Senior Principal Engineer, Packaging

6010-Biosense Webster Inc. Legal Entity; Turnhout; Sur place; EUR 99 015 - 165 025; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine is seeking an experienced MSAT Sr Principal Engineer Packaging to lead secondary and tertiary packaging initiatives across our network. The role focuses on shaping packaging roadmaps, driving innovations, and ensuring alignment with product lifecycles and regulatory expectations.

The position is located in Beerse, Belgium, with potential cross-site responsibilities and travel.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or equivalent University Degree in Packaging Engineering, Mechanical, Chemical, Biomedical Engineering, Materials Science or equivalent.
• Master’s degree preferred for advanced roles in MSAT Packaging.

Responsabilités

• Lead packaging initiatives across secondary and tertiary packaging with clear scope, milestones, and risk management.
• Own packaging roadmaps aligned with product lifecycle needs and regulatory expectations; manage budget and CAR preparation.
• Provide technical guidance on materials, pack structures, distribution requirements and manufacturability; oversee development, qualification, validation and lifecycle management.

Connaissances

Pharma packaging

Secondary packaging

Regulatory compliance

Cross-functional leadership

Project management

Formation

Bachelor’s or equivalent University Degree (Packaging/Mechanical/Chemical/Biomedical/Materials Science)

Master’s degree preferred

Description du poste

Overview

At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments are smarter and less invasive, and solutions are personal. Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow, and profoundly impact health for humanity.

Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/. Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine (JJIM) is seeking an experienced MSAT Sr Principal Engineer Packaging to provide strategic and technical leadership for secondary and tertiary packaging across our internal and external manufacturing network. This role reports to the MSAT Packaging Center of Excellence and will lead packaging initiatives and programs, own packaging roadmaps, drive innovation and change, and serve as a subject matter expert for packaging engineering and development. This position is located in Titusville, NJ or Beerse, Belgium and may be posted under different requisition numbers to comply with local requirements.

Responsibilities / Key accountabilities

• Lead packaging initiatives and programs across secondary and tertiary packaging, ensuring clear scope, milestones, stakeholder alignment, risk management and execution discipline.
• Own and maintain packaging roadmaps aligned with product lifecycle needs, site priorities, capacity plans, sustainability objectives, and evolving regulatory expectations; include ownership of budget planning and CAR preparation.
• Drive innovation and change by identifying, evaluating and implementing new packaging materials, technologies, processes and ways of working that improve robustness, efficiency, sustainability and business continuity.
• Act as the secondary and tertiary packaging engineering subject matter expert, providing technical guidance on materials, pack structures, protective strategies, equipment interfaces, manufacturability and distribution requirements.
• Provide technical oversight for packaging development, qualification, validation and lifecycle management to ensure packaging integrity, manufacturability and reliable performance across internal sites and external partners.
• Monitor current and emerging packaging regulations, standards and industry expectations; assess their impact on packaging operations, documentation, processes and site implementation plans.
• Partner with Quality, Regulatory, Manufacturing, Procurement, Planning, Logistics, Product and MSAT stakeholders to align packaging decisions, communicate risks and drive timely implementation of mitigations.
• Lead technical assessments, investigations and problem-solving activities related to packaging materials, processes, suppliers, distribution performance and operational issues.
• Coach and support packaging engineers and cross-functional partners by sharing expertise, strengthening technical capability and promoting consistent application of packaging standards and best practices.
• Represent MSAT Packaging in cross-functional forums and contribute to governance, prioritization and decision-making for packaging initiatives.

Qualifications

• Education: Minimum of a Bachelor’s or equivalent University Degree required. Focus in Packaging Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Materials Science or equivalent discipline. Master’s degree preferred.
• Experience: Significant experience in pharmaceutical, medical device, consumer health or other regulated packaging engineering environment, with strong focus on secondary and tertiary packaging. Demonstrated ability to lead packaging initiatives or technical programs from concept through implementation in a matrixed, cross-functional environment.
• Strong technical understanding of packaging materials, packaging operations, qualification and validation principles, distribution requirements and lifecycle management. Experience assessing packaging-related regulatory requirements and translating them into practical implications for packaging processes, documentation and operations.
• Proven ability to influence stakeholders, manage priorities and communicate technical topics clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences. Strong problem-solving skills with experience supporting investigations, risk assessments, change controls or technical troubleshooting. Ability to work independently, coach others and deliver results in a global, cross-site environment.
• Preferred: Experience leading global cross-functional teams and supporting distributed packaging networks and external CMOs. Knowledge of brand protection technologies, digital printing and emerging printing substrates. Experience with packaging sustainability reporting and passive container initiatives. Prior experience building capability programs (training, certification) for engineering teams. Familiarity with ePI technical readiness and transport/cold chain validation considerations.

Other / Travel & Compliance

• May require up to 10% domestic and/or international travel to other locations and sites. Ability to operate effectively across time zones and international environments.
• Johnson & Johnson is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation, external applicants please contact us via https://www.jnj.com/contact-us/careers, internal employees contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource.

Benefits

In addition to base pay, we offer an annual bonus with target percentage depending on pay grade/location, vacation days, parental leave for at least 12 weeks, bereavement, caregiver, and volunteer leave, wellbeing reimbursement, programs for financial, physical and mental health. We also offer service anniversary and recognition awards, and eligible dependents can participate in several insurance plans where permitted by location. For more information, visit Employee benefits | Supporting well-being & career growth | Johnson & Johnson Careers. The anticipated pay range for this position in the primary posting location is €96,000.00 – €165,025.00; ranges vary by location.