Packaging Engineer

IOPP Golden Gate Chapter; Fort Washington (Montgomery County); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Fort Washington, PA area is seeking a Packaging Engineer to join the Packaging Innovation Team, driving development of North America packaging projects from concept to launch.

The role requires direct packaging innovation experience in the personal care/consumer space, with shop floor packaging engineering, line trials, and validation, and a background in GMP and manufacturing qualifications.

Qualifications

• BS degree in Packaging Engineering or equivalent.
• Packaging development experience in personal care/consumer products.
• Experience leading line trials and packaging validation.

Responsibilities

• Develop packaging components for bottles, tubes, caps, closures, pumps, etc.
• Develop and review packaging specifications and implement changes.
• Lead packaging line trials and validation activities.
• Manage labeling changes and packaging testing.
• Ensure GMP compliance and quality documentation.
• Coordinate with R&D and Operations.

Skills

Packaging engineering

Packaging design

Testing

Tooling and molding

Materials

Manufacturing qualification

Line trials

Packaging validation

GMP experience

Education

B.S. in Packaging Engineering

Tools

Die line

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
• Die line experience and understanding
• GMP experience strongly preferred
• Conduct and manage Packaging Testing
• Change Control documentation
• Writing Technical Justifications
• Work with R&D and Ops

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