Packaging Technologist - 12-15mth contract

In The News; Greater Manchester; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

In The News is seeking a Senior Packaging Technologist to join a leading food manufacturer in Greater Manchester. You will deliver packaging expertise across the business, driving sustainability, cost reductions, and quality improvements.

The role focuses on flexible packaging and corrugate, with a strong emphasis on EU packaging legislation and a fast-paced project pipeline. 12-month fixed-term contract with opportunities for progression within the group.

Qualifications

• Packaging experience within flexible packaging and corrugate.
• Understanding of EU packaging legislation.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with a collaborative approach.
• Proactive and organised with a pragmatic approach.
• Ability to hit the ground running and work at pace with multiple projects.

Responsibilities

• Deliver packaging expertise across the business to ensure compliance.
• Execute development projects to meet sustainability, cost reduction and quality goals.
• Ensure packaging quality and performance meets expectations.
• Support projects requiring packaging expertise across the business.
• Create packaging briefs for existing and new innovation pipeline.

Skills

Packaging experience

Flexible packaging

Corrugate packaging

EU packaging legislation

Interpersonal skills

Proactive and organised

Ability to work at pace

Job description

Location: Greater Manchester

Overview: Great opportunity for a Senior Packaging Technologist to join a leading food manufacturer in this unique opportunity. Whilst there is no guarantee, as they are part of a group, there may be opportunities elsewhere after the contract finishes.

Duration: 12 Month Fixed Term Contract

About You:

• As Packaging Technologist, you will need to demonstrate your packaging experience ideally within flexible packaging and corrugate
• Understanding of EU packaging legislation
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with a collaborative approach.
• Proactive and organised with a pragmatic approach.
• The ability to hit the ground running and working at pace with a number of projects on the go at any one time.

What will you be doing?

• Deliver packaging expertise across the business to ensure they are legal and compliant.
• Executes development projects to meet the business needs for sustainability, innovation, cost reduction and quality improvements.
• Ensure that quality expectations are met in terms of packaging quality and performance
• As Packaging Technologist, you will be supporting projects where packing expertise is required
• Create packaging briefs for existing and innovation pipeline

What can they offer you?

This is a great business to work for. Opportunities exist within not only your department but in the wider business too.

We are seeking applications from talented Packaging Technologists, Senior Packaging Technologists, Packaging Technologists, Materials & Packaging Technologists and Packaging Innovation Technologists who live within Greater Manchester and surrounding areas, such as Bolton, Oldham Bury, Rochdale, Stockport, Cheshire and Warrington.

We are only able to consider candidates who have the full legal right to work in the UK.