Package Engineer Job at Catalent in Kansas City

Package Engineer

Position Summary

Catalent, Inc. is a leading global contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) whose mission is to develop, manufacture, and supply products that help people live better and healthier lives. Catalent is dedicated to delivering unparalleled service to pharma, biotech, and consumer health customers, supporting product development, launch, and full life-cycle supply. With time-tested experience in development sciences, delivery technologies, and multi-modality manufacturing, Catalent supports the acceleration of development programs and the launch of more than a hundred new products every year. Powered by thousands of scientists and technicians and the latest technology platforms at more than 40 global sites, Catalent supplies billions of doses of life-enhancing and life-saving treatments for patients annually.

Catalent’s Kansas City facility is home to our Oral & Specialty Drug Delivery, Biologics Analytical Services and Clinical Supply Services businesses. The site provides a range of integrated services for oral solid dosage forms, from formulation development and analytical testing to clinical and commercial-scale manufacture. The Kansas City facility is a Center-of-Excellence for our Biologics Analytical Services business. Our talented team has over 25 years of experience providing analytical services for stand-alone and integrated biologics projects.

Catalent Pharma Solutions in Kansas City, MO is hiring a Package Engineer role. The Package Engineer supports both clinical and commercial operations. Duties include interfacing with clients to establish packaging requirements for projects, providing support for BD & Proposals for project scope and pricing, and working with vendors to design packaging components to meet customer/study requirements. This includes but is not limited to functional label & carton design; selection of vendor solutions for unit dose cards; designing format parts and package designs for blistering; bottle size selection, CR/SF testing, and container/closure system selection for bottling; and desiccant recommendations. This position requires knowledge and experience in child resistant package design requirements, thermoforming/cold-forming processes, and materials used for packaging integrity.

This is a full-time position: Salary Role. Onsite. Monday – Friday, Days.

The Role

• Interface with clients to establish packaging requirements, attend client meetings and provide package technical support to clients.

• Establish packaging requirements for projects, such as closure system selection, Blister Format part/tooling evaluation & development and perform label adhesion testing/Child Resistance evaluations.

• Attend project management project kickoff meetings. Provide support for project scope & pricing.

• Design packaging components to meet customer/study requirements, functional design of Secondary components (cartons/inserts/pouches/wallets/etc.), determine design appropriate for Primary components (film/foil/desiccants/coil/bottles/closures/printed lidding/etc.); container/closure systems. Work with vendors directly to establish the design and negotiate pricing, when necessary.

• Provide engineering consultation to internal customers, as requested.

• Assist with building and maintaining the blister format library. Assist/facilitate execution and documentation of FAT & SAT of new blister package formats.

• Provide required GMP documentation to support writing and executing of batch records.

• Support Complaint & Deviation investigations and root cause analysis.

• Stay appraised of development within the Packaging industry.

• All other duties as assigned.

The Candidate

• Required a Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering with a minimum of 2 years of experience with GMP equipment/package design/tooling for clinical and/or commercial packaging.

• Knowledge of thermoforming/cold-forming equipment and experience in child resistant package design requirements is required.

• Working knowledge of the following software packages: Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Visio), TOPS Pro (Total Optimization Packaging System) or similar software program, Solid Works and/or Artios CAD, Adobe Illustrator highly preferred.

• Possess good communication and problem-solving skills highly desired.

• Individual may be required to sit, stand, walk regularly and occasionally lift up to 30 pounds.

• Occasional requirement to work in Extreme Cold Refrigerator 35°F – 46°F (2°C – 8°C) Freezer -4°F (-20°C).

Why you should join Catalent:

• Defined career path and annual performance review and feedback process.

• Diverse, inclusive culture.

• Positive working environment focusing on continually improving processes to remain innovative.

• Potential for career growth on an expanding team within an organization dedicated to preserving and bettering lives.

• 152 hours of PTO + 8 paid holidays.

• Several Employee Resource Groups focusing on D&I.

• Dynamic, fast-paced work environment.

• Community engagement and green initiatives.

• Generous 401K match.

• Medical, dental and vision benefits effective day one of employment.

• Tuition Reimbursement- Let us help you finish your degree or start a new degree!

• WellHub- program to promote overall physical wellness.

• Perkspot - offers exclusive or private discounts from approximately 900+ merchants in a wide array of categories.

Catalent offers rewarding opportunities to further your career! Join the global drug development and delivery leader and help us bring over 7,000 life-saving and life-enhancing products to patients around the world. Catalent is an exciting and growing international company where employees work directly with pharma, biopharma and consumer health companies of all sizes to advance new medicines from early development to clinical trials and to the market. Catalent produces more than 70 billion doses per year, and each one will be used by someone who is counting on us. Join us in making a difference.

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