Associate Packaging Engineer - Home, Seasons & Celebrations, Fun101

Target is an iconic brand and one of America’s leading retailers. The Associate Packaging Engineer role involves leading the development of packaging for Target’s owned brands and exclusive partnerships, focusing on sustainability and cost-effectiveness while meeting business and consumer needs.

Responsibilities

• Leverage your structural packaging expertise for assigned categories working under the coaching of the Packaging Design & Development Director for the business lines you support
• Ensure the primary package will protect, contain, and display the product from the initial idea through final use for assigned categories and businesses
• Work across the enterprise with key internal partners to define packaging requirements and identify optimal packaging solutions
• Collaborate directly with product vendors and packaging suppliers to bring packaging solutions that meet business and consumer needs. It is critical that we deliver solutions on time, at the lowest cost, and while ensuring corporate sustainability commitments and legislative requirements are met
• Drive packaging sustainability initiatives by reducing material use, phasing out problematic plastics, and supporting compliance with EPR regulations
• Identify and implement cost-saving opportunities through material optimization, format changes, and supplier collaboration without compromising product integrity or brand standards
• Contribute to category and item level market research, including testing and consumer feedback
• Draw conclusions from relevant data and make appropriate recommendations
• Contribute to the prototyping and development of Target packaging structural concepts for our Owned Brand products
• Ensure item level packaging specifications are accurate; deadlines are met, and products set on time and as designed

Skills

• Four-year packaging engineering degree
• 1-4 years of experience preferred, including internships and cooperative education internships
• Ability to manage multiple projects, prioritize requests, and meet deadlines
• Motivation to learn new skills, with a passion for engineering and design
• Ability to work independently and strategically in a fast-paced multi-project environment
• Strong interpersonal, written and verbal communication, and organizational skills
• Experience with Artios CAD and SOLIDWORKS
• In office requirement of 3+ days a week
• CSWA (Certified SOLIDWORKS Associate) preferred

Benefits

• Comprehensive health benefits and programs, which may include medical, vision, dental, life insurance and more
• 401(k)
• Employee discount
• Short term disability
• Long term disability
• Paid sick leave
• Paid national holidays
• Paid vacation

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