Business Development Engineer

Business Development Engineer

EVALTM EVOH Resins

Location: Antwerp, Belgium Travel: Approximately 50% across Europe

Join Eval Europe and Shape the Future of Sustainable Packaging

Are you ready to combine deep technical expertise with commercial impact? Do you want to play a key role in driving the transition towards sustainable, recyclable food packaging solutions?

Join Eval Europe as a Business Development Engineer and play a leading role in shaping the future of EVOH applications in high-barrier solutions. In this newly created position, you will convert business opportunities created by evolving European sustainability regulations and key market trends into commercial success. This role offers a unique opportunity to combine hands-on customer engagement with strategic business development in a fast-changing and highly innovative market.

Your Mission

As a Business Development Engineer, you will build strong partnerships by aligning relevant stakeholders while converting opportunities into sales of EVALTM EVOH resins. You will focus on growth initiatives, operating on a project-based approach rather than maintaining a traditional account portfolio.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Developing and managing relationships with multiple key stakeholders across Europe, providing technical and commercial support for the implementation of EVALTM EVOH solutions.
• Identifying and capturing new business opportunities into sales in line with sustainability trends or European packaging regulations (e.g., recyclability and high-barrier requirements).
• Driving the replacement of non-recyclable or hard-to-recycle barrier materials with EVALTM EVOH resins, which deliver exceptional gas barrier properties while keeping the packaging within recyclability thresholds.
• Validating and commercializing recyclable film solutions directly on packaging machinery.
• With support of your colleagues, troubleshooting technical issues on packaging lines during the conversion from non-recyclable structures to EVOH-based alternatives.
• Mapping the value chain to connect market development insights with the specific technical needs of contract packagers, machine builders, and brand owners.
• Managing projects from initial concept through to commercialization and industrial implementation.
• Collaborating closely with our Account Management, Technical Service, and Market Development teams to provide solutions for complex customer challenges.
• Representing Eval Europe at industry conferences, trade fairs, and networking events to expand business opportunities.

Your Profile

We are seeking a motivated, technically skilled professional with a strong commercial and pioneering mindset to drive packaging solutions within the shelf-life extension and flexible food packaging industry.

• A degree in Engineering, Chemistry, or a related technical field.
• >5 years of professional experience in business development, technical sales, or as a packaging engineer in a B2B environment.
• Deep, hands-on knowledge of food packaging machinery and a strong understanding of how films run on commercial packaging lines.
• Proven expertise in shelf-life extension, food preservation (specifically fresh food and meat), and modified atmosphere packaging.
• Experience working directly for or with food packaging companies, contract packagers, or packaging machine manufacturers.
• Experience selling barrier polymers or resins is considered a distinct advantage.
• Fluency in English is essential; proficiency in other European languages, in particular Dutch, German , French or any other, is considered a strong advantage.
• Willingness to travel extensively across Europe.
• Strategic, independent, and solution-oriented thinker who thrives in a complex, international business environment.
• Ability to translate business opportunities and technical insights into commercial success by aligning customers and industry stakeholders.

What We Offer

Eval Europe is a growing and dynamic organization that values innovation, collaboration, and sustainability. We offer:

• A high-impact, project-based role at the forefront of sustainable packaging solutions.
• A highly competitive salary package including a bonus, 38 holidays, a company car, meal vouchers, and comprehensive insurance coverage.
• Access to extensive training and professional development programs, with clear opportunities for future career advancement.
• The opportunity to work in an international and innovative business environment.
• A supportive and dynamic team where your expertise and pioneering ideas truly make a difference.
• Flexible working conditions, with an expectation of 2 days a week in the office if based in Antwerp, Belgium.

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