Packaging Engineering Intern- 2027, 6-8 month Co-Op

J.M. Smucker

Hours: Full time
Where: Orrville, OH
Posted: Sep 10

Your Opportunity as a Packaging Intern

As an intern within our Packaging department, you will leverage the state-of-the-art packaging lab to enable data-based decision making through the use of a variety of test methods. You will contribute to packaging sustainability goals by implementing source reduction/cost reduction on a variety of materials. Collaborate with internal business partners such as Marketing, Procurement, Operations and Creative to enable meaningful packaging improvements visible on store shelves and in the pantry of Consumers.

You will also have the opportunity to improve your technical expertise by completing projects with one of our many manufacturing plants.

Location: Orrville, Corporate Offices

Work Arrangements: Hybrid, 60% in office expectations

Work Schedule: We are looking for students who are available for 6-8 months (from Jan - Aug or May - December), but…

What you'd do

Collaborate with external supply base to bring your ideas to life by identifying structure improvements while evaluating the impact on sustainability, production line efficiency and material cost.
Support ongoing material evaluation activities, including data collection and statistical analysis for a variety of packaging types (e.g. rigid containers, closures, flexible films, cartons and corrugated).
Complete a variety of packaging test methods and subsequent documentation such as Vibration, Drop, Side Impact, Compression, Tensile and Burst Tests.
Maintain technical documentation, including How2Recycle database, pallet patterns, technical drawings and assembly instructions.
Support production line assessments of alternative packaging solutions
Size and test primary and secondary packaging components for new products
Evaluate sustainable packaging material options
Paperboard tray redesign (optimization)
Label substrate change
Portion control sealing optimization

Starts: 2026-09-10