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Olive Branch, MS (On-site)
Full-time
Own rigid plastic and aerosol packaging from blank sheet to production floor — bottles, closures, pumps, trigger sprayers, valves, and actuators. This is a builder's seat: tooling development and mold qualification run directly with the suppliers, validation protocols you write yourself, and the failure investigations when a package leaks or a valve underperforms at pressure. Aerosol depth is the differentiator here — plenty of packaging engineers can develop a bottle; far fewer have run propellant compatibility and pressurized package testing. Best fit for an engineer who wants the technical ownership and a small team to bring along.
What the seat owned
Develop bottles, containers, jars, closures, pumps, trigger sprayers, and applicators from concept through commercialization
Develop aerosol packaging systems — cans, valves, actuators, and overcaps — including propellant compatibility and pressurized package performance
Select polymers and packaging substrates (HDPE, PP, PET, LDPE, ABS, SAN, nylon) against product compatibility, performance, and manufacturability requirements
Drive tooling development, mold qualification, and design for manufacturing (DFM) with injection molding, extrusion blow molding, and injection stretch blow molding suppliers
Run package validation and performance testing: drop, leak, transportation, pressure and burst, product compatibility, environmental conditioning, and shelf-life
Author engineering specifications, package drawings, and validation protocols
Lead technical reviews, design evaluations, tooling approvals, and production readiness with domestic and international suppliers and contract manufacturers
Lead root cause analysis and failure investigations on packaging and manufacturing line issues
Deliver cost reduction, material optimization, lightweighting, and value engineering results across the packaging portfolio
Advance sustainable packaging — post-consumer recycled (PCR) content, recyclable structures, and refill systems
Keep packaging compliant with aerosol, transportation, quality, and package safety requirements
Mentor packaging engineers and support manufacturing through line trials, launches, and continuous improvement work
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