Engineer - Packaging Compliance
Estée Lauder Companies · Melville, NY
- Level
- Engineer
- Team
- Manufacturing
- Base pay
- $75k–$90k
- Degree
- Required
- Experience asked
- 2+ years
- Industry
- Industrial
- Posted
- 30+ days ago
The role in 30 seconds
An engineer-level manufacturing role at Estée Lauder Companies (industrial) in Melville, NY. No direct people management or operating budget responsibility is expected; the role may support invoice tracking, fee documentation, and evidence needed for EPR or packaging compliance-related payments.
- They ask for
- 2+ years · degree required
- Base pay
- $75k–$90k
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From the plant jobs report · week of November 2, 2026
Manufacturing Engineer roles in New York: typical posted base $87k–$125k. This one lists $75k–$90k.
Median of the low and high ends of 51 live postings that list pay, out of 88 manufacturing engineer openings in New York, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
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How this role compares
Against 87 other live manufacturing postings in New York.
- Base pay
- About 22% below similar roles
- Experience asked
- Less than usual (2+ vs 5+)
Typical $86k–$125k, from 47 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- Tooling 43%
- Root cause 36%
- Lean 33%
- Automation 32%
- Team leadership 24%
- Cost reduction 22%
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This plant: Estée Lauder Companies in Melville
2 other open roles at this site.
- Supplier Quality Engineer - 1st (Day) Shift · Quality
- Quality Engineer II · Quality
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requirements
against ELC packaging materials and substance standards in partnership with Materials Science, Sustainability, Legal, and Regulatory stakeholders.
- ✓Provide practical guidance for excess space, regional packaging requirements, and emerging LATAM or APAC packaging obligations by routing questions to appropriate SMEs and preparing concise business summaries where needed.
requirements
matrices so Packaging designers and cross-functional partners can understand and apply regulatory
requirements
consistently.
- ✓Improve compliance workflows, ownership models, evidence capture, mailbox management, escalation pathways, and team handoffs to reduce key-person dependency and strengthen business continuity.
- ✓Use trackers, dashboards, and structured documentation to make regulatory deadlines, open actions, risk areas, and ownership visible to management and cross-functional stakeholders.
Additional
Responsibilities
Issue Resolution, Business Impact & Cross-Functional Leadership
- ◆Triage routine packaging compliance questions independently and determine when Legal, Quality, Toxicology, Materials Science, Sustainability, Packaging, or management escalation is required.
- ◆Prepare concise issue summaries, risk considerations, and recommended next steps for business-impacting or legally sensitive matters, including packaging substance concerns, special promotional items, spa-use items, giftsets, and market-specific restrictions.
- ◆Build effective working relationships across Packaging, Sustainability, Materials Science, Legal, Quality, Finance, brands, affiliates, consultants, and external producers or authorities to support compliant, commercially practical outcomes.
- ◆Operate under manager direction for high-risk regulatory interpretations, external authority responses, policy exceptions, or decisions with potential market access, financial, legal, or reputational impact.
- ◆No direct people management or operating budget responsibility is expected; the role may support invoice tracking, fee documentation, and evidence needed for EPR or packaging compliance-related payments.
Qualifications
Bachelor of Science in Engineering or related technical discipline
N/A; packaging, sustainability, quality, regulatory, environmental reporting, or project management certification is a plus2+ years preferred in packaging, consumer products, regulatory compliance, sustainability, material
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The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. is one of the world’s leading manufacturers, marketers, and sellers of quality skin care, makeup, fragrance, and hair care products, and is a steward of luxury and prestige brands globally. The company’s products are sold in approximately 150 countries and territories under brand names including: Estée Lauder, Aramis, Clinique, Lab Series, Origins, M·A·C, La Mer, Bobbi Brown Cosmetics, Aveda, Jo Malone London, Bumble and bumble, Darphin Paris, TOM FORD, Smashbox, AERIN Beauty, Le Labo, Editions de Parfums Frédéric Malle, GLAMGLOW, KILIAN PARIS, Too Faced, Dr.Jart+, the DECIEM family of brands, including The Ordinary and NIOD, and BALMAIN Beauty.
Description
The Engineer - Packaging Regulatory Compliance & EPR Programs is responsible for day-to-day execution and continuous improvement of ELC's packaging compliance programs. The role translates packaging laws, substance restrictions, EPR obligations, PPWR readiness requirements, supplier declarations, and internal packaging standards into practical business actions. This position helps protect business continuity by maintaining timely reporting, accurate documentation, clear regulatory guidance, and audit-ready evidence for North America and selected global packaging compliance programs. The role partners closely with Global Product Stewardship, Packaging, Sustainability, Materials Science, Legal, Quality, Finance, regional affiliates, consultants, and external producer responsibility organizations to ensure packaging compliance work is organized, defensible, and responsive to emerging regulatory expectations.
Packaging Compliance Program Execution
- •Lead day-to-day execution of North American EPR registration, reporting, authority submissions, producer responsibility organization communications, deadline tracking, and recordkeeping for applicable U.S. and Canadian programs.
- •Maintain EPR trackers, program calendars, authority contacts, global contact lists, login records, mailbox follow-up, payment/fee evidence, and supporting files so reporting evidence remains current and audit ready.
- •Monitor new and emerging packaging obligations and summarize business impact, required actions, ownership, timing, and escalation needs for management review.
- •Coordinate with consultants, affiliates, Finance, Sustainability, Packaging, and other internal partners to close reporting gaps and support timely submissions.
PPWR, Global Packaging Regulations & Market Readiness
- •Drive working-level readiness for EU PPWR activities assigned to Global Product Stewardship, including declaration of conformity support, proof collection, system documentation, and regulatory intelligence tracking.
- •Monitor PPWR substances-of-concern developments and compare emerging
Materials, Substances & Supplier Compliance
- •Manage working-level updates and evidence collection for the Packaging Materials and Substance Compliance Standard, including coordination of stakeholder review inputs and open technical questions.
- •Respond to supplier, brand, packaging, and internal business questions involving REACH/SVHC, CMRs, antimicrobial treatment, sterilization, PFAS, BPA, wood-origin information, and other packaging substance or material concerns.
- •Organize and maintain certification and declaration files, including REACH/SVHC requests, child-resistant closure GCCs, and other packaging documentation required for retailer, consumer, regulatory, or audit support.
SOPs, Systems, Governance & Process Improvement
- •Maintain and improve the Packaging Compliance SOP and supporting