Quality Packaging Engineer

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The Quality Packaging Engineer contributes to the evaluation validation implementation and ongoing monitoring of cold chain packaging solutions across the distribution network. Working under moderate guidance this role applies established packaging science and quality engineering principles to execute defined technical activities and help ensure temperature-sensitive products are packaged and transported in accordance with applicable standards internal procedures and business requirements.

Compensation: The target salary for this role is budgeted between $75000 and $80000 per year along with a 5% bonus.

Key Responsibilities

Contribute to the design qualification validation and deployment of new and existing cold chain packaging solutions by executing assigned testing activities performing routine technical analysis documenting procedures and results and participating in related change control activities under moderate guidance.

Draft revise and maintain controlled packaging quality documentation including SOPs work instructions technical packaging performance assessments validation summaries test documentation and quality records to support compliant cold chain packaging execution change implementation and ongoing network readiness.

Provide technical support for network packaging changes and initiatives by assessing packaging performance implementation readiness and transportation requirements to help ensure alignment with regulator and industry standards and consistent cold chain execution across the distribution network.

Participate in packaging-related investigations including temperature excursions and performance issues by analyzing monitoring and test data using established methods identifying potential gaps contributing to root-cause evaluation and developing recommended corrective or preventive actions for review.

Participate in supplier and vendor meetings by reviewing packaging materials and test data and contributing to the evaluation of proposed technology or material changes. Provide recommendations for review to support compliant and operationally feasible cold chain packaging solutions.

Minimum Requirement

Degree or equivalent and typically requires 2 years of relevant experience.

Education

Bachelors degree in engineering packaging science or a related field.

Critical Skills

• Minimum of 2 years of experience in quality packaging engineering pharmaceutical distribution life sciences or a regulated industry.
• Experience supporting cold chain packaging temperature-control distribution processes packaging materials/design transportation environments validation activities packaging-related quality programs and relevant industry standards such as ISTA preferred.
• Working knowledge and experience supporting packaging test methods validation protocol development sample preparation data collection and analysis test execution interpretation of results and technical documentation in accordance with approved protocols.
• Experience drafting or maintaining SOPs work instructions validation records technical assessments testing protocols technical reports or other controlled quality documents preferred.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills with the ability to contribute to cross-functional projects through data analysis technical problem-solving identification of gaps or risks escalation of issues and implementation of approved quality or operational improvements.

Leadership Experience Requirements

• Execute assigned workstream or defined project activities coordinate assigned tasks across quality operations suppliers and technical stakeholders and communicate progress risks and recommendations with moderate guidance.
• Experience contributing to cross-functional teams in a regulated quality-driven technical or operational environment.
• Demonstrated ability to manage individual priorities support project execution identify issues or risks and escalate appropriately while maintaining alignment with approved procedures and business needs.

Additional Skills

• Working knowledge of applicable quality system regulatory and industry expectations for packaging transportation cold chain distribution and temperature-sensitive product handling.
• Knowledge of pharmaceutical distribution wholesale operations packaging operations or cold chain logistics preferred.
• Ability to review validation protocols analyze packaging performance data interpret test results summarize findings and develop clear recommendations for packaging quality decisions.
• Effective analytical organizational problem-solving technical writing and controlled-documentation skills.

Working Conditions

Environment (Office warehouse etc.)

• Able to travel 20-30% of the time.
• Remote work environment Work from Home.

Physical Requirements (Lifting standing etc.)

• Using keyboard/laptop 8 hours a day

This role is a hybrid position. The selected candidate is expected to work on-site at our Las Colinas office a minimum of two (2) days per week with the remaining days worked remotely. Specific in-office days may be designated based on team needs and business priorities.

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Our Base Pay Range for this position

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