Pioneering trusted medical solutions to improve the lives we touch: Convatec is a global medical products and technologies company, focused on solutions for the management of chronic conditions, with leading positions in advanced wound care, ostomy care, continence care, and infusion care. With around 10,000 colleagues, we provide our products and services in almost 100 countries, united by a promise to be forever caring. Our solutions provide a range of benefits, from infection prevention and protection of at-risk skin, to improved patient outcomes and reduced care costs. Group revenues in 2023 were over $2 billion. The company is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index (LSE:CTEC). To learn more about Convatec, please visit http://www.convatecgroup.com Change is everywhere at Convatec. It’s transforming our business, and helping us improve millions of lives. And we’re nowhere near finished. Across every part of our business, we’re pushing for better. Join us on our journey to #ForeverCaring as a Packaging Engineer - Product Packaging, and you’ll do the same. **About the role:** The Packaging Engineer is responsible for designing, developing, and implementing effective packaging solutions that ensure product safety and compliance with industry standards. This role involves collaboration with various teams to create innovative, cost-effective packaging designs that meet both consumer needs and regulatory requirements. **Specific Responsibilities:** **Design and Development:** + Create packaging designs that protect products during transportation, storage, and handling. Utilize various materials such as cardboard, plastic, and metal. **Testing and Analysis:** + Conduct testing to assess the durability, safety, and environmental impact of packaging solutions. Analyze data to inform design improvements. **Collaboration:** + Work closely with cross-functional teams including R&D, manufacturing, supply chain, and marketing to ensure packaging meets product specifications and consumer expectations. **Material Selection:** + Evaluate and select appropriate packaging materials that minimize waste while ensuring product safety. **Documentation:** + Maintain detailed documentation of packaging designs, specifications, and testing protocols to ensure compliance with industry regulations. + Continuous Improvement: Monitor industry trends and innovations to implement best practices in packaging design and processes. **Business Impact as a Packaging Engineer:** + Achieve operational targets that significantly impact departmental results. + Independently manage large, moderately complex projects and assignments. + Potentially set day-to-day operational objectives for the team. **Communication as a Packaging Engineer (with general supervision):** + **Cross-Functional Collaboration:** They must communicate clearly with various teams—such as R&D, manufacturing, logistics, and marketing—to ensure that packaging designs align with product requirements and operational capabilities. + **Technical Writing:** Strong writing skills are necessary for creating clear specifications, testing protocols, and documentation that comply with industry regulations. This ensures that all stakeholders understand the technical aspects of the packaging solutions. + **Active Listening:** Packaging Engineers need to actively listen to feedback from team members and stakeholders to address concerns effectively and incorporate suggestions into their designs. + **Presentation Skills:** They may be required to present design proposals or project updates. The ability to convey technical information clearly helps in gaining buy-in from stakeholders. + **Mentorship and Guidance:** May mentor junior engineers. This requires the ability to provide constructive feedback and guidance in a way that fosters learning and development within the team. + **Teamwork:** Being able to work collaboratively within a team environment is crucial. This includes sharing ideas, providing constructive feedback, and supporting colleagues in achieving project goals. **Key Responsibilities:** **1. Perform as One Team** + Manage moderate to large projects or processes with occasional support from your manager. + Lead department improvement projects with minimal support. + Collaborate with senior-level professionals and managers (with general supervision) to define departmental strategy. + Take responsibility and accountability for product packaging aspects within assigned projects. + Actively engage in collaborations to align strategies. + Be accountable for specific assigned actions and may oversee entire projects. + Be recognized by peers as a leader who takes ownership of assigned actions and projects. **2. Clarify Goals, Confirm Roles** + Take ownership of product packaging deliverables for assigned projects. + Lead department improvement initiatives. + Provide aligned GxP documentation to the project team and department. + Develop and deliver GxP documents that support improvement projects. + Maintain a comprehensive library of GxP evidence. **3. Debate, Commit, Act** + Be recognized within the department for adhering to and promoting improved processes. + Offer actionable recommendations to enhance individual and departmental performance. + Foster clear and productive collaborations with peers and across the department. + Serve as a champion for improvements within the department. + Lead discussions on projects related to product packaging and departmental enhancements. + Engage in effective collaborations with minimal escalations beyond the project team. + Support