Packaging Engineering Director

CRYOPAK INC • Montreal, QC

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About The Position

Cryopak Industries Inc. is seeking a hands-on Packaging Engineering Director to lead the design, development, validation, and continuous improvement of temperature-controlled packaging solutions for pharmaceutical, life sciences, biotechnology, healthcare, food, and specialty product customers. This is a leadership role for an engineering professional with strong technical depth in cold chain packaging, thermal validation, product development, and manufacturing support. The ideal candidate is comfortable leading a team while remaining close to technical execution, customer requirements, laboratory testing, and commercialization activities.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Packaging Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related field.
• 7-10+ years of engineering experience in manufacturing, packaging, cold chain, pharmaceutical, medical device, or a related industry.
• 3-5+ years of leadership experience managing engineering professionals.
• Strong knowledge of temperature-controlled packaging, thermal validation, product development, and laboratory testing.
• Experience with cold chain products such as insulated containers, VIP panels, gel packs, PCM refrigerants, dry ice-compatible systems, and temperature monitoring devices.
• Experience with CAD software, SolidWorks preferred.
• Bilingual French and English, written and spoken.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor the Packaging Engineering team.
• Oversee the development of temperature-controlled packaging systems, including insulated shippers, gel packs, phase change materials, vacuum-insulated panels, refrigerants, and cold chain monitoring solutions.
• Support the development and optimization of cold chain product families, including passive thermal shippers, reusable cooler systems, insulated pallet covers, and sustainable temperature-controlled packaging.
• Oversee thermal modeling, validation activities, laboratory testing, and customer-specific qualification projects.
• Develop customer-specific solutions in collaboration with Sales, Customer Service, Operations, and Quality teams.
• Drive innovation, continuous improvement, cost reduction, and commercialization of new packaging technologies.

Benefits

• Opportunity to join a specialized cold chain packaging organization.
• Play a key role in developing solutions that support critical temperature-sensitive shipments across regulated industries.
• Work closely with cross-functional teams, customers, and technical experts to bring innovative packaging solutions from concept to commercialization.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director