Senior Packaging Engineer
Location: Client: San Diego, CA
Department: Life Science
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Department: Life Science
Job Description
About Adept Group
Adept Group offers an award-winning workplace for exceptional packaging industry talent. We work on a range of innovative projects for iconic brand owners. Our technically gifted team collaborates to produce unparalleled results.
We offer a great place to showcase your expertise and build upon your skillset. All while having fun with amazing people from a variety of diverse backgrounds. We’re driven, inspirational and most importantly, human.
We offer a flexible, creative culture focusing on 3 pillars - our environment, our communities, and our health and well-being. Join a team committed to building a sustainable future!
The Opportunity
Adept Group is seeking a Senior Packaging Engineer to join our team with experience in the Medical Device industry! This position is fully onsite (no remote opportunity). This person would have experience with Medical Devices, high scale automation, and strong knowledge around ASTM standards.
Key Responsibilities
- Leads multiple complex projects or assignments within large projects with minimal oversight.
- Lead packaging qualification activities by generating packaging protocols, overseeing test execution, analyzing test data, and authoring qualification reports.
- Lead the improvement and standardization of packaging on existing products with focus on performance and cost effectiveness
- Facilitate the resolution of the problems during the developmental process to meet the customer's needs
- Provide technical expertise for packaging risk assessments and failure mode/root cause analyses.
- Lead the improvement and standardization of packaging on existing products with focus on performance and cost effectiveness
- Maintain and establish ongoing communication with global counterparts and packaging vendors to support cost-savings initiatives
- Influence over internal and external stakeholders to have strategic, meaningful & lasting improvement
- Able to identify areas of cost savings or improvements to new and on market products
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in packaging engineering. Advanced degrees or certifications preferred.
- 5-10 years as a Packaging Engineer
- Technical depth on a packaging material, format, or process.
- Advanced understanding of the full packaging development and qualification process (or stage gate process).
- Advanced knowledge of resource planning for trials.
- Advanced knowledge of requirements related to packaging and labeling, ensuring robust package validation and qualification.
- Advanced understanding of project timeline development.
- Advanced communications (verbally and in writing) across internal and external teams.
- Advanced ability to multitask and manage time efficiently and effectively across multiple activities and tasks simultaneously.
Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.
Benefits:
- Competitive salary
- Health Care including Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance with Health Savings Options
- Paid Time Off
- Sick and Mental Health days
- 11 Paid Company Holidays
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Paid Parental Leave and Company Paid Short-term Disability Insurance
- 401k Retirement savings plan with generous company match
- Company Paid Life Insurance
- 32 Hours dedicated to Training and Career Development
- 8 Hours of Paid Volunteer Time
- Professional development opportunities
- Collaborative and inclusive work environment
Salary: $85,000 - $127,000
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