Packaging Engineer

Job Title: Formulation & Packaging Engineering – Packaging Engineer (m/f/d)

Are you an experienced engineer with background in packaging engineering, seeing a meaningful role in the agriculture industry? If so, we have a perfect opportunity for you at our client, a one of the world's leading agriculture companies. The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of packaging engineering technology and similar role experience in Packaging materials industry.

Main responsibilities:

• Responsible for design, development and testing of package components & packaging systems to ensure regulatory compliance for transportation and product registration.
• Provide maintenance and troubleshooting support to adjacent supply chain functions (procurement, manufacturing, etc.), as well as, to end-users to ensure a safe user-friendly customer experience.
• Identify and implement innovative and sustainable packaging solutions that maximize our competitive advantage and build brand preference.
• Provide active independent support to New Product Introduction (NPI) teams ensuring all packaging related milestones are completed on time.
• Ensure all packaging testing and qualification projects meet a high level of scientific integrity.
• Capable of leading packaging projects related to maintenance and/or troubleshooting support to adjacent supply chain functions (procurement, manufacturing, etc.), as well as, to end-users in the marketplace.
• In-depth knowledge and understanding of our industry and regulations impacting our clients products and capable to identify and deliver new opportunities to overcome related challenges.
• Support appropriate maintenance of data systems and structures (MDM, SAP, range management systems, etc.), creating/reviewing packaging specifications and assembly instructions when needed and assist other enginners in doing so.

Your profile:

• B.S. in Packaging or correlated areas (Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Materials Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, etc.)
• 5-10 Years as a Packaging Engineer in a similar industry for agriculture products such as chemicals, pesticides, and seeds.
• Can independently identify and create awareness of cost savings and efficiency opportunities.
• Can work independently with all functions (i.e. procurement, commercial, manufacturing, regulatory, logistics, etc.) to deliver goals on key projects or initiatives.
• Proficient speaking in English level (C1 or equivalent). German is nice to have.

Additional Information:

• Functional Area: Product Technology & Engineering
• Contract duration: 12 months with potential for contract extension
• Type of contract for this position: Temporary contract for +12 month
• Location: Münchwillen (between Basel and Zurich)
• Home office: Remote work is allowed for this position, 1-2 days home-office in Switzerland
• Workload: 80-100%