Packaging Engineer

UST; Fort Washington (Montgomery County); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

UST in Fort Washington, PA, is seeking a Packaging Engineer to join the Packaging Innovation Team and drive packaging development for North America. You will lead packaging development projects from concept through scale-up to product launch, collaborating with R&D and Ops, with hands-on shop floor experience enabling line trials and validation.

BS in Packaging Engineering preferred; experience in Personal Care packaging and components (bottles, tubes, closures) is highly valued.

Qualifications

• BS Degree in Packaging Engineering (or equivalent) preferred.
• Direct Packaging Innovation experience in Personal Care/CPG industries is desirable.
• Shop floor experience in packaging engineering, leading line trials and packaging validation is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Component Development for Personal Care packaging (bottles, tubes, caps, closures, pumps).
• Packaging Specification development, review and implementation.
• Lead packaging line trials.
• Packaging Validation.
• Labeling changes.
• GMP experience is strongly preferred.
• Conduct and manage Packaging Testing.
• Writing Technical Justifications.
• Work with R&D and Ops.

Skills

Packaging Development

GMP Experience

Technical Documentation

Packaging Validation

Line Trials

Education

BS in Packaging Engineering

Job description

Packaging Engineer Leading Global Consumer Products company

One of the world’s most respected and leading global Consumer Products companies, located in the Fort Washington, PA area has an immediate need for a Packaging Engineer.

In this role you will join the Packaging Innovation Team, helping to drive packaging development of innovation projects for North America. You will help lead packaging development projects, accelerate the pipeline, while ensuring quality execution. You will work closely with your manufacturing cross-functional partners from concept, through scale up, to product launch.

The ideal candidate will have direct Packaging Innovation experience in the Personal Care Consumer Products industry (Personal Care, Skin Health, Beauty, Cosmetics, OTC, food, chemicals).Shop floor experience in a packaging engineering role, leading line trials, and packaging validation activities is preferred.

Additionally:

• Technical background in primary packaging development and design, specification, testing, tooling/molding process, materials, and manufacturing qualification. Secondary packaging experience a plus.
• Industry background can be any of the following: personal care, beauty, food, chemicals.

Location: Fort Washington, PA. Must be able to be on-site at the facility, 2-3 days per week.

Responsibilities:

• Component Development for components typically used in Personal Care products: Bottles, Tubes, Caps, Closures, Pumps, etc
• Packaging Specification development, review and implementation
• Lead packaging line trials
• Packaging Validation
• Labeling changes
• GMP experience strongly preferred
• Conduct and manage Packaging Testing
• Writing Technical Justifications
• Work with R&D and Ops

BS Degree in Packaging Engineering (or equivalent) is preferred.