WHO WE ARE
Baldwin Richardson Foods is focused on enriching the flavor of life. As a full-service liquid products supplier and strategic partner to the food and beverage industry, Baldwin Richardson Foods combines its formulation expertise and unique packaging options with robust processing capabilities to produce high-quality sauces, toppings, syrups, fillings, and shelf-stable beverages for the world's most iconic Quick Service Restaurants (QSRs), Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) brands, and food service companies. Its state-of-the-art Innovation & Culinary Center transforms trends and culinary inspiration into legendary products through an award-winning commercialization process. The company also manufactures and markets Mrs. Richardson's dessert sauces and Nance's mustards/condiments in addition to producing finished goods for the private label sector. BRF maintains its headquarters and a manufacturing facility in Macedon, New York; with a Culinary Innovation Center in Westmont, Illinois; and offices and manufacturing facilities in Williamson, New York; Pennsauken, New Jersey; and Corona, California."
WHAT WE NEED
The Packaging Engineer Co-op will be assigned projects that align with their educational track and have a direct result and correlation to the packaging engineering best practices in food manufacturing. The student will work directly with a wide variety of individuals within operations.
WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING
- This position will provide Packaging Engineering support for packaging materials and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Responsibilities will range from packaging material specification creation and updating, packaging material line trials and qualification, support investigation of new packaging or changes to existing packaging.
- Responsible for packaging laboratory testing as assigned and analysis of resulting data
- Create and maintain packaging specifications and pallet patterns.
- Prepares packaging trial protocols and reports to support Packaging Engineering team.
- Packaging Engineering Standards: Help to create and implement packaging engineering design guides, test standards and sustainability guidelines.
- Coordinate packaging ship tests per industrial standards and document results with detailed technical reports.
- Willingness to visit and communicate with packaging suppliers.
- Candidate must be hands-on and willing to get intimately involved in packaging operations and interaction with packaging materials.
- Prepare and present final presentation outlining accomplishments during Co-Op.
Required Education:
- Must be enrolled in B.S. in Packaging Science, Packaging Engineering, or related field with at least 3.0 GPA
- Minimum completion of two years of program.
- Preferred previous Packaging Co-op Experience.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Packaging materials BRF works with – Thermoformed trays, rigid bottles, flexible pouches, corrugated cases, labels, shrink films, induction seals, etc.
- Packaging distribution/supply chain
- Printing/Artwork process of labels and cases
- Need to be able to work a variety of hours to enable data collection across all three shifts (earliest could be 6am, latest could be 8pm).
- Solid educational understanding of data collection and analysis processes.
- Intermediate skills in MS Office – Word, Excel, and Powerpoint
- Excellent project management, organizational, and follow-through skill sets.
- Ability to work autonomously.
- Effective communication skills including the ability to facilitate, present, document, and work in a collaborative work style.
- Due to SQF requirements, must be fluent, writing and speaking, in the English language.
At BRF, base pay is determined within a range. The base pay range for this role is between $22 to $23 per hour. Your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.
Read more about who we are at:
www.brfoods.com or www.linkedin.com/company/baldwin-richardson-foods