Packaging Engineer 1

The Wine Group is hiring a Packaging Engineer 1 in Ripon, CA, to manage packaging material performance, ensuring safety and quality standards. Responsibilities include quality control, collaboration with teams, and project management. Candidates should have a Bachelor's degree and at least 5 years of experience in the packaging industry. The role requires strong leadership and communication skills, with physical demands including lifting up to 50 pounds.
About The Wine Group

The Wine Group is a leading producer of award-winning wines across more than 60 wine brands and multiple winery facilities in California, New York, and Australia. Headquartered in Livermore, California, we are an industry innovator when it comes to developing, marketing, and selling wine brands beloved by consumers around the world.

We believe in producing wine using sustainable and earth-friendly practices to foster healthy land and agriculture for generations to come. We demonstrate environmental stewardship through our commitment to clean energy and ensuring that all our owned vineyards are certified sustainable or biodynamic.

Job Summary

We are seeking a Quality Packaging Engineer to take on higher-level responsibilities in managing packaging material performance. This includes designing, testing, and ensuring packaging material meets necessary standards and requirements for product safety, quality, and efficiency.

Key Responsibilities:
• Develop and implement quality control measures to guarantee packaging materials meet specifications.
• Effectively communicate and collaborate with functional areas within TWG and outside suppliers/vendors, customers, co-packers, and regulatory bodies.
• Perform process audits, compliance verification, and package quality assessments.
• Identify and resolve issues related to sanitation, non-conforming product or material, and timing-critical actions.
• Capture clear, concise, accurate data and information.

Specialized Responsibilities Packaging Engineer

This role requires strong leadership, initiative, critical thinking skills, effective time management, and project management from start to completion. Key responsibilities include:
• Provide technical support to QA and Bottling team members to resolve day-to-day packaging material challenges.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop packaging prototypes and qualify new and improved packaging material for performance.
• Design packaging solutions that meet product and shipping requirements and comply with regulations.
• Maintain packaging-related documentation and records in an organized manner.
• Manage packaging projects timely and successful completion.

Requirements
• Bachelor's degree in a scientific discipline.
• Minimum 5 years in packaging - food, beverage, alcohol, or wine industries.
• Experience with managing shelf-life studies is a plus.
• Well-developed organizational and communication skills.
• Able to work harmoniously with co-workers in a team environment.
• Computer skill requirements include MS Outlook, Word, and Excel.

Physical Demands
• Able to lift and carry weights of up to 50 pounds at varying frequencies.
• Possess the ability to work in a fast-paced production environment.
• Working environment is both indoors and outdoors, with exposure to related equipment and noise levels.

Compensation

Equal Opportunity Employer

The Wine Group is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or other characteristic protected by law.