Packaging Development Specialist

Work Schedule
Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions
Office

Job Description

Join Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., where your work will have a real-world impact. As a Packaging Development Specialist, you will support crucial advancements in science and technology, ensuring flawless execution and world-class packaging solutions.

Tasks and responsibilities:

• Support the Supervisor of the Technical Production department in ensuring the development of secondary and auxiliary packaging through the preparation, management, modification, and transfer of specifications.
• Manage relationships with clients and suppliers of materials and packaging machines, strictly adhering to required standards and current regulations (laws, GMP, FDA, etc.).
• Define secondary and auxiliary packaging specifications through the analysis of information collected via Technology Transfer, Business, Engineering, and packaging machine suppliers.
• Draft and ensure compliance of packaging specifications with client requirements and compatibility with packaging machines.
• Coordinate the development of secondary and auxiliary packaging by transferring specifications and/or artworks to various material suppliers and supervising development activities.
• Conduct technical tests to support the installation or upgrading of packaging lines (FAT/SAT/PERFORMANCE) to optimize material specifications.
• Manage current specifications and/or artworks, ensuring they are appropriately linked to the related finished product, packaging lines, and supplier costs.
• Maintain and update databases containing specifications, artworks, costs, and client associations.
• Work with client databases to manage artwork/specification workflow.
• Support Supervisor in timely implementation of client-requested changes, maintaining traceability of the change history.
• Assist Quality Control in the quality assurance of incoming materials by providing necessary specifications.
• Collaborate with Quality Assurance and Compliance functions to manage non-conformities and conduct internal and external audits.
• Provide technical documentation necessary for the accurate setting of packaging lines and control of materials for manufacturing finished products.

Requirements:

• Proven experience in packaging development within a manufacturing environment.
• Understanding of GMP, FDA, and other relevant regulations.
• Analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Excellent communication and collaboration abilities.
• Ability to balance multiple projects and meet strict deadlines.
• Proficient with Adobe Illustrator.
• Fluency in English.
• Degree in Engineering, Material Science, or a related field, or equivalent experience in these areas.

We offer driven remuneration, healthcare, and a range of employee benefits! Thermo Fisher Scientific offers employment with an innovative, forward-thinking organization, and outstanding career and development prospects. We offer an exciting company culture that stands for integrity, intensity, involvement, and innovation.

Thermo Fisher Scientific is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform critical job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request an accommodation.