Job Title: R&D Packaging Engineer (Hybrid)
Location: Kansas City, MO 64118
Duration: 06 Months
Shift: M-F

Key responsibilities:

This is an ITQ Dynamic Talent Bench, full-time track, 6-month contract position located in Kansas City, Missouri. Candidates must reside within commuting distance of Kansas City, Missouri and be willing to work in a manufacturing environment.
This assignment is hybrid in that on-site work will be performed at a manufacturing site located in Kansas City, and they can work from home when not needed on-site. Personal or agency provided technology will be used.

Job Summary:

The Experienced Packaging Engineer will be a part of a fully integrated cross-functional team, working closely with R&D Platforms, Operations, Engineering, Quality, Sourcing, and Marketing. The team is responsible for re-launching a brand and advancing those priorities.
The role is very focused on successfully delivering against key development projects, generating a pipeline of new ideas and supporting key system needs at our production facilities while maintaining high quality standards for our materials

Key accountabilities:

Build strong relationships with key businesses and platform partners in order to support new product launches and other key initiatives
Proactively lead collaboration with cross-functional partners to develop margin improvement and technical innovation opportunities
Conduct and/or manage commissioning, start-up, supplier experiments, trials, and analyses to validate and advance technical packaging opportunities
Build internal and external networks, relationships and understanding of internal and external customer needs to effectively influence and gain support for initiatives
Effective partner with supplier resources against key initiatives, showing a bias for results
Provide effective communication and documentation of work including technical plans, specification creation/modification, experimental reports, financial analysis, and management updates
Build and leverage technical depth of technical material knowledge to drive innovation and margin improvements
Collaborate and influence both internally and externally

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in Packaging or related field
5+ years of Package Engineering experience
Solid understanding of product commercialization process from packaging design to manufacturing
Demonstrated expertise in application of process and package engineering solutions that apply to consumer-packaged goods
Experience creating technical packaging drawings
Experience with working on team projects at corporate and plant level, and with engineering firms, vendors and contractors
Good interpersonal and communication skills required to effectively network face-to-face with business teams
Self-directed, motivated and good time management
Manage multiple projects simultaneously
Proficient in Microsoft Office Products, Office 365, SharePoint, TOPS

Preferred qualifications:

Experience in the manufacturing industry, food industry, or related field
Experience in new production startup process
Experience using Interspec, Optiva or a similar Product Lifecycle Management system

Full time, Contract work, For contractors, Work at office, Work from home, Shift work,