Packaging Engineer

Insight Global; Fort Washington (Montgomery County); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Insight Global is supporting a Fort Washington, PA based client in hiring a Package Engineer to be onsite at least two days per week. The role covers design, development, testing and production scale-up of new packaging solutions, working with R&D, marketing, market research, supply chain and other departments to identify needs and deliver end-to-end documentation.

The candidate will develop, write and route documents such as Package Component Specifications and Packaging Line Trial Protocols,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Packaging Sciences or Engineering or a related engineering field.
• 5+ years of manufacturing industry experience.
• Experience writing Protocols.

Responsibilities

• Provide onsite packaging design, development, testing and production scale-up support.
• Develop, write, gain cross-functional alignment, and route for approval package development documentation (e.g., Package Component Specifications, Packaging Line Trial Protocols).
• Collaborate with R&D, marketing, market research, supply chain, process excellence and other departments to address packaging needs and ensure lifecycle management.
• Lead the development and assessment of design requirements, scope of change, packaging/equipment solution proposals, risk assessments, test plans and test result analyses.

Skills

Five+ years manufacturing experience

Experience writing Protocols

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Packaging Sciences or Engineering or related field

Job description

Our Large Consumer Manufacturing Client is seeking a Package Engineer to join their team in Fort Washington, PA. This individual will be expected to be onsite a minimum of 2 days a week. The Packaging Engineer is responsible for providing technical support in the area of design, development, testing and production scale-up of new package development while collaborating with research and development, marketing, market research, supply chain, process excellence, and other affiliated departments to identify and address packaging needs. They will be develop, write, gain cross-functional alignment, and route for approval package development documentation that captures the above end-to-end project specific information. Some examples of documentations would include Package Component Specifications, Package Development Assessment and Plan documents, Packaging Line Trial Protocols and Reports, Package Development Reports, etc. They will lead the development and assessment of the following types of information to support package development and life cycle management initiatives, including but not limited to the following activities: design requirements, definition of the scope of change, packaging and equipment solution proposals, prior knowledge and knowledge gap assessments, risk assessments, test plans, and test results analysis and conclusions.

REQUIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor's Degree in Packaging Sciences or Engineering or a related engineering field
• 5+ years of manufacturing industry experience
• Experience writing Protocols

NICE TO HAVE SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

• Experience within the Consumer, OTC, or Pharmaceutical industry
• GMP Experience
• Technical knowledge related to package materials, equipment, testing, and package development