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Packaging Engineer
Packaging Engineer – External Manufacturing (EEM)
At Elanco (NYSE: ELAN) – it all starts with animals!
As a global leader in animal health, Elanco is dedicated to innovation and delivering world-class products and services to prevent and treat disease in farm animals and pets. Underpinned by our vision of Food and Companionship Enriching Life and our purpose – all to Go Beyond for Animals, Customers, Society and Our People – we unlock opportunities by rethinking how we do business while committing to a sustainable, diverse, and inclusion-focused workforce.
Fostering a culture where diversity drives innovation and excellence, we empower employees to meet our purpose: making animals’ lives better. This is where great achievements happen and careers flourish. Join our team and here’s your role:
Your Role: Packaging Engineer (EMEA)
As a Packaging Engineer, you’ll leverage your expertise to maximise technical excellence, regulatory compliance, and operational efficiency across Joint Process Teams (JPT) within our External Manufacturing (EEM) functions. This role ensures robust oversight of finished goods in the EMEA region, safeguarding seamless, compliant production.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide technical expertise in packaging processes and materials, ensuring alignment with global regulatory standards.
- Act as a primary Technical Support & Manufacturing Specialist (TSMS) within JPTs, overseeing change management, process compliance, and technical resolution.
- Maintain oversight of key batch records, including Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s), Master Production Records, and Summary of Production Information (SPI’s).
- Author technical reports on process status, metrics, change oversight, and part-headed submissions/data consolidated work.
- Visit manufacturing sites (CMs) to monitor operations, troubleshoot complex technical issues, and support process/ procedural updates due to compliance/regulatory priorities.
- Develop effective control strategies for assigned product portfolios, targeting continuous improvement (CI) initiatives.
- Support the compilation and review of Annual Product Reports (APRs) and Product Quality Reports (PQR’s).
- Coordinate technical inquiry position papers for submissions, regulatory inspections, or Health Authority queries related to packaging.
- Lead/manage process transfer projects from a process and regulatory perspective (TSMS focus).
- Mentor and coach less-experienced TSMS scientists/engineers within the packaging hub.
- Collaborate with network and hub leads in technical/operational teams to manage conformity to deviation/customer escalations.
- Support or drive new product introductions and existing production process transfers between hubs and external partners.
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Requirements
Minimum Qualifications
You must meet the essential criteria below:
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Relevant Education/Experience: Hold an advanced university degree (e.g. MSc, PhD) or have equivalent career experience in:
- Life sciences (e.g. pharmacy, chemistry, chemical engineering)
- Veterinary medicine
- Alternatively, demonstrate equally rigorous experience in Pharmaceuticals, Chemical Production, TS/MS, or Drug Development.
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Language Proficiency: Fluent in English and at least one other European language.
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Technical Experience:
- Minimum 10 years’ experience in:
- Pharmaceutical/chemical production
- TS/MS (Technical Support & Manufacturing Specialist)
- Quality Assurance or regulatory/technical drug development.
- Minimum 5 years focusing on packaging processes, materials, and design.
- Minimum 10 years’ experience in:
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Core Skills:
- A thorough understanding of production processes, supply chain dynamics, and manufacturing systems.
- Strong working knowledge of applied statistics, quality systems (e.g. ICH Q8–Q14), and regulatory requirements (e.g. FDA, EMA, GMP equivalence internationally).
- Advanced project management experience in multi-site transfers and **clinical scale production.
- Excellment in team collaboration, particularly with cross-disciplinary, multicultural teams and external partners.
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Capabilities: Proven ability to identify CI opportunities, troubleshoot and act in team environments, and effectively present technical findings to senior leadership.
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Preferred Qualifications
While not mandatory, these attributes will strengthen your candidacy:
- An additional advanced degree (PhD, MBA).
- Advanced competencies in an additional language.
Why Elanco?
- Competitive Reward Package: Salary based on experience, competitive benefits, and opportunities for career progression.
- Location: Speke (Liverpool, UK).
- Travel: 10–30% for business/assistance supporting customer requirements.
- Diversity and Inclusion: We empower all applicants to apply even if raw experience does not tick every checkbox—inclusion opens doors.
Here’s how you make a difference:
Daily TML supporting an inclusive, data-supported culture guarantees we steadily achieve improved animal health beyond compliance. You’ll:
- Lead initiative teams, ensuring cost-efficient processes while safeguarding our integrity, innovating for the greater good.
Empowerment Statement: “This role bridges ‘hard science’ with real-world impact—Driving Science to Life is a core value.”
Purpose Statement
Elanco invites you because making animal lives better makes the world better. Join us to champion passion, technology, and partnerships—all in service of healthier animals across the globe.
Pursuit of excellence has never been more relevant— our future depends on it.
Learn more about Elanco’s sustainability vision: Food and Companionship Enriching Life & Elanco Healthy Purpose™ For related details on career progression, inclusion values, and worldwide journeys, visit https://elanco.com
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