PACKAGING INNOVATION TECHNICIAN / ENGINEER

Join Our Team as a Packaging Innovation Technician / Engineer!

Great packaging protects fresh produce, supports the supply chain and helps new ideas reach the market. As our Packaging Innovation Technician, you’ll bring packaging concepts to life by designing, testing, and developing technically sound solutions from prototype through validation and implementation. If you enjoy combining creativity with technical thinking and seeing projects come to life, we’d love to hear from you! 

Your passion – our daily business

• Take ownership of packaging innovation projects from the initial brief through testing and implementation. 

• Develop new packaging concepts, structures and materials that respond to product, customer, brand and operational needs. 

• Create prototypes, technical proposals and clear decision materials for our Packaging Committee and other stakeholders. 

• Plan and carry out feasibility studies, packaging trials, transport tests, product-performance tests and sample validations. 

• Assess how packaging performs throughout the supply chain, from product protection and handling to storage, transport and presentation. 

• Document test protocols, results and technical recommendations, making sure decisions are clear and traceable. 

• Coordinate the implementation of approved packaging solutions with internal teams, suppliers and other external partners. 

• Prepare and maintain packaging specifications, drawings, technical files and homologation documentation. 

• Support the technical evaluation and qualification of new packaging suppliers through sample reviews, trials and compliance checks. 

• Share your packaging expertise with Product, Commercial, Quality, Logistics and other teams involved in each project. 

• Keep an eye on new materials, technologies and market developments and turn promising ideas into practical improvements. 

• Drive packaging solutions that balance product quality, performance, cost efficiency, usability and sustainability. 

Why become a SanLucarian?

• Feel comfortable leaving your suit behind! We don’t have a dress code
• You’ll find a dynamic and fast paced work environment with a lot of opportunities
• We are as colorful and diverse as our product range - we are more than 36 different nationalities & happy to add more diversity to our team
• Besides hard work, we also know how to celebrate when the moment comes - enjoy our Christmas party and after work events
• To hold our community together we regularly have the chance to participate in meetups & teambuilding activities
• We accompany every person not only during the Onboarding but also in the future growth of us through training and career planning
• Our flextime working system & home office policy support work life balance
• We care about our work environment so we can enjoy spacious offices as well as the canteen service at our roof top
• We offer competitive holidays and salary packages
• Enjoy further benefits like discounts on entertainment (movies, restaurants...), and further flexible retribution (ticket restaurant, kinder garden check, insurances, etc.)
• That’s just a few insights, apply and talk to us for more

We will be happy to receive your application if we have caught your interest! As diversity is part of our DNA, for sure it’s a crucial aspect regarding Talent Attraction. We respect equal opportunities and promote different mechanisms to totally avoid discrimination of any kind and to ensure that the selection processes are carried out exclusively according to merit and ability criteria, guaranteeing that all candidates receive the same treatment throughout the process and feel comfortable at any moment.