GMP Packaging Engineer - Process Improvement & Compliance

mentortechnicalgroup; South Carolina; On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Mentor Technical Group in the United States (South Carolina) is seeking a Packaging Engineer to support, optimize, and implement packaging processes within regulated manufacturing environments. You will provide technical expertise for packaging operations, equipment qualification, process improvements, troubleshooting, and compliance with FDA, GMP, and company quality requirements.

Collaborating with Manufacturing, Quality, Validation, Maintenance, Automation and Supply Chain, you will drive

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline required; strong packaging background in regulated industries preferred.
• 3+ years in packaging, manufacturing, or process engineering in regulated environments.
• Hands-on experience with packaging equipment (cartoners, fillers, labelers, case packers, checkweighers, vision systems, serialization).
• Proven trouble-shooting, RCA, CAPA, and process optimization experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical support for primary and secondary packaging operations.
• Design, develop, and implement packaging processes and equipment improvements.
• Support line qualifications, validations, commissioning, and verification activities.
• Perform RCA investigations related to packaging deviations and equipment issues.
• Prepare protocols, reports, SOPs, and change controls.
• Evaluate packaging materials and specs for compliance and efficiency.
• Coordinate equipment installations, modifications, and startups.
• Monitor line performance and drive process improvements.
• Collaborate with QA and Validation for audits and inspections.

Skills

Packaging engineering

Troubleshooting

Technical writing

Cross-functional collaboration

Project management

Regulatory compliance

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical, Industrial, Chemical, Manufacturing, Packaging Engineering or related discipline

Master's Degree (preferred)

Tools

Systech

Optel

Serialization equipment

PLC/HMI systems

Vision systems

SAP/TrackWise/Maximo

Job description

Mentor Technical Group in the United States (South Carolina) is seeking a Packaging Engineer to support, optimize, and implement packaging processes within regulated manufacturing environments. You will provide technical expertise for packaging operations, equipment qualification, process improvements, troubleshooting, and compliance with FDA, GMP, and company quality requirements.

Collaborating with Manufacturing, Quality, Validation, Maintenance, Automation and Supply Chain, you will drive