Spclst, Engineering

Job Description

Today, our company continues to be at the forefront of research to deliver innovative health solutions and advance the prevention and treatment of diseases that threaten people and animals around the world. The Packaging Commercialization department has an exciting opportunity for a Specialist Packaging Engineer at either the Rahway, NJ or West Point, PA site. This candidate will serve as an individual contributor and foster our department mission to (1) design and develop responsible and accessible commercial packaging solutions with strong science, risk-based thinking, and focus on the customer while (2) striking the balance of being innovative and flexible to meet the evolving pipeline, while also continuously improving and standardizing our packaging solutions.   

Position Description:

• The successful candidate will have the opportunity to focus on package development for a range of traditional pharmaceuticals (oral solid dosage, oral powders, suspensions, sterile injectables, and inhaled formulations) and biopharmaceutical applications (vaccines, monoclonal antibodies, and antibody drug conjugates) as well as provide input to primary packaging for the drug component and secondary packaging of medical device and combination products.

• Through support of the Packaging Working Groups, the successful candidate will collaborate on diverse, cross-functional teams with peers in drug product formulation and analytical development as well as supply chain and marketing to provide technical guidance during the development of primary, secondary and tertiary packaging for new products and specialty devices. 

Packaging Responsibilities:

• Providing input regarding selection of primary packaging material

• Determination of package images to support commercialization as well as leading the shipping distribution strategy and coordination of shipping distribution studies efforts regarding characterization and qualification testing of robust packaging systems 

• The successful candidate will author packaging specifications for primary, secondary and tertiary packaging as well as provide information to support relevant sections of BLA’s, NDA’s, WMA’s, and JNDA’s 

• The successful candidate will interface with our internal Global Packaging Technology Operations and Packaging Site Operations teams, as well as external Contract Manufacturing Operations and packaging component suppliers while fulfilling their responsibilities

Education Minimum Requirement:

• B.S. or higher degree in Packaging Engineering, Packaging Science, Biomedical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, or Pharmaceutical Science with a minimum of 2 years of relevant experience

Required Experience and Skills:

• Understanding of package development process and engineering principles

• Strong scientific and risk-based thinking

• Demonstrated experience in building collaborative partnerships

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

• Strong organizational skills and demonstrated ability to deliver …