Packaging Engineer Job Description

Packaging Engineer Job Description Template

Our company is looking for a Packaging Engineer to join our team.

Responsibilities:

• Ensures safety aspects of the equipment meets specifications and requirements to assure employees’ safe working conditions;
• Effective collaboration with teams is essential to meet our Company’s goals/objectives;
• Demonstrate strong troubleshooting skills through the use of continuous improvement techniques;
• Participates in risk assessments and cost improvement initiatives;
• Conduct capacity studies, enhance system reliability, and identify/implement productivity improvements including new technologies;
• Develop and improve procedures and instructions to minimize packing line setup and changeover time/cost;
• Travels as needed to domestic and international vendor sites and company locations;
• Provide key technical support in capital projects and new product and packaging material testing/start-ups;
• Show thorough understanding of the interactions between machine, materials, methods, environment, and people to provide robust operating systems;
• Minimize packaging material scrap, product scrap and product giveaway;
• Works in compliance with GMP work practices, ISO13485, and ISTA Standards;
• Participates as the team member responsible for packaging on New Product Development projects and Packaging Development projects;
• Develop/maintain material balances and unit operation capability information to ensure optimal production rates, parameters, and formula;
• Participate in projects that involve cross-functional teams as the owner of all packaging related deliverables;
• Work with Packaging operations and suppliers to troubleshoot packaging issues, maintain packaging quality, and optimize packing line efficiencies.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Packaging Engineering or related field;
• Maintains a focused knowledge of sustainability initiatives & future trends beneficial toward corporate goals;
• Experience in writing and executing design, equipment, and process validations;
• Strong organizational and follow-up skills, as well as attention to detail;
• Ability to deal with ambiguity;
• Ability to leverage and/or engage others to accomplish projects;
• Experience in the use of statistical tools (Lean Six Sigma) for problem solving a plus;
• Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering;
• Troubleshooting;
• Solidworks experience is a plus;
• Interpersonal Savvy;
• Mechanical aptitude;
• Medical device industry product design and validation process knowledge;
• Strong verbal and written communications with ability to effectively communicate at multiple levels in the organization;
• Proficient in TOPS, Word, Excel, Power Point, and Outlook.