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Danone North America (NA) is looking for a Packaging Engineer for their North American based Division, to be located in Louisville, Colorado.

The Packaging Engineer is responsible for supporting innovation, renovation, sustainability, and productivity projects on cross functional teams supporting the Food Packaging Team (incl. Shakes, Kids, Yogurt, and Plant-Based Foods).

In this role you will be accountable for:

• Execute innovation, renovation, sustainability, and productivity projects across all Danone NA business categories, ie yogurt, beverage, milk, plant-based, baby food brands with the focus area of food brands.
• Develop primary, secondary, and tertiary packaging while keeping consumer centricity and quality top of mind.
• Support Danone Innovation process by proposing, developing, and implementing packaging options.
• Demonstrate creativity in the development of packaging systems, leveraging robust packaging processes and global best practices.
• Research and develop new packaging materials, shapes, and assemblies in support of the Danone portfolio of brands and products.
• Deliver technical guidance and packaging engineering support to the business units.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with vendors, suppliers, plants, co-manufacturers, and other sources of applicable technologies.
• Contribute to the packaging development for projects of all sizes.
• Accountable for the creation and maintenance of the packaging specifications.
• Organize and conducts trials in an industrial environment.
• Ensure development of new technical & material concepts for packaging solutions via collaboration with internal and external experts.

The salary range for this position is $80,000-115,000 USD. The exact salary offered will depend on several factors, including the candidate’s relevant experience, geographic location, internal equity, and market conditions.  Danone North America additionally offers a performance-based bonus and has a strong benefits package including Medical, Dental, Vision, Prescription Drug Coverage, 401k Plan, Wellness Program, Life Insurance, Tuition Reimbursement, Flexible Time Off, and Paid Parental Bonding Leave, among other benefit plan options. To give our employees flexibility, Danone is a hybrid work environment.

The ideal candidate will have:

• Bachelor degree minimum, Master degree in Sciences or Engineering ideal (Packaging, Mechanical, Chemical or related engineering science)
• 3+ years experience in a packaging engineering field (preferably in the food or beverage industry)
• Experience in the following packaging formats, with advanced understanding of 1-2 of these
  • Paper-based packaging (corrugated and compact)
  • Fill-form-seal (FFS) single serve cup forming
  • Flexibles (lidding, pouches, shrink labels and banderole labels)
  • Rigid plastic preforms (bottles, thermoformed cups, and injection molding)
  • Aluminum cans
• Experience in barriers properties of packaging materials
• Ability to translate new business dynamics into package design
• Experience in the use of statistical tools for problem solving
• Experience in low acid ESL and Aseptic food packaging
• Understanding of cold chain distribution systems
• Lateral thinking and problem solving
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Demonstrated leadership in cross functional teams involving marketing, sales, purchasing and manufacturing in the development of new products
• Excellent Project Management skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Self-starter, autonomous and demonstrated ability to bring new unsolicited ideas and solutions to the table
• Ability to travel approximately 25%

Life at Danone
With approximately 5,000 employees and 13 production locations across the U.S., our vibrant culture and endless growth opportunities are just a couple of the reasons our employees call themselves “Proud Danoners.” 

Learn more about Life at Danone

Our Brands
When you join us, you’ll work with some of the best-known food and beverage brands in the world, including Activia®, DanActive®, Danimals®, Dannon®, evian®, Follow Your Heart®, Happy Family® Organics, International Delight®, Light + Fit®, Nutricia ®, Oikos®, Silk®, So Delicious® Dairy Free, SToK® Cold Brew Coffee ®, Too Good & Co™, and YoCrunch®.

Our Purpose
We’re committed to making a positive impact on our world. Rooted in our mission to bring health through food to as many people as possible, we’re proud to be the world’s largest B Corp.

Learn more about our mission. 

Our Benefits
Our commitment to making the world healthier starts with our employees.

• Physical Wellbeing: We pay for the majority of your medical benefits – which include medical, dental and vision – with our competitive 80%/20% cost-sharing model
• Mental Wellbeing: Danoners receive fitness discounts, unlimited flexible time off and hybrid work schedules. We also have a range of programs that support mental health and substance abuse.  
• Financial Support: We offer a performance-based bonus, a 401(k) plan, tuition reimbursement, employee discount programs and voluntary perks.
• Family Care: We offer caretaker benefits, 18 weeks of parental bonding, fertility, surrogacy, adoption benefits and pet insurance. 

Learn more about our benefits.

Equal Opportunity Employer
Danone North America is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. It is our policy to give equal employment opportunities to all qualified persons without regard to legally protected characteristics, or any other consideration made unlawful by applicable federal, state/provincial and/or local law. For our EEO policy statement and your EEO rights under law click here.

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Life at Danone
With approximately 5,000 employees and 13 production locations across the U.S., our vibrant culture and endless growth opportunities are just a couple of the reasons our employees call themselves “Proud Danoners.” 

Learn more about Life at Danone

Our Brands
When you join us, you’ll work with some of the best-known food and beverage brands in the world, including Activia®, DanActive®, Danimals®, Dannon®, evian®, Follow Your Heart®, Happy Family® Organics, International Delight®, Light + Fit®, Nutricia ®, Oikos®, Silk®, So Delicious® Dairy Free, SToK® Cold Brew Coffee ®, Too Good & Co™, and YoCrunch®.

Our Purpose
We’re committed to making a positive impact on our world. Rooted in our mission to bring health through food to as many people as possible, we’re proud to be the world’s largest B Corp.

Learn more about our mission. 

Our Benefits
Our commitment to making the world healthier starts with our employees.

• Physical Wellbeing: We pay for the majority of your medical benefits – which include medical, dental and vision – with our competitive 80%/20% cost-sharing model
• Mental Wellbeing: Danoners receive fitness discounts, unlimited flexible time off and hybrid work schedules. We also have a range of programs that support mental health and substance abuse.  
• Financial Support: We offer a performance-based bonus, a 401(k) plan, tuition reimbursement, employee discount programs and voluntary perks.
• Family Care: We offer caretaker benefits, 18 weeks of parental bonding, fertility, surrogacy, adoption benefits and pet insurance. 

Learn more about our benefits.

Equal Opportunity Employer
Danone North America is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. It is our policy to give equal employment opportunities to all qualified persons without regard to legally protected characteristics, or any other consideration made unlawful by applicable federal, state/provincial and/or local law. For our EEO policy statement and your EEO rights under law click here.

#LI-NORAM

#ES3

California Data Privacy Law