Senior Packaging Materials & Equipment Technologist

gsk; Worthing; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

GSK Worthing site is seeking a Packaging Material and Equipment Technologist on a 24-month secondment/FTC. The role delivers packaging material and equipment activities, validates packaging interfaces, and maintains technical documentation across a cross-functional team to ensure compliant production scale.

You will work with MSAT, Engineering, Operations, Quality, Regulatory and suppliers. The role requires a degree-level qualification in packaging/engineering or equivalent and experience with

Qualifications

• Degree-level qualification in packaging, materials science, engineering or equivalent.
• Experience with packaging materials and equipment and their interfaces.
• Experience planning, executing and reporting material, process or equipment trials, qualification and validation.
• Experience applying Quality by Design, FMEA and risk assessment techniques.
• Experience creating/updating packaging specifications, drawings, artwork and controlled records.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration and effective communication.

Responsibilities

• Deliver packaging material and equipment activities from development through line introduction and routine manufacture.
• Assess material–equipment interactions affecting forming, sealing, coding, inspection and cartoning.
• Plan and execute trial, qualification and validation protocols for packaging materials and interfaces.
• Lead or contribute to risk assessments, investigations and corrective actions.
• Maintain specifications, artwork and technical documentation in change control.
• Coordinate with suppliers and cross-functional teams to resolve technical questions.

Skills

Packaging materials

Cross-functional collaboration

Technical writing

Risk assessment

Documentation & GMP

Project delivery

Education

Degree-level qualification in packaging/engineering

Job description

GSK Worthing site is seeking a Packaging Material and Equipment Technologist on a 24-month secondment/FTC. The role delivers packaging material and equipment activities, validates packaging interfaces, and maintains technical documentation across a cross-functional team to ensure compliant production scale.

You will work with MSAT, Engineering, Operations, Quality, Regulatory and suppliers. The role requires a degree-level qualification in packaging/engineering or equivalent and experience with