R&D Packaging Technical Drawing and Specification Specialist CT10/H

R&D Utrecht Full-time Netherlands

Job Description

📍 Netherlands

🌍 Global R&D Team

This is your chance to blend creativity + precision and help bring new coffee products to life — through smart, efficient packaging.

You’ll be part of our Global R&D Packaging Team, working with designers, engineers, suppliers, and developers to make sure every packaging spec and technical drawing is spot-on, standardized, and ready for global scale.

🛠️ What You’ll Do

  • ✏️ Create and manage technical drawings for new and existing packaging
  • 🔍 Keep everything up to date, accurate, and audit-ready
  • 🤝 Collaborate with packaging specialists and suppliers to align on designs
  • 📦 Build and maintain specifications that match our manufacturing needs
  • 🔁 Help harmonize specs across regions so we can flex and scale faster
  • ⚙️ Support innovation by helping the team move quickly (and correctly!)
  • 🧠 Stay curious — bring new ideas, tools, or improvements to the table

Qualifications

💡 What You Bring

  • A degree in science, engineering, or packaging tech
  • 3–5 years of packaging development experience (FMCG preferred)
  • You speak fluent English (bonus points for other EU languages)
  • Solid experience with CAD tools and tech drawing software
  • Eye for detail + a problem-solving mindset
  • You love working in cross-functional teams and collaborating globally
  • You get excited about materials, design, and improving how things work
  • Comfortable juggling multiple projects and keeping your cool under pressure
  • Familiarity with ISO/EN packaging standards = great to have

Additional Information

Why Join Us?

  • Because we’re big on ownership, ideas, and people.
  • At JDE Peet’s, you’ll find a culture that’s open, fast-moving, and human.
  • We believe in learning by doing, speaking up, and drinking lots of coffee while we’re at it.

Ready to Brew Your Next Chapter?

If this sounds like your kind of challenge, hit apply.
We’d love to share a coffee and chat about what’s next.

Company Description

☕ Let’s Talk Coffee, Packaging & Innovation

At JDE Peet’s, we know that great things happen over a cup of coffee — and we’ve built a global business on that idea.

We’re the team behind some of the world’s most iconic coffee brands: Jacobs, L’OR, Senseo, Tassimo, Douwe Egberts, and more. With products sold in 100+ countries, chances are, we’re already part of your morning routine.

And guess what? We’re just getting started.