Senior Director, Engineering; Packaging

The Sr. Director, Engineering/Packaging provides strategic guidance and cross-functional coordination for packaging engineering initiatives across ’ contract packaging and manufacturing network. Working through the Business Development team, this role partners with Operations and Research & Development (R&D) engineering teams to develop and improve solutions that integrate people, equipment, materials, information, and production processes. In partnership with Finance, Quality, and customer teams, the Sr.

Director delivers new sales and existing-client growth targets, supports new business launches, and coordinates continuous improvement initiatives that strengthen safety, quality, productivity, capacity, and profitability. The role provides guidance on capital, maintenance, and equipment investments without direct budget ownership and currently has no direct reports.

The Sr. Director, Engineering/Packaging provides strategic guidance and cross-functional coordination for packaging engineering initiatives across ’ contract packaging and manufacturing network. Working through the Business Development team, this role partners with Operations and Research & Development (R&D) engineering teams to develop and improve solutions that integrate people, equipment, materials, information, and production processes. In partnership with Finance, Quality, and customer teams, the Sr.

Director delivers new sales and existing-client growth targets, supports new business launches, and coordinates continuous improvement initiatives that strengthen safety, quality, productivity, capacity, and profitability. The role provides guidance on capital, maintenance, and equipment investments without direct budget ownership and currently has no direct reports.

Remote

Typical business hours are 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., with flexibility to support 24-hour operations, project implementations, weekend work, and peak-season requirements. Travel is expected to be 50%–75%, with some project periods approaching 100%.

• Engineering Strategy and Leadership:
  Provide guidance and coordinate with Operations and R&D engineering teams to align packaging engineering priorities and improvement plans with new business, existing-client growth, and continuous improvement targets across the network.
• Engineering Solutions and Network Design:
  Provide business and operational guidance to Operations and R&D engineering teams on the analysis, design, and implementation of production and warehouse layouts, material flow, staffing models, material handling equipment, and automation solutions for existing operations and new business.
• Packaging Process Development:
  Partner with customer engineering, packaging development, and planning teams to translate product specifications into efficient secondary packaging and co-packaging processes; coordinate production planning to minimize disruptions and costs.
• Engineered Standards and Costing:
  Coordinate with Operations and R&D engineering teams to develop and validate engineered labor standards, capacity assumptions, production methods, and costing models; review outputs for alignment with customer proposals, staffing needs, and operational objectives, with technical development and validation performed by the responsible engineering teams.
• Growth Accountability and Investment Guidance:
  Deliver new sales and existing-client growth targets in partnership with Business Development and Operations. Provide guidance on capital, maintenance, and equipment budgets for packaging operations and initiatives; contribute to investment business cases and financial impact Partner with Operations and Finance to analyze site costs and support P&L projections. This role does not directly own capital, maintenance, equipment, and other operating budgets.
• Project Delivery and New Business Launches:
  Coordinate with Operations and R&D engineering teams on project scope, schedules, resource needs, cost considerations, and risks for new systems and equipment implementations. Provide guidance for new-customer launches and existing-customer initiatives, aligning engineering deliverables with business commitments and escalating execution barriers to the responsible leaders.
• Testing and Validation Coordination:
  Coordinate new-product testing and solution validation with Operations, R&D engineering, and customer teams. Review results with the responsible…