Hybrid Associate Director – Engineering

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About the role

  • Associate Director, Engineering leading technical projects for packaging in human health products. Focused on temperature control and distribution testing in logistics for pharmaceuticals.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the development and qualification of tertiary packaging components and processes, including environmental monitors for various human health products
  • Analyze complex problems using critical thinking and laboratory experiments to create effective shipping solutions to maintain temperature control and physical protection
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to evaluate processes and shipping systems, resolving excursion issues, and implementing corrective actions
  • Provide expert guidance and mentorship to engineers and other functions at our company
  • Develop regional strategies for temperature-controlled product movement in collaboration with stakeholders
  • Create detailed specifications for packaging components and maintain comprehensive documentation, including testing protocols and reports
  • Develop sound scientific justifications for planned material and process changes related to secondary and tertiary packaging
  • Develop working relationships with global company functions, external manufacturing and third-party distribution centers, with whom our company interfaces
  • Document preparation, maintenance, and review of documentation including testing protocols, testing reports, technical memos and supplier assessments

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Packaging, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Material Science, or a related field
  • Minimum of eight years of experience in engineering, logistics, planning, procurement, quality, or related disciplines
  • Strong interpersonal and leadership skills, aligning with our company’s Ways of Working norms
  • Excellent technical writing and project management capabilities
  • Preferred experience in packaging design and thermal protection systems, particularly in qualification of shipping systems (temperature control and protection from shock, vibration, and compression)
  • Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills with an ability to interrogate the science, identify true requirements, and detect critical flaws
  • Experience and knowledge of the pharmaceutical environment including regulatory requirements
  • Familiarity with application of Lean Six Sigma principles, as well as Risk Management tools
  • Understanding of new product introduction, commercial supply, lifecycle management
  • Proven project leadership and complex problem-solving skills, with good written and verbal communication abilities
  • Proven track record of driving continuous improvement and implementing best practices in technical support
  • Strong strategic and analytical thinking, with a focus on driving continuous improvement
  • Ability to guide key activities including development of standard work, investigations, and problem solving

Benefits

  • medical, dental, vision healthcare and other insurance benefits (for employee and family)
  • retirement benefits, including 401(k)
  • paid holidays
  • vacation
  • compassionate and sick days

Job title

Associate Director – Engineering

Job type

Experience level

Senior

Salary

$126,500 - $199,100 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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