Director, Packaging Technology (Filling & Blow Molding)

Job overview

The Director, Packaging Technology (Filling & Blow Molding) role is onsite, with listed work locations in Webster, NY; Goodyear, AZ; and Coopersville, MI. The base pay range is $180,000–$200,000 per year. fairlife makes nutrition-rich dairy products, including ultra-filtered milk and nutrition shakes. The director leads packaging engineering strategy and technical execution across facilities, focusing on low-acid aseptic bottle blowing and filling. The role supports new equipment and capital projects from design and procurement through commissioning and validation, while improving existing operations and building consistent packaging standards.

What you'll do

• Provide strategic and technical leadership for packaging systems
• lead packaging design strategy for facilities, expansions, and capital projects
• develop equipment requirements and capability roadmaps
• establish packaging engineering standards
• ensure regulatory, food-safety, and aseptic-processing compliance
• support procurement, installation, commissioning, qualification, startup, and handoff
• develop specifications and bid packages
• lead supplier evaluations and design reviews
• manage technical risks and validation
• drive continuous improvement
• build organizational expertise through standards and training.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

packaging technology director

filling

blow molding

aseptic bottling

packaging engineering

capital projects

food safety

50–70% travel

webster ny

goodyear az

coopersville mi

fairlife

$180k–$200k/year

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage effective day one
• supplemental health plans
• paid time off
• parental leave and adoption assistance
• 401(k) match up to 9%
• wellness reimbursement
• EAP
• life insurance and short-term disability
• HSA funding for eligible participants
• tuition reimbursement and student loan repayment
• learning programs and other employee resources.

Why this role

Requires 10+ years of engineering, maintenance, or operations leadership experience in food and beverage or manufacturing, including hands-on low-acid aseptic bottling and blow-molding experience. Travel requirement is 50–70%.

About the employer

fairlife is hiring for this role. Industry: Fluid Milk Manufacturing. Sector: 31.