Packaging Engineer Co-op

Sarepta Therapeutics • Burlington, MA

304d • $22 - $34 • Hybrid

About The Position

The Packaging Engineer co-op will learn overview of parenteral pharmaceutical business & industry. The emphasis will be learning and understanding of drug product distribution systems and maintaining product integrity to deliver products to pharmacies, clinics, and hospitals to dispense. This co-op will be supporting major project work as well as researching and recommending testing protocols as needed. Additionally, the co-op will support department functions including packaging system qualification, testing, reporting and artwork development. This experience is a great opportunity to gain holistic knowledge of the Supply Chain roles and responsibilities.

Requirements

• Undergraduate (junior or senior) or graduate student pursuing a degree in Packaging or Supply Chain and related degree.
• Must be comfortable with local travel up to 30% of the time.
• Good analytical, investigative, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work on multiple projects.
• Good communication skills.
• Fluent with Microsoft Office products.

Responsibilities

• Support shipping qualification, execution, and testing.
• Review, interpret and summarize testing results for inclusion in qualification reports.
• Review vendor processes and documentation and support any vendor documentation required as part of implementing new packaging systems and processes.
• Manage materials required for testing, acquisition, assembly, preparation, and conditioning of test materials.
• Support validation protocol development and documentation such as plans, protocols, reports, and summary creation to gain good documentation practices.
• Oversee, manage, and conduct testing as part shipping qualifications, new material implementation, out of specification investigations, and creation of material acceptance requirements.
• Learn how each piece of test equipment is used and how it applies to packaging and distribution testing.
• Assist routing of protocols, reports, artwork approval forms, etc.
• Support ongoing projects for secondary packaging, as needed collaborating with other company departments and outside vendors.
• Research and create other supporting documentation which may include external qualifications, vendor process documents, courier and vendor specifications, and government guidelines.
• Support testing trials with business partners including CMOs and external vendors that may include domestic travel.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation and benefit package.
• Targeted salary range of $22 - $34 per hour depending upon years of education completed and nature of role.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Intern
• Industry: Chemical Manufacturing
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree