JOB ORDER # 3548 | | Position Title: | Senior
Packaging Engineer –Primary Packaging | Location: | Northeast | | Required Education: | B.S. in Packaging
or Equivalent | Packaging
Specialty: | Pharmaceuticals | | Required Experience: | 8 Plus Years | Required Travel: | 15% | | Salary/Bonus: | Competitive | Relocation Provided: | Yes | | Reason Available: | Growth | Employee
Type: | Full Time Employee | | DESCRIPTION
- PRIMARY DUTIES: | Our Client is a Global Leader in the Pharmaceutical industry. This healthcare company is dedicated
to enhancing life for consumers around the world. Its core businesses include consumer care products, and ophthalmic surgical
and pharmaceutical products. Our client’s name is one of the best known and most respected healthcare
brands in the world. Continued growth has resulted in the need for
a Senior Packaging Engineer - Primary Packaging to join their team.
Position: Senior Packaging
Engineer - Primary Packaging
The Senior Engineer for Primary Packaging
is responsible for design, development, testing, manufacturing implementation and validation of sterile and non-sterile packaging
systems for ophthalmic medical products. Drive package component specification and engineering development from concept ideation,
prototyping, design evaluation, testing, manufacturing process development, technology transfer, validation and production
qualification to product launch. Scope includes serving as the technical leader / project manager coordinating cross functional
technical teams of internal staff and external suppliers/partners. Support material conversions, identification and assessment
of new technologies that will drive competitive advantages through packaging differentiation. Specific Job Duties: - Lead
the engineering activities supporting the design and development of new innovative packaging systems for existing products
and R&D pipeline products
- Serve as the Package Development technical team
member on cross functional global teams, responsible for defining the packaging engineering project plan, developing design
requirements, specification definition, component testing and optimization, manufacturing process development and insuring
regulatory and quality compliance with industry stds (FDA, ISO, etc)
- Conduct
design reviews, feasibility assessments, material and process recommendations and costing
- Package integrity testing, transport testing, design verification and validation protocol development and reports
- Identify new materials, technologies and equipment that will add convenience for our customers, reduce
manufacturing and material costs, improve efficiencies and build on our sustainability initiatives.
- Incorporate DFSS tools into design process to insure robust package component design
- Recommend vendors and participate in the supplier evaluation, selection and qualification process
- Design and execute experiments (DOEs) to optimize manufacturing process performance.
- Technology transfer of new products and processes to the manufacturing floor.
- Manage multiple projects effectively
- Communicate
effectively within team, to R&D and Engineering management on packaging development progress.
Reports to: Director of Packaging
| | REQUIREMENTS - IDEAL BACKGROUND: | Role Requires:
Bachelor's in Packaging, required. Master’s
Degree preferred (degrees in, but not limited to: Packaging Engineering or related Engineering degree with relevant packaging
experience)
Experience:
8 Plus Years minimum experience in packaging development with several successful
primary packaging development projects under your belt (ophthalmic product pkg. experience a plus). Minimum
4 years experience in the medical device or pharmaceutical industry. Additional skills and
attributes: - Understanding the regulations and standards (FDA, ISO, ANSI, ASTM, ISTA, EU)
governing sterile packaging qualification, package integrity, transport ship testing
- Broad knowledge of primary and secondary packaging materials, package forming and sealing, packaging
equipment and automation, sealing, labeling and coding processes
- Excellent engineering problem solving skills
- Proven track
record of delivering to project objectives
- Experience in a
structured product development process, design and change control processes
- Familiar with package design software preferred (SCORE, ArtiosCAD, AutoCAD)
- Experience with an electronic document control system preferred (such as Documentum)
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with ability to influence across levels
of organization
- Software skills in: WORD, Excel, PowerPoint
- Experience in DFSS, DOE design, execution and analysis
- Self-directed, well-organized with ability to manage multiple projects
- Willing to travel domestically and internationally
| | IF INTERESTED - CONTACT QUALITY SEARCH: | The opportunity
above is very “Active” and if you are interested, and a good fit, you must advise as soon
as possible. If you are not, thank you for passing it along to a colleague who could benefit! Inquiries
will be handled promptly, professionally and confidentially and please refer to Job Order # 3548 when inquiring.
If you have already been working with one of our Quality Search representatives, they will appreciate you contacting
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