Global Packaging Validation Engineer – Hybrid Lab Leader

Colgate-Palmolive Company; Piscataway Township (NJ); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Paid parental leave

Disability coverage

401(k) with company match

Vacation/PTO days (15+)

Job summary

Colgate-Palmolive Company is the world leader in oral care, personal care, home care, skin care and pet nutrition. The company seeks a Packaging Validation Engineer to drive global strategy, create testing standards, and deploy them across the product portfolio from the Piscataway Lab.

This role ensures regulatory compliance and supports product innovation. The successful candidate will manage the Piscataway Packaging Lab, oversee IQ/OQ/PQ qualifications, and collaborate with global testing

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in packaging, industrial design, engineering, or related field.
• 6+ years of experience in packaging engineering or related field.
• Hands-on experience in packaging development, validation protocols, and lab test method execution.
• Experience with IQ/OQ/PQ and data integrity and SOPs in regulated environment.

Responsibilities

• Global Standards & Test Methods: Drive the global strategy, creation, and continuous evolution of test plans and methods to establish centralized rigor, efficiency, and predictive quality across all categories.
• Laboratory Operations & Network Leadership: Direct daily operations, capital expenditure budgets, data integrity compliance, and long-term strategic roadmaps for the Piscataway Packaging Lab, while providing technical governance to Colgate's global package testing network.
• Quality & Product Safety: Partner closely with Quality and Safety teams to manage Packaging Materials of Concern, Tech Transfer Program, and environmental compliance for chemical/packaging waste.
• Validation & Equipment Management: Oversee installation, operation, and performance qualifications (IQ/OQ/PQ) for new laboratory equipment, while complying with digital laboratory management systems and change controls.
• Capability Building & Audits: Lead internal laboratory audits, verification procedures, and global training programs to ensure standard operating procedure compliance and seamless technology transfer across international teams.

Skills

Packaging development

Lab management

Project management

Capital budgeting

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Packaging, Industrial Design, Engineering

Tools

Laboratory equipment qualification (IQ/OQ/PQ)

Digital Laboratory Management Systems

Job description

Colgate-Palmolive Company is the world leader in oral care, personal care, home care, skin care and pet nutrition. The company seeks a Packaging Validation Engineer to drive global strategy, create testing standards, and deploy them across the product portfolio from the Piscataway Lab.

This role ensures regulatory compliance and supports product innovation. The successful candidate will manage the Piscataway Packaging Lab, oversee IQ/OQ/PQ qualifications, and collaborate with global testing