Packaging Engineer - Sustainability
The Campbell's Company is a well-established brand known for its diverse food products. They are seeking a Packaging Engineer - Sustainability to advance packaging sustainability initiatives and support core package development for their brands.
Responsibilities
- Support collection, validation, and analysis of packaging sustainability data for Campbell’s Corporate Responsibility Report, customer requests, and external reporting programs (e.g., Walmart Gigaton, THESIS). Partner with IT and Digitalization to enhance data systems and reporting processes
- Represent Campbell’s in coalitions, conferences, and industry events to stay informed on emerging policies and innovations. Maintain and evaluate memberships, share insights with Packaging R&D leadership, and identify new collaboration opportunities
- Lead packaging support for the How2Recycle program, including monitoring updates, training team members, and guiding compliance. Manage Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) requests and conduct annual benchmarking to assess industry trends and performance
- Meet regularly with packaging category teams to align on design-for-recyclability principles, public commitments, and policy mandates. Partner with cross-functional stakeholders (including Procurement, Legal, Regulatory, and Corporate Responsibility) to advance enterprise goals and compliance
- Track progress toward sustainability goals and commitments, summarize insights for leadership, and support internal and external communications highlighting Campbell’s packaging sustainability achievements
- Develops and implements packaging solutions supporting new product launches, continuous quality improvements, and cost savings initiatives
- Provides technical thought leadership for the role of packaging to project teams, demonstrating an understanding of cost drivers, material properties, equipment capabilities, customer requirements, and consumer interaction
- Apply the principles of data management, statistics, and experimental design to determine, execute, and document test plans
- Collaborates with Campbell’s internal cross-functional teams, as well as with external vendors and manufacturing facilities
- Troubleshoot issues that arise during assessment, feasibility, development, and commercialization with some manager supervision, implementing and executing the plan of action
- Collaborates to help identify new approaches, processes, and best practices
- Travel (about 20%) required. This is often associated with visits to manufacturing plants, vendors, and conferences. A significant portion of the job is in a normal office environment
Skills
- Bachelor's Degree, preferably in Materials Science, Packaging, or related field
- 6+ months of experience in Packaging R&D roles, including Co-op or Internship experience
- A strong passion and interest in packaging sustainability
- Strong communication and written skills
- Experience with packaging development software desired (TOPS or CAPE), specification database management, and MS Office
- Able to develop a development and implementation plan for low-moderate risk projects using sound technical methodology
- Self-starter with the ability to drive technical solutions forward and multitask on key programs/projects
- Ability to identify and conduct appropriate tests to simulate the distribution environment
Benefits
- Benefits begin on day one and include medical, dental, short and long-term disability, AD&D, and life insurance (for individual, families, and domestic partners).
- Employees are eligible for our matching 401(k) plan and can enroll on the first day of employment with immediate vesting.
- Campbell’s offers unlimited sick time along with paid time off and holiday pay.
- If in WHQ – free access to the fitness center.
- Access to on-site day care (operated by Bright Horizons) and company store.
- Our “Campbell’s Cares” program matches employee donations and/or volunteer activity up to $1,500 annually.
- Campbell’s has a variety of Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) to support employees.
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