Packaging Innovation Engineer

Support trials and commercialization while maintaining operational efficiency.

Monitor equipment performance, analyses losses, and drive OEE improvements.

Apply root-cause analysis and corrective actions to improve reliability and performance.

Support Autonomous Maintenance and Professional Maintenance practices.

Identify opportunities to improve productivity, reduce material consumption, and enhance operational sustainability.

Coordinate with suppliers, OEMs, contractors, and internal stakeholders.

Review technical proposals, specifications, layouts, and equipment solutions.

Collaborate with packaging-material suppliers and technology partners to evaluate innovative and sustainable packaging solutions.

Support FAT, SAT, trials, and technical acceptance activities.

Maintain effective communication throughout project execution, commissioning, and handover.

Ensure compliance with GMP, quality, safety, and data integrity requirements.

Participate in risk assessments, commissioning safety reviews, and change control activities.

Support machine safety, guarding, interlocks, and energy isolation requirements.

Assist in audits, CAPA, investigations, and inspection readiness activities.

Escalate any risks impacting safety, quality, compliance, or equipment performance.

Internal: Packaging Development, R&D, Packaging Lead, Engineering, Operations, Maintenance, Quality, EHS, Procurement, Supply Chain, and Project Teams.

External: Packaging-material suppliers, equipment OEMs, tooling suppliers, consultants, contractors, and system integrators.

Exposure to high-speed packaging equipment is preferred but not essential. Relevant equipment may include:

Tube filling and sealing machines.

Cartoners, coding, and print-verification systems.

Checkweighers, inspection, and reject systems.

Shrink bundlers, case packers, case sealers, and case-coding equipment.

Conveying, accumulation, palletizing, and stretch-wrapping systems.

Successful development and commercialization of innovative packaging solutions meeting consumer, quality, sustainability, and business needs.

Successful introduction and implementation of emerging packaging technologies and sustainable packaging materials.

Effective delivery of packaging design, trials, validation, and manufacturing implementation activities.

Robust packaging performance meeting quality, efficiency, cost, sustainability, and consumer experience requirements.

Enhanced technical capability and readiness of operations, quality, and engineering teams.

Successful delivery of packaging innovation, sustainability, and productivity improvement projects.

Haleon are committed to mobilising our purpose in a way that represents the diverse consumers and communities who rely on our brands every day. It guides us in creating an inclusive culture, where different backgrounds and views are valued and respected – all in support of understanding and best serving the needs of our consumers and unleashing the full potential of our people. It’s important to us that Haleon is a place where all our employees feel they truly belong. During the application process, we may ask you to share some personal information, which is entirely voluntary. This information ensures we meet certain regulatory and reporting obligations and supports the development, refinement, and execution of our inclusion and belonging programmes that are open to all Haleon employees. The personal information you provide will be kept confidential, used only for legitimate business purposes, and will never be used in making any employment decisions, including hiring decisions.

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