of experience with packaging development and testing.
• Previous experience in Food or CPG industry a plus.
• Experience with multi-plant manufacturer a plus.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
What you'll do
- The Packaging Engineer will manage multiple packaging development projects and validate packaging performance through testing and trials. They will also collaborate with cross-functional partners to implement packaging solutions and troubleshoot existing packaging as needed.
About Bob Evans Foods
Bob Evans Farms delivers quick-to-table, farm-inspired food that makes mealtime a little bit easier and a lot more delicious. Founded in 1948 by Bob Evans, the company originated as a sausage business and has since expanded to include wholesome, feel-good favorites such as mashed potatoes and macaroni & cheese products, representing the #1-selling refrigerated dinner sides in the United States*. Bob Evans Farms is also a leading producer and distributor in the refrigerated and frozen breakfast categories with a product portfolio spanning the flagship Bob Evans brand, as well as Simply Potatoes, Egg Beaters, and Owens Sausage, sold in grocery stores across the country. The company is headquartered in Columbus, Ohio and is owned by Post Holdings, Inc., a consumer-packaged goods holding company. For more information, visit www.bobevansgrocery.com.
Our friends at Bob Evans Restaurants provide farm-fresh goodness away from home, but are not affiliated with Bob Evans Farms, Inc. If you’d like to learn more about Bob Evans Restaurants, we invite you to visit https://www.bobevans.com/.
*Source: IRI Total US MULO Latest 52 W/E
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What does a Packaging Engineer do at Bob Evans Foods?
As a Packaging Engineer at Bob Evans Foods, you will: the Packaging Engineer will manage multiple packaging development projects and validate packaging performance through testing and trials. They will also collaborate with cross-functional partners to implement packaging solutions and troubleshoot existing packaging as needed..
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