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It is part of Perdue Farms, a fourth-generation, family-owned food and agricultural business deeply rooted in tradition yet with a forward-thinking mindset. We believe that success starts with our people, and our culture is built on a foundation of teamwork, integrity, and respect, where every voice matters and everyone is encouraged to contribute to our shared goals. We are dedicated to creating a supportive, inclusive environment where associates feel valued and inspired to make an impact, both within the company and in the communities we serve. From promoting growth and development to prioritizing work-life balance, we’re committed to helping our team members thrive. That's Perdue.\nSummary\nDrive packaging innovation and technical excellence across the enterprise. As the Packaging Engineering Technical Manager, you will serve as the organization's senior Packaging Subject Matter Expert (SME), leading complex packaging initiatives that support commercialization, manufacturing performance, and business growth. You will partner closely with Operations, Research and Development, Quality, Supply Chain, Procurement, and supplier partners to develop robust packaging solutions, solve critical technical challenges, and establish engineering standards that improve reliability, reduce risk, and enable first-time-right commercialization. This role is ideal for a strategic and hands-on engineering leader who thrives on solving complex problems, driving continuous improvement, mentoring technical talent, and delivering innovative packaging solutions that enhance product quality, operational performance, and customer satisfaction.\nThis position is structured as a remote role for individuals residing on the East Coast. The role also requires travel up to 75% of the time, which may include visits to other company facilities, customer or vendor locations, training sessions, meetings, and industry events.\nThe salary range for this position is $128,000 - $192,000 per year, based on experience and qualifications with annual bonus available (variable depending on performance).\nIn addition to the base salary, Perdue offers a competitive benefits package, including medical/Rx, 401(k) with employer match after 1 year, critical illness, accident insurance, dental, vision, life insurance, optional group life insurance, short-term and long-term disability protection, flexible spending accounts and paid time off.\nPrincipal Essential Duties & Responsibilities\nServe as the company's technical authority for packaging systems, materials, equipment, package performance, and packaging engineering.\nEstablish enterprise packaging engineering standards, qualification methodologies, design guidelines, and technical governance to improve engineering rigor and commercialization success.\nLead DFMEA, PFMEA, design reviews, risk assessments, and engineering evaluations for new packaging systems and significant packaging changes.\nCollaborate with cross-functional teams to develop and maintain packaging specifications, validation strategies, qualification plans, engineering test protocols, technical acceptance criteria, and engineering best practices.\nEvaluate and qualify new materials, technologies, manufacturing processes, and suppliers to improve packaging performance, sustainability, manufacturability, and business resilience.\nLead commercialization of high-risk packaging initiatives through design verification, qualification, plant trials, manufacturing validation, and production startup.\nLead enterprise-level root cause investigations for complex packaging failures using structured problem-solving methodologies, statistical analysis, and engineering principles.\nPartner with manufacturing facilities to resolve chronic packaging issues and improve operational reliability and packaging performance.\nLead cross-functional technical response teams during significant quality, manufacturing, customer, or supply chain events requiring rapid technical resolution.\nDevelop innovative packaging solutions that improve product protection, manufacturability, sustainability, cost, consumer experience, and manufacturing capability.\nDrive continuous improvement through engineering analysis, lessons learned, and application of engineering best practices.\nRaise the technical bench strength of Packaging Engineering and cross-functional teams through mentoring, technical coaching, design reviews, and competency development.\nDevelop engineering playbooks, technical standards, best practices, and knowledge management systems that strengthen organizational capability.\nImprove the quality and consistency of engineering documentation, qualification activities, verification planning, and 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