Pharmaceutical Packaging Scientist

2 weeks ago


Ware Hertfordshire, United Kingdom Eurofins Full time

This is a full time, permanent position, working a 37 hr flexible week Monday - Friday.

The purpose of this job is to work with our clients to aid the development of packaging integrity testing. Including, but not limited to: primary packaging integrity tests, blister push through testing, seal integrity testing, visual appearance testing. Become a practical expert in the bottle filling packaging techniques relevant to a primary pack presentation with focus on seal integrity, capable of training others in the technique and application.

Responsibilities:

  • Testing various blister material to gain knowledge on the optimum running parameters and comparing these to the data already available from current equipment. Including optimized usage of Vision 3D Blister seal integrity analysis equipment and developing a method using the USON vacuum decay equipment for testing HDPE bottle seal integrity.
  • Developing methods using the USON vacuum decay equipment for testing Stick pack seal integrity communicating with both Pack lead and drug product workstream lead for the priority stick pack product in development.
  • Assessment of the blisters created including push through testing, wall thickness and pocket depth measurements, Seal integrity and visual appearance assessments.
  • Support the development of a packaging development strategy for bulk pack analysis, stability and preferred components for both drug substance and drug product.
  • Delivering the Moisture modelling assessments of different packaging container closure systems and oral solid dose products. Identifying required desiccant levels for bulk and primary packaging presentations. The role holder will provide technical and practical support to project teams in the progression of the packaging aspects of projects, utilising the moisture modelling webapp.
  • Accumulate and record data from a number of packaging development specific work packages, e.g. Distribution testing, MVTR, Child resistance assessments, USP compliance testing etc., to generate a database that can be used as the focal point for all prior knowledge discussions.
  • Maintain database of current and historical packaging component specifications
  • Authoring a technical document summarizing preferred ways of working for developing a bulk pack considering moisture modelling, desiccant requirements, preferred components etc. Reviewing previous bulk registration stability set downs especially when carried out in R&D highlighting good practices for recording data, review and approval of experiments and aligning with the relevant SOP’s.

Qualifications

  • B.S./M.S. degree in Packaging Engineering/Packaging Science, Chemistry, Life Science, or equivalent industry experience
  • 1-3 years experience in packaging development, primarily in pharmaceutical industry.

Additional information

At Eurofins we are growing, innovating and always learning. We celebrate the achievements of our employees through annual long service awards, recognise our colleagues special life events, and we are committed to charitable causes through global fundraising activities.

As a Eurofins employee you will benefit from:

  • Reward and Recognition
  • Health Cash Plan
  • Life Assurance (4 times annual salary).
  • Company Pension Plan
  • Employee Assistance Programme – 24/7 confidential support.
  • Free car parking
  • Worldwide career opportunities
  • Everyone who joins our team also gets access to Perkbox, allowing you to save money all year round. Whether its supermarket savings or days out, the daily coffee or a summer holiday – there’s something to suit everyone’s lifestyle.

What Happens Next

Our people are the backbone of what we do, so it's incredibly important we find the right individuals to join us. As a potential new recruit you'll be invited to meet the team in the form of an assessment centre or a staged interview process dependent on the role and it's requirements, this will give you the opportunity to see what working for Eurofins is really like and enable us to get you know your key skills and strengths.

Your data

As part of any recruitment process, the company collects and processes personal data relating to job applicants. The company is committed to being transparent about how it collects and uses that data and to meeting its data protection obligations.

We embrace diversity Eurofins network of companies believe in strength and innovation through diversity, being an Equal Opportunity Employer. We prohibit discrimination against employees or applications based on gender identity and/or expression, race, nationality, age, religion, sexual orientation, disability, and everything else that makes employees of Eurofins companies unique.

Sustainability matters to us We are well on our way to achieving our objective of carbon neutrality by 2025, through a combination of emission reduction and compensation initiatives. We encourage our laboratory leaders to make sustainable changes at their local level, and in addition to their initiatives we also count on our dedicated carbon reduction team to help us to achieve this goal

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