Packaging Engineer within medical technology and/or pharmaceutical industries

Packaging Engineer

Our clients are typically global leaders in healthcare, known for their advancements in treatments and medical technologies.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Lead Packaging Development: Oversee the conceptualization, design, and validation of packaging solutions for medical devices.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with internal teams and external suppliers.
• Documentation & IP Protection: Maintain Engineering documentation with detailed packaging specifications, and all required documentation. Ensure the safeguarding of intellectual property rights.
• Feasibility and Testing: Conduct detailed feasibility studies, material evaluations, and performance testing.
• Design Specifications: Define performance criteria, select appropriate materials, and create detailed design specifications for packaging products.
• Supplier and Stakeholder Management: Build and maintain strong relationships with suppliers, production & packaging component stakeholders.
• Project Leadership: Manage project timelines and deliverables, ensuring alignment with the stakeholder, external vendors and organizational goals.
• Regulatory Compliance: Ensure all packaging solutions adhere to relevant regulatory frameworks and standards.
• Process Improvement: Identify areas for continuous improvement in packaging processes and technologies.
• Production Readiness: Supervise production activities, ensuring alignment with design-for-manufacturability (DFM) principles.

Qualifications:

• Master’s Degree in Engineering or a related field.
• A minimum of 5 years of total work experience, with at least 2-3 years specifically in packaging development within regulated industries.
• Product Development: Expertise in product development of paper board-based packaging, from concept to production.
• Cross-functional (internal) & Supplier Management: Strong skills in managing relationships with suppliers, vendors and third-party stakeholders as well as internal stakeholder.

Technical Skills:

• Proficient in packaging materials, validation, and testing protocols.
• Knowledge of Quality Management Systems (QMS) ISO13485:2006 and ISO 11608-1:2022.

Industry Experience:

• Experience in executing projects in regulated environments and compliance guidelines.
• Preferred experience in pharmaceutical or medical device packaging.

Language Proficiency:

• Fluent in English, collaborate effectively across diverse cultural settings & international teams.

Work Type:

• Depending on assignment the position can be hybrid, with flexibility between on-site work and remote collaboration.
• Willingness and flexibility to travel as needed.

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