Requistion ID: 77829
Dentsply Sirona is the world’s largest manufacturer of professional dental products and technologies, with a 130-year history of innovation and service to the dental industry and patients worldwide. Dentsply Sirona develops, manufactures, and markets a comprehensive solutions offering including dental and oral health products as well as other consumable medical devices under a strong portfolio of world class brands. Dentsply Sirona’s products provide innovative, high-quality and effective solutions to advance patient care and deliver better and safer dentistry. Dentsply Sirona’s global headquarters is located in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA. The company’s shares are listed in the United States on NASDAQ under the symbol XRAY.
Sustainable Packaging Engineer (m/f/d)
Dentsply Sirona is a leading healthcare medical device company committed to innovation, sustainability, and improving dental care. As part of our commitment to sustainability, we are seeking a highly skilled Packaging Design and Development Engineer to drive and design the implementation of innovative sustainable packaging solutions for our dental equipment and consumable products. This individual will be responsible for developing protocols for package design, packaging process validation, and package shelf-life testing. They will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams and outside suppliers to drive new packaging technologies and strategies, with a focus on improving time to market, cost, environmental impact and advancing brand image.
Key Responsibilities:
Develop packaging design, validate packaging processes and test the shelf life of packaging for external laboratory testing and in line with required criteria for assessing the compliance impact of changes Working with the procurement team to evaluate new materials and suppliers, recommending new material specifications for sourcing strategy exploration and more in-depth testing, including contributing to the development of business cases for longer term category strategy updates Advise R&D engineers and work closely with cross-functional teams including marketing, quality assurance and regulatory affairs and manufacturing to ensure packaging systems meet regulatory requirements and industry standards Provide expert guidance and justification for conducting appropriate compatibility testing using a risk-based approach, utilizing statistical techniques and expertise for packaging analysis and validation, including collaboration with testing laboratories Participation in innovation workshops with suppliers and internal teams to develop sustainable packaging concepts Use appropriate life cycle assessment tools to compare the environmental impact of packaging solutions and, when selecting materials from alternative options, propose appropriate materials with lower greenhouse gas/carbon footprint that provide optimal and balanced benefits for the overall sustainable packaging program This position may require travel (up to 25%) to support the project and may vary depending on project phase and status
Requirements and Qualification:
As part of our team, you will experience the spirit of an international and innovative market leader in the dental industry. In addition to an attractive compensation package, you will benefit from a variety of social benefits, such as 30 days of annual vacation, flexible working hours and the option of mobile working. We also subsidize our company restaurant and provide employee parking spaces.
You will also receive intensive on-the-job training, further education opportunities, access to LinkedIn Learning and an extensive global employee assistance program with a variety of benefits. Take advantage of opportunities for personal and professional development through our global mentoring and coaching program. Benefit from the advantages of JobRad and make your commute environmentally friendly and healthy.