Packaging Technologist
Job Type : Permanent, Full Time
Salary : £25000 – £35500/annum
Packaging Technologist
Location: Grimsby
Salary: DOE
Company: A large UK supplier of food products.
Embracing innovation, sustainability, and diversity, they are a business that will bring out the best in you, whilst providing you with the opportunity to grow.
With their integral commercial academy, technical training workshops and personal development plans, they invest in you and help you to develop throughout your career.
An opportunity to develop to a senior packaging technologist.
Role:
Manage internal branded/retail branded packaging projects within NPD/EPD, CI & Sustainability, under the direction of the line manager. Working closely with all relevant functions within the business to ensure customers and site expectations are met in full and ensuring compliance in terms of packaging quality, hygiene, safety and legality
* Working as a key member of the Packaging Development team to execute development projects within agreed parameters against a project brief
* Check packaging for suitability and testing for performance under various conditions on the bench or through factory trials
* Generate technical packaging specifications for areas of responsibility
* Liaise with relevant customers when required to ensure good communication of process, responding to their briefs and requirements
* Liaise with purchasing, marketing, operations, npd, finance etc. to deliver project to timescale/cost
* Keep abreast of packaging trends within the food industry
* Provide packaging information as required for purchasing, finance, npd, technical and operations
* Evaluate and produce reports on competitors’ products.
Requirements:
* 3-5 years within a packaging technologist role
* Creative and innovative approach to problem solving
* Experience within a packaging related role either FMCG or Converter
* Excellent interpersonal skills with an ability to build relationships at all levels
* Proactive approach, ability to forward think, with good project and time management skills
* Flexibility to working hours and working location
* Driving license
* Certified to IOP Diploma level or equivalent – advantageous and NOT essential
* Preferably educated to degree level within a science, technical or creative background – advantageous and NOT essential
Apply:
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Key words; packaging / print / packaging technologist / new product development / structural packaging / NPD / packaging engineering / packaging development / senior packaging technologist / packaging technology / NPD technologist
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