Equipment Engineer - Packaging

Automated Systems, Inc. | Contract, 6 months

Woodstock, United States | Posted on 08/11/2026

• Industry Pharma/Biotech/Clinical Research
• City Woodstock
• Country United States

Industry: Sterile Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Location: Woodstock, IL – Onsite
Contract: 6+ months durationwith strong potential for extensions

Role Summary

Automated Systems, Inc. (ASI) is seeking an Equipment Engineer - Packaging to support capital projects and equipment improvements at our client's pharmaceutical manufacturing facility, a contract manufacturer of sterileliquid products, located in Woodstock, IL. The facility’s primary unit operations include compounding,blow-fill-seal (BFS), and secondary packaging, including serialization.

The Equipment Engineer - Packaging will be responsible for specifying, procuring, installing, and commissioning new manufacturing equipment and upgrades to existing equipment.

Key Responsibilities

• Developequipment requirements, specifications, scopes of work, cost estimates,and project schedules.
• Evaluateequipment options, obtain vendor quotations, and support technical and commercial bid reviews.
• Coordinate equipment design, fabrication, factory acceptance testing, delivery,installation, and startup.
• Manage upgrade sand modifications to compounding, BFS, packaging, serialization, and supporting equipment.
• Coordinate equipment layouts, utility requirements, controls integration, safetyreviews, and construction activities.
• Lead orsupport FAT, SAT, commissioning, troubleshooting, and performance testing.
• Workwith Validation and Quality to support risk assessments, change controls,qualification, and GMP documentation.
• Coordinatevendors, contractors, Operations, Maintenance, Automation, Quality, and Engineeringpersonnel.
• Ensureequipment complies with applicable safety, regulatory, operational, and maintainability requirements.
• Completeequipment turnover, including drawings, manuals, spare-parts recommendations, training, and maintenance documentation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’sdegree in Mechanical, Chemical, Electrical, or a related engineering discipline.
• Five ormore years of equipment or project engineering experience inpharmaceutical or regulated manufacturing.
• Experiencespecifying, procuring, installing, and commissioning production equipment.
• Working knowledge of GMP requirements, change control, commissioning, and equipment qualification.
• Strongproject coordination, vendor-management, troubleshooting, and communication skills.
• Experience with sterile manufacturing, BFS technology, liquid compounding, packaging,or serialization is preferred.