Packaging Quality Specialist - Food & Beverage
Overview
You will own packaging quality assurance for Monster Energy's iconic beverages, ensuring every can reaches fans in top condition. You'll validate new and existing packaging, investigate supplier claims, and perform root cause analyses on defects. You'll collaborate with copackers, warehouses, and bottlers to maintain standards across a national network. This role stands out with 50% travel and direct impact on production line performance.
What You'll Do8
- 1Lead root cause analysis for packaging claims, sampling, and reporting to issue dispositions on blocked product.
- 2Support new package design by developing dielines and approving specifications for new packaging and pallet configurations.
- 3Attend trial runs to validate equipment runnability for new packaging.
- 4Work with suppliers on defects, claims, returns, and plant audits to resolve quality issues.
- 5Test packaging for validation and qualification, including finished goods defects to identify root causes.
- 6Participate in new line startups and commissioning with new copackers to expand network capabilities.
- 7Develop SOPs for copacker, warehousing, and bottling operations to ensure best practices.
- 8Coordinate with stakeholders to keep product specs current and accurate.
Requirements5
- 11-3 years in food and beverage packaging.
- 21-3 years in beverage industry production, transportation, or warehousing.
- 3Bachelor's degree in Industrial, Mechanical Engineering, or Packaging Engineering.
- 4Proficiency in AutoCAD, SAP, SolidWorks, 3D Printing, TOPs, Smartsheet, and SharePoint.
- 5Six Sigma Certification or Packaging Professional certification preferred.
Salary Insight
$69 - $75k per year
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