Packaging Engineer

Pfizer • Kalamazoo, MI

5d • Onsite

About The Position

Use Your Power for Purpose Every day, our unwavering commitment to quality and the delivery of safe, effective products to patients drives everything we do. Our science and risk-based compliant quality culture is not only flexible and innovative but also customer-oriented. Whether you are engaged in development, maintenance, compliance, or analysis through research programs, your contribution will have a direct impact on patients. By being part of our team, you help ensure that our products meet the highest standards, ultimately benefiting those who rely on them. What You Will Achieve In this role, you will: The Package Engineer will provide support for the design, qualification, approval, and implementation of new and revised packaging materials and packaging bills of materials for Pfizer products and for Pfizer affiliated products at the Kalamazoo Michigan facility. Serve as contact for packaging technical support for sterile and non-sterile pharmaceutical product packaging. Works under general supervision (from Manager and Senior Package Engineers) following established procedures. Collaborates with key internal customers groups such as Quality, Procurement, Packaging Operations, Regulatory, and Warehouse.

Requirements

• Applicant must have a bachelor's degree with 0+ years of experience; OR an associate's degree with 4 years of experience; OR a high school diploma (or equivalent) and 6 years of relevant experience
• Fundamental knowledge of working in regulated/GMP environment.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills and ability to interact effectively with moderate levels of the organization.
• Ability to balance workload for a variety of simultaneous projects.

Nice To Haves

• Functional knowledge of writing technical documents such as lab protocols and reports.
• Familiarity with a package performance testing equipment and methods such as (ASTM, ISTA, HDA, Instron, Container Closure Integrity and Leak Detection, Shock and Vibration Testing).
• Understanding of Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs).
• Experience with package labeling requirements with specific regard to packaging line requirements on labeling.
• MRP, Packaging specification, CAD, or related software familiarity a plus.
• Six Sigma, Statistical Process Control or other types of scientific methodology and data analysis familiarity a plus.

Responsibilities

• Execute appropriate package qualification testing as defined by internal SOPs.
• Partner with outside vendors and internal cross functional teams to develop and engineer packages to ensure functionality, compliance, cost, and timing objectives are met.
• Author and approve lab protocols and reports, packaging specifications, pallet patterns, and bills of materials for primary container/closure systems, secondary, and tertiary packaging.
• Participate in packaging material investigations, deviations, troubleshooting, corrective actions, and vendor capability assessments of moderate complexity.

Benefits

• We offer comprehensive and generous benefits and programs to help our colleagues lead healthy lives and to support each of life’s moments. Benefits offered include a 401(k) plan with Pfizer Matching Contributions and an additional Pfizer Retirement Savings Contribution, paid vacation, holiday and personal days, paid caregiver/parental and medical leave, and health benefits to include medical, prescription drug, dental and vision coverage.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees