What are the responsibilities and job description for the Packaging Engineer II position at Redbock - an NES Fircroft company?
Packaging Engineer II (12 month contract // North Haven, CT):
W2 ONLY (unable to sponsor visa/work C2C)***
Top 3 Skills:
- Experience developing and testing packaging designs with new materials, including foil, Tyvek, and film
- Packaging Design Validation
- Experience collaborating with Quality and Manufacturing teams to implement new Packaging processes
Description:
The Packaging Engineer will be responsible for validating and qualifying new packaging materials, such as foil, Tyvek, and film, for absorbable suture products. This role will involve collaboration with a Manufacturing Engineer and a Quality Engineer, with shared responsibility for process development activities. The Packaging Engineer will create validation plans in accordance with company standards. Additionally, the Packaging Engineer will serve as the subject matter expert (SME) for the materials being validated and will consult with the Principal Packaging Engineer regarding any identified gaps.
Education Required: BS (or above) Engineering Degree; Mechanical, Manufacturing, Packaging preferred
Years’ Experience Required: 3-5 years of Packaging Equipment and Design
Duties:
- Designs, develops, and tests a wide variety of containers used for the protection, display, and handling of products.
- Determines packaging specifications according to the nature of the product, cost limitations, legal requirements, and the type of protection required, considering need for resistance to such external variables as moisture, corrosive chemicals, temperature variations, light, heat, rough handling, and tampering.
- Designs package exteriors considering such factors as product identification, sales appeal, aesthetic quality, printing, and production techniques.
- Responsibilities may include documentation management and/or coordination of Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs) and may support prototype line development in manufacturing facilities/plants.
