Package Engineer I (8am-5pm) Date: Jan 24, 2025 Location: Edison, United States, 08817 Company: Teva Pharmaceuticals Job Id: 60431 **Who we are** Together, we’re on a mission to make good health more affordable and accessible, to help millions around the world enjoy healthier lives. It’s a mission that bonds our people across nearly 60 countries and a rich, diverse variety of nationalities and backgrounds. Working here means working with the world’s leading manufacturer of generic medicines, and the proud producer of many of the products on the World Health Organization’s Essential Medicines List. Today, at least 200 million people around the world take one of our medicines every single day. An amazing number, but we’re always looking for new ways to continue making a difference, and new people to make a difference with. **The opportunity** The Packaging Engineer is responsible for managing packaging-related projects at a the Teva Edison packaging site focused on solid oral dose bottle packaging. The role includes leading initiatives related to product packaging development and optimization, equipment optimization, and packaging line operational efficiency improvements. This individual will work closely with cross-functional teams to ensure packaging engineering solutions meet regulatory, quality, and business requirements while enhancing equipment performance and efficiency. **How you’ll spend your day** Essential Duties / Functions **Packaging Design and Development:** + Develop and optimize packaging solutions for solid oral dose bottle packaging, ensuring compliance with regulatory and quality standards. + Collaborate with Product Transfer, R&D, Regulatory department, operations, and quality teams to design, test, and implement Teva standard packaging configurations. + Conduct product to packaging fit analysis and tests. + Equipment and Efficiency Projects: + Lead packaging equipment upgrades, modifications, and new equipment installation projects. + Analyze packaging line performance and identify opportunities to improve efficiency, reduce downtime, and optimize throughput. + Work with maintenance and engineering teams to troubleshoot equipment issues and implement sustainable solutions. + Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance packaging quality, reduce waste, and lower costs. + Evaluate and implement new packaging materials and technologies to support product innovation and operational excellence. **Project Management:** + Manage multiple packaging projects, including scope definition, timeline creation, resource allocation, and budget tracking. + Provide regular updates to stakeholders on project status, risks, and mitigation plans. + Validation and Testing: + Assist in developing and executing validation protocols (IQ, OQ, PQ) for packaging equipment and processes. + Analyze and risk assess new products coming into the site based on current packaging equipment capabilities. Identify opportunities and help in developing equipment upgrade strategies. **Regulatory and Compliance:** + Ensure packaging solutions comply with cGMP, FDA, and other applicable regulatory requirements. + Maintain accurate documentation of all packaging design, testing, and validation activities. + Author, Proofread, Approve and Maintain package and label specifications and bills of material for package container/closure systems and secondary packaging components **Cross-Functional Collaboration:** + Partner with product development teams to ensure seamless integration of packaging requirements into product lifecycle management. + Act as a liaison between production, quality, and engineering teams to resolve packaging-related issues. + Conduct and assist in deviations related to engineering equipment as well as provide inputs for customer complaints attributable to equipment issues. **Other Responsibilities:** + Support regulatory inspections and audits as a packaging subject matter expert. + Support and lead the Industrial Control Systems integration with packaging equipment. Analyze equipment data to provide valuable information to production & engineering management for optimization. + Manage, coordinate, and oversee process technology improvements, troubleshoot controls, and engineer design solutions to complex problems + Lead packaging changes to improve sustainability and support reduction of carbon footprint for packaging components. + Perform other duties as assigned by Packaging or Engineering management. **Your experience and qualifications** **Education:** + Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or equivalent on-the-job experience/training + Preferably Industrial, Mechanical or Packaging Engineering **Experience** : + 4+ years, Packaging Engineering experience, preferably in a pharmaceutical environment + 2+ years in a production setting **Specialized Skills / Technical Knowledge, Licenses, Certifications:** + Knowledge of Current Good Manufacturing Practices ( cGMP), Food and Drug Administration (FDA), OSHA and related federal, state and local laws, codes, regulations and regulatory requirements + Strong Understanding of Packaging equipment, Process Controls and Systems Integration preferably associated with solid oral dose / packaging equipment + Skilled in examining and re-engineering operations and procedures, formulating policy, and developing and implementing new strategies and procedures + The ideal candidate will have experience in the pharmaceutical or consumer healthcare industries and have a working knowledge of business procedures required to adequately perform minimal job functions + Independent, motivated individual with ability to deliver on and manage multiple projects + Advanced troubleshooting & problem-solving skills. + Understanding of safety and equipment procedures. + Excellent oral, written and interpersonal communication skills + Proficient at communicating clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing. **Physical Demand Requirement** Incumbents in this class are subject to extended periods of sitting, standing, walking, pushing and pulling, stooping and crouching climbing and walking, vision to monitor, occasional lifting of equipment or materials weighing up to 25 pounds. Incumbents may be exposed to toxic materials, toxic gases, electrical hazards, and dangerous tools and equipment. Work is performed in a manufacturing environment. **Enjoy a more rewarding choice** We offer a competitive benefits package, including Medical, Dental, Vision, and Prescription coverage starting on the first day. We also offer Disability and Life Insurance, Paid Time Off, 13 paid Holidays, 6% match on the 401(k), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, and Tuition Assistance **Already Working @TEVA?** If you are a current Teva employee, please apply using the internal career site available on "Employee Central". By doing so, your application will be treated with priority. You will also be able to see opportunities that are open exclusively to Teva employees. Use the following link to search and apply:Internal Career Site (https://performancemanager.successfactors.eu/sf/careers/jobsearch?bplte\_company=1080030P) The internal career site is available from your home network as well. 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