team members in addressing project escalations. **4. Seek to Understand, Then to Be Understood** + Provide recommendations (with general supervision) to enhance individual and departmental performance. + Deliver clear and concise solutions for project risks and issues (with general supervision). + Present evidence-based options and provide a single, well-supported recommendation to the team. + Align on the selected path and ensure implementation. + Maintain concise and accurate communication, offering clear choices based on specific risks and issues related to the topic at hand. **5. Seek and Provide Feedback** + Take ownership of obtaining feedback from peers to develop aligned personal development plans with management. + Coach, review, and delegate work to junior professionals. + Establish clear goals and objectives, specifying both expected outcomes and delivery methods, incorporated into annual goals. + Assist junior department members with personal development, focusing on their approach and execution rather than solely on the end result. **Skills & Experience:** + Knowledge of ESG Principles, Value Engineering and Cost-Initiatives would be desirable. + Experience of Product & Process Validation activities. + Demonstrable experience of on-time delivery of complex technical projects and activities. + Building productive relationships with external parties (e.g. design houses and contract development and manufacturing organisations (CDMO’s). + Applying a range of statistical techniques incl. Design of Experiments (DoE) to product / process development activities. + Highly structured, ability to progress tasks in parallel, and proven problem-solving skills. + The ability to communicate effectively in Technical English (verbal and written) is essential. + Understanding of basic ‘graphic artwork development’ and printing techniques such as off-set litho, digital, flexography, gravure etc…. + Highly computer literate i.e. Microsoft Office (Outlook, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint). **Qualifications/Education:** + Bachelor degree in a STEM subject with relevant industry experience. + (Optional) Master degree in a STEM subject with relevant industry experience. + (Optional) Industry relevant professional certification. **Team:** This position will not have direct reports or line management responsibilities. Line management will be within the department reporting to the Manager – Product Packaging. This position may have indirect reports to support junior team members. Project work will be undertaken in collaboration with the Packaging & Labelling or wider business Project Managers. **Principal Contacts & Purpose of Contact** The nature of this role will require the individual to deal with a wide range of contacts at different levels of seniority within the organization. In addition, the individual will deal with contacts external to the organization where these may be external companies or government agencies. **Travel Requirements** Position may involve travel up to 25% of the time, mostly within Europe but overseas travel is expected. (Most trips will include overnight travel) **Languages** Speaking: Yes English* Writing/Reading: Yes English* *To a high technical standard, additional languages as required or nice to have **Working Conditions** + This may be based in any manufacturing site within ConvaTec business with a hybrid working structure. + There is no specific requirement for fixed days on site, but project and department activities shall be supported in appropriate locations. Our transformation will change your career. For good. You’ll be pushed to think bigger and aim for excellence. Your ideas will be heard, and you’ll be supported to bring them to life. There’ll be challenges. But, stretch yourself and embrace the opportunities, and you could make your biggest impact yet. This is stepping outside of your comfort zone. This is work that’ll move you. \#LI-DS4 \#LI-Hybrid **Beware of scams online or from individuals claiming to represent Convatec** A formal recruitment process is required for all our opportunities prior to any offer of employment. This will include an interview confirmed by an official Convatec email address. If you receive a suspicious approach over social media, text message, email or phone call about recruitment at Convatec, do not disclose any personal information or pay any fees whatsoever. If you’re unsure, please contact us at careers@Convatec.com . **Equal opportunities** Convatec provides equal employment opportunities for all current employees and applicants for employment. This policy means that no one will be discriminated against because of race, religion, creed, color, national origin, nationality, citizenship, ancestry, sex, age, marital status, physical or mental disability, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity, military or veteran status, genetic predisposing characteristics or any other basis prohibited by law. **Notice to Agency and Search Firm Representatives** Convatec is not accepting unsolicited resumes from agencies and/or search firms for this job posting. Resumes submitted to any Convatec employee by a third party agency and/or search firm without a valid written and signed search agreement, will become the sole property of Convatec. No fee will be paid if a candidate is hired for this position as a result of an unsolicited agency or search firm referral. Thank you. **Already a Convatec employee?** **If you are an active employee at Convatec, please do not apply here. 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