Associate Applications Engineer

Job Description

OVERVIEW/SUMMARY OF THE POSITION
Sealed Air is seeking a driven individual to focus on developing new products for the food packaging industry. This individual should have the ability to understand packaging materials, packaging equipment, industry standard test methods, and our customers’ operations. This individual should have be familiar with understanding of food/meat science and how different
packaging and environmental factors can impact food products. The qualified candidate will be responsible for using heightened curiosity to develop test plans, conduct fitness-for-use testing,
communicate results and make expert recommendations on a path forward to customers, their team, and key stakeholders. In addition to the development of new packaging solutions, this role is tasked with supporting our business by training, troubleshooting, and communicating the performance of our solutions to both internal stakeholders and our customers. This
individual will also be responsible for engaging with equipment and materials teams, field support, sales, customer service, and supply chain to ensure new and existing products continue to meet high standards.

RESPONSIBILITIES
• Evaluate new material and system designs through rigorous testing that simulate real world conditions and stresses.
• Work well within a cross-functional team
• Assess the impact of packaging on shelf life of various food products, including proteins applications, and use those insights to qualify new solutions and communicate performance risks.
• Support the development of case ready materials solutions (rollstock, films, and trays).
• Deliver technical training to field support and customers on case ready technology
• Creative problem solving to support our customers and internal innovation process.
• Insight creation that drives the next innovations for Sealed Air.
• Ability to communicate with a wide range of audiences.
• Conduct root-cause analysis that enables recommendations for data driven business decisions.
• Build strong customer relationships and collaborate effectively across technical and commercial teams to accelerate implementation of Sealed Air solutions.
• Partner with supply chain and manufacturing teams to assess the impact of raw material or process changes on packaging performance and product quality.
• Partner with a variety of cross-functional teams within the organization to develop and transfer technologies regionally and globally.
• Work effectively within a matrix managed organization.

Qualifications

• Bachelors or Masters of Science Degree in meat science, food science, or packaging discipline
• Flexible travel domestically and internationally, estimated 30%
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Experience creating data-driven reports to communicate technical ideas
• Ability to effectively present concepts and ideas
• Experience managing multiple tasks, often with competing deadlines
• Professional, highly-motivated, reliable, and solutions-orientated
• Must possess strong interpersonal skills and a work ethic that corresponds with Sealed Air’s core values.

Benefits and Perks

•    401(k) 
•    401(k) matching 
•    Dental insurance 
•    Disability insurance 
•    Employee assistance program 
•    Employee discounts 
•    Flexible spending account 
•    Health insurance 
•    Life insurance 
•    Paid elder care 
•    Paid time off 
•    Parental leave 
•    Professional development assistance 
•    Retirement plan 
•    Tuition reimbursement 
•    Vision insurance