R&D Packaging Technologist

This position has now been filled, but has been left on our website as we have other similar vacancies to this on an ongoing basis that might interest you. More importantly, we have vacancies that are not advertised due to their confidential nature therefore it would certainly be in your interest to email your CV, as a word document, depending on which sector you are in, to :-

Head of Packaging recruitment – Greg Nelson – greg@harrison-scott.co.uk

Head of Print recruitment–Neil Pearson – neil@harrison-scott.co.uk

Head Paper recruitment – Gary Young – gary@harrison-scott.co.uk

Board level, account management and all levels of sales vacancies –

George Thompson – george@harrison-scott.co.uk

Our divisional heads will then email your CV internally to the consultant who specialises in your exact sector, for example a category of packaging is cartons, a category of print is print management, in fact we have over 30 specialist categories. Our specialist consultant will contact you if we have a live vacancy that matches, or contact you in the near future as soon a good match to skill set and experience becomes available.

The parent company to a number of iconic British brands has an opportunity for an R&D Packaging Technologist to join them on a fixed term contract. The purpose of this role will be to support the development of packaging for new and existing products, conduct testing of finished packs to assist the setting of quality standards and work with suppliers on improving the technical performance on existing packaging within the R&D Team. We are looking for a logical thinker with strong problem-solving skills and great attention to detail while producing accurate trial reports and results.

 Primary Responsibilities:

• Support the development of new packaging materials
  and formats along with the continuous improvement in packaging materials across
  the portfolio
• Act as the packaging specialist on NPD, EPD
  & RD project teams as required
• Work with R&D and Ops/Engineering to
  understand material/packaging performance in Operations
• Attend and support Operations Production with
  packaging issues on the lines
• Arrange and coordinate trials including trial
  paperwork generation, management of paperwork and being present at arranged
  trials as part of continuous improvement of existing packaging
• To agree
  trial materials and dates with suppliers and internally for trials to hit
  deadlines.
• Write and maintain packaging specifications
• Assist
  the R&D Packaging Technical team with NPD and EPD projects
• Attend external and internal visits with
  suppliers to support maintaining relationships and develop packaging as part of
  NPD, EPD or CI projects.
• Conduct testing on packaging to ensure it meets
  the specification and on finished packs to determine quality standards
• Support
  front end innovation work with packaging concepts

Key relationships:

• Internal relationships:  Packaging Warehouse, Production, Engineering,
  Planning, QA, Design, Marketing, R&D, Site Services, Site Development,
  Sales
• External relationships: Packaging suppliers

Essential Skills:

• Technical
  expertise in cartons, flexibles, corrugated and print processes.
• Technically
  qualified in Packaging or have a scientific studies background
• Proficient
  in MS Office
• Strong written
  and verbal communication skills across all levels internally and externally
• Team
  player to respond to the needs of others around you and ensure that areas are
  covered when team members are away
• Excellent
  time management to manage projects to hit critical paths
• Ability
  to Work well under pressure remaining calm in order to prioritise especially while
  working with production