Senior Packaging Technologist: Material & Validation

AG Barr Group; Middlebrook (NC); Hybrid; USD 86,000 - 119,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

34 days holiday

Bonus

Flexible holiday trading

Living Wage Employer

Healthcare Cash Plan

Peppy Health

Flexible benefits e.g. discounts &

Life assurance

Save as you earn scheme

Staff sales discount

Free AG Barr products throughout your

Pension

Annual salary review

Ongoing professional development

Job summary

AG Barr is seeking a Senior Packaging Technologist to join the R&D function, specialising in material development and validation. You will bridge packaging concepts with commercial realities, leading validation programmes and factory trials to ensure new formats perform on-line.

You'll profile materials, qualify resins and recycled blends, optimise secondary packaging, and collaborate with procurement and production to drive efficiency while meeting evolving packaging regulations.

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent with significant post‑graduate packaging experience.
• Proven expertise in technical validation and material profiling across multiple formats.
• Experience in leading factory trials and bridging R&D specs with manufacturing.
• GFSI/BRC/HACCP knowledge essential.

Responsibilities

• Acting as the lead technical authority for material integrity and functional performance of packaging components.
• Designing and executing validation programmes and factory trials for online performance.
• Leading material science workstreams, including profiling of new resins and recycled blends.
• Collaborating with Procurement and Production to identify supply chain optimisations.
• Owning the technical specifications for all packaging materials.
• Providing technical governance within Stage & Gate processes.

Skills

Packaging expertise

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional collaboration

Quality awareness

Education

Degree in Packaging, Science or Engineering

Tools

GFSI knowledge

BRC standards

HACCP knowledge

Injection/stretch blow moulding

Job description

AG Barr is seeking a Senior Packaging Technologist to join the R&D function, specialising in material development and validation. You will bridge packaging concepts with commercial realities, leading validation programmes and factory trials to ensure new formats perform on-line.

You'll profile materials, qualify resins and recycled blends, optimise secondary packaging, and collaborate with procurement and production to drive efficiency while meeting evolving packaging regulations.