Engineer, Packaging

Job Title: Engineer, Packaging

Location: Columbus, OH

Job Type: Full-Time

Req : 11081

As a developer, manufacturer, and supplier of essential medicines, Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. and its affiliates’ mission is to bring Better Health. Within Reach. Every Day.® for millions of patients around the world. We are a trusted, reliable partner and dependable source of over 800 high‑quality generic, specialty and branded pharmaceutical products that hospitals, physicians and pharmacists need to treat their patients across North America, the Middle East, North Africa and Europe.

Through our 32 manufacturing plants, eight R&D centers, and 9,500+ employees worldwide, we are always hard at work creating high‑quality medicines and making them accessible to the people who need them.

We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive team and encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds. We are seeking a talented and motivated Engineer, Packaging to join our team.

In this role, you will be responsible, under the guidance of senior Packaging Engineers and management, to manage and execute the lifecycle processes for all packaging components including troubleshooting and optimization to improve safety, quality, and efficiency on packaging lines.

Key Responsibilities:

• Represents Packaging Engineering Lifecycle Operations in the development and filing of new products, as needed, and collaborates with development partners (e.g., Technical Services) during commercialisation batch production.
• Develops packaging material specifications for new or improved packaging components with input from senior Packaging Engineers.
• Prepares line trial protocols/reports, packaging material specifications, SAP master data, master packaging specifications, defines technical elements for product labeling, and complete other documents for assigned products/projects to meet established project timelines under the oversight of senior Packaging Engineers and management.
• Writes line trial reports that document technical packaging knowledge in a way that facilitates future decision‑making regarding process optimisation or troubleshooting (e.g. by Flow operations and/or Technical Flow); guidance from functional management and/or senior Packaging Engineers may be required to address significant process or equipment deviations (e.g. issues that may impact completion of the line trial or require commitment to post‑line trial optimisation activities or post‑line trial monitoring).
• Provides review of new products/packaging regarding fit with operational capabilities (e.g. ability of components to run on a particular line, etc.), independently for processes of low to medium complexity (e.g. low complexity may be standard packaging components—bottle, cap, desiccant, cotton; medium complexity may be new components, new tooling, international Brand), and in consultation with senior Packaging Engineers and / or functional management for complex processes (e.g. powder filling, nasal sprays, cold chain, or processes with approaches rarely used such as controlled atmosphere such as low relative humidity, glass vials, patches).
• Creates and reviews documentation (e.g. SAP Master Data, technical data, component specifications, Master Packaging Specification, eForms, technical elements for product labeling) for line trial and launch batch production, based on development packaging design parameters and product requirement considerations, in collaboration with development partners and senior Packaging Engineers.
• Ensures attention to detail to documentation to ensure quality and timeliness of documents.
• Collaborates with Purchasing and senior Packaging Engineers to source improved packaging components, if needed.
• If necessary, escalates to senior Packaging Engineers to analyse the data and determine path forward.
• Provides technical support to production, including assessment of non‑standard events, implementation of troubleshooting next steps, and determination of product/packaging impact; provides recommendations for scenarios of low to medium complexity and business impact, and with moderate support from development partners,…