Packaging Systems CI Engineer

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Posted Date:
Oct 23, 2026

Requisition Number: 130883

Location:

Hershey, PA preferred, open to remote

Up to 70% Travel

At The Hershey Company, we make more moments of goodness through some of the world's most iconic brands, including Hershey's, Reese's, Kit Kat®, Jolly Rancher, Twizzlers, Dot's Pretzels, Lesser Evil and more. Our team supports a global portfolio of over 90 brands, creating opportunities to shape strategies and drive impact across a breadth of businesses that few companies can offer. While many organizations focus on a handful of brands, Hershey provides exposure to a diverse portfolio of category-leading brands enjoyed by consumers around the world.

What truly sets us apart is our legacy. Inspired by Milton Hershey's belief that business should create opportunity for others, we have been making a positive impact for more than a century through our commitment to communities, philanthropy, and our longstanding partnership with Milton Hershey School. When you join Hershey, you become part of a company where purpose, growth, and making a difference are woven into how we do business every day.

The Staff Packaging Systems CI Engineer advances Hershey's multi-year Enterprise Continuous Improvement plan by identifying, developing, and implementing packaging-system improvements across the manufacturing network. Working independently and through cross-functional teams, you will lead complex initiatives from concept through sustainable plant handoff to improve cost, capacity, quality, safety, and supply continuity across Hershey's Global Confectionery and Salty businesses.

Lead packaging-system continuous-improvement projects from opportunity identification and loss analysis through design, testing, installation, startup, commissioning, training, and performance stabilization.

Develop project scopes, specifications, schedules, cost estimates, technical recommendations, and engineering deliverables for equipment selection, modifications, and layouts.

Plan and execute proof-of-principle tests, designed experiments, scale-up activities, manufacturing trials, and feasibility assessments; translate results into practical technical and financial recommendations.

Apply Lean, Six Sigma, TPM, packaging engineering, food science, and structured problem-solving methods to identify root causes and deliver sustainable solutions.

Manage project cost, schedule, resources, risk, suppliers, and communication while partnering with Manufacturing, R&D, Engineering, Finance, Quality and Regulatory Compliance, Marketing, contractors, and equipment suppliers.

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