Senior Packaging Engineer

ASTRAZENECA UK LIMITED, Macclesfield, Cheshire East

Senior Packaging Engineer

Salary Not Specified

ASTRAZENECA UK LIMITED, Macclesfield, Cheshire East

  • Full time
  • Permanent
  • Onsite working

Posted today, 23 Nov | Get your application in now to be one of the first to apply.

Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: 801130af94294f07b45ff68ad3498ec6

Full Job Description

As a Senior Packaging Engineer we will rely on you to bring a strong packaging perspective to the department, delivering our packaging strategy in a diverse, multi-skilled area, and supporting our packaging activities on development projects from early Phase through to the transfer to Commercial Manufacture. You will work with Development and Operations colleagues across the company.,

  • Accountable for developing innovative, creative, and cost-competitive packaging solutions that meet the needs and requirements of our patients, our sustainability objectives, and our quality standards.
  • Generate and review regulatory submission documents, plans, protocols, and technical reports ensuring that the project objectives are met.
  • Ensure that work is performed in accordance with appropriate safety (SHE), quality, and compliance standards.
  • Work with external manufacturing sites supporting clinical manufacture
  • Influence understanding and interpretation of packaging regulations.
  • Understand and Influence developments within the industry.
  • Contribute to the training and development of packaging colleagues by acting as coach/mentor as appropriate.

    We are seeking a dynamic and innovative Senior Packaging Engineer to join our team. This role is pivotal in providing packaging development support to our product pipeline, delivering packaging solutions across the range of projects within Oral Solid Dose product development., BSc level education in a relevant Engineering field (Packaging Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, material science)
  • Relevant packaging development experience will be considered as a substitute.
  • Knowledge and application of cGMP requirements
  • Strong technical and scientific skills with proven experience in the development of packaging solutions
  • Proven ability to simultaneously balance multiple projects of variable complexity.
  • Strong operational relationships with customers
  • Experience of leading cross-disciplinary delivery teams
  • When we put unexpected teams in the same room, we unleash bold thinking with the power to inspire life-changing medicines. In-person working gives us the platform we need to connect, work at pace and challenge perceptions. That's why we work, on average, a minimum of three days per week from the office. But that doesn't mean we're not flexible. We balance the expectation of being in the office while respecting individual flexibility. Join us in our unique and ambitious world.

    At AstraZeneca, we are driven by our commitment to deliver accelerated growth and to make people's lives better. We thrive in our often intense and ambiguous environment, seeking out new challenges and working towards new solutions. We are part of an inclusive and giving community, supporting each other on our journeys. We are intellectually stimulated by constant learning, with potential for multiple, global careers and great rewards for those who embrace the diverse opportunities.