Job Description :

Job Title : Packaging Engineer

About the Function :

Our Supply Chain and Manufacturing team are problem-solvers, sourcing, producing, and delivering our much-loved brands to delight customers around the globe. Over half of Diageo’s 30,000+ people work in Supply Chain and Manufacturing. It’s an intricate and sophisticated operation that’s the product of logistical, manufacturing, and technical collaborations!

Our teams in 100 sites in over 30 countries cover production facilities, supplier relationships, customer collaborations and third-party agreements. We’re committed to realising our ‘Society 2030: Spirit of Progress’ goals, to protect the environment and support our farmers and suppliers. Whatever your skills and experience, we’ll help you to thrive in our inclusive culture.

Overview:

Diageo is a global leader in beverage alcohol producing an outstanding collection of over 200 brands across spirits and beer. Old and new, large and small, global and local - our brands are enjoyed in more than 180 countries around the world. The Packaging Team has responsibility of the end-to-end multi-functional oversight for all packaging components, packaging equipment and packaging quality.

About the Role:

Delivering programs on time, in full, and on budget while hitting COGs targets and maintaining quality is paramount.

Sitting within the North American Technical organization, the Packaging Team acts as a business partner to both NA Supply and ISC as well as Innovation and Brand Change, Procurement and Conversion.

This role consists of working with the project team to deliver technical packaging support through the life cycle of the program!

This role will develop technical specifications, complete specification workflows for approval, prepare and issue specifications to vendors.

They will also complete packaging testing plans to support the Innovation & Brand Change project pipeline, Supplier Onboarding and Conversion packaging quality concerns.

Packaging Lab activities will take place in the Plainfield Packaging Laboratory.

Market Complexity:

As part of the end-to-end supply chain, NA Supply has an extensive network of wholly-owned and Third-Party Operation sites across the US and Canada.

In North America, Diageo owns and operates a network of manufacturing, bottling, distilling and warehousing sites.

NA Technical is an organization of 150+ people with a (USD)23M budget, operating across several locations within the US and Canada.

From these locations NA Technical leads the Technical Equity for Diageo NA Supply and Demand across the Diageo portfolio.

Top Accountabilities:

Maintain compliance through Diageo commercialization process and collaborate with project managers, conversion sites and multi-functional team members to drive packaging development.

Support a variety of programs across innovation, brand change, and supply optimization and deliver packaging from initial scoping through commercialization.

Develop technical specifications for packaging components (shippers, dividers, labels, closures, glass & PET containers, and other components).

Conduct the technical development/due diligence of packaging components, inclusive of creation/routing/approval of any/all package specifications and handle specification workflows and issuance to vendors.

Complete Testing Plans specific to project details, including the completion of a Testing Report.

Complete testing to ensure functional acceptability, assure regulatory and product compatibility compliance and life cycle robustness of new package components.

Develop and implement packaging trial and qualification plans.

Consistently demonstrates pride and commitment to Diageo, behaves authentically, focuses on finding solutions, and develops positive relationships across the organization.

Drive the quality of our packaging quality from concept to consumers.

Qualifications / Skills:

Requires a BS in Package Engineering or related Technical Field, with shown knowledge of product commercialization.

Candidate must have excellent interpersonal ability, working in a team setting, communicating with Stakeholders and Vendor contacts and working on different projects at the same time.

Packaging Materials knowledge (shippers, dividers, labels, closures, glass and PET containers)Microsoft Office software, Adobe Acrobat software (PDF bundling).

TOPS or CAPE software knowledge.

AP and specification development knowledge is a plus.

Flexible Working Statement:

Flexibility is key to our success. Talk to us about what flexibility means to you so that you’re supported to manage your wellbeing and balance your priorities from day one.

Diversity statement:

Our purpose is to celebrate life, every day, everywhere. And creating an inclusive culture, where everyone feels valued and that they can belong, is a crucial part of this.

We embrace diversity in the broadest possible sense. This means that you’ll be welcomed and celebrated for who you are just by being you. You’ll be part of and help build and champion an inclusive culture that celebrates people of different gender, ethnicity, ability, age, sexual orientation, social class, educational backgrounds, experiences, mindsets, and more.

Our ambition is to create the best performing, most trusted and respected consumer products companies in the world. Join us and help transform our business as we take our brands to the next level and build new ones as part of shaping the next generation of celebrations for consumers around the world.

Feel inspired? Then this may be the opportunity for you.

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Worker Type :

Regular

Primary Location:

Plainfield Tech Centre

Additional Locations :

Job Posting Start Date :

2025-05-07

Salary Range:

Minimum Salary:

$67725

Maximum Salary:

$112875

At Diageo certain roles are eligible for additional rewards, including annual incentive payment and stock awards. US-based employees are eligible for healthcare benefits, retirement benefits , short-term and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance, wellness benefits and industry leading parental leave, among others.  (Benefits/perks listed may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Diageo and the country where you work.)  The salary range displayed is the salary range for the role’s primary location.