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We are looking for a driven Packaging Technologist to join a global independent soft drinks manufacturer with 78 manufacturing sites worldwide, including 6 sites in the UK based in Bridgewater (TA6).
* Salary up to £45,000 per annum
* Monday to Thursday 08:00 - 16:30 & Friday 08:00 - 15:30 (38 hours per week)
* Permanent role, considering both full-time and part-time candidates
* Benefits: 35 days holiday (including bank holidays), Company pension scheme, Healthcare options, and access to Discount & Offers Platform.
Are you from an engineering background, have packaging expertise, and thrive on taking ideas from concept to shelf? Are you ready to lead innovation, improve performance, and ensure packaging excellence?
As a Packaging Technologist, you'll take a hands-on role within a 4-person implementation team supporting the launch of packaging formats across a wide portfolio of juices, carbonates, and energy drinks.
Working alongside the Implementation Manager and cross-functional teams, you'll lead packaging trials and validate new formats, materials, and equipment. You'll also proactively solve packaging issues raised on the production floor, influence sustainability improvements, and ensure all solutions meet compliance, legal, and consumer standards.
Ideally, you will be an experienced Packaging Technologist / Engineer in a food, beverage, pharmaceutical, or FMCG environment, with a strong understanding of packaging trials, documentation, and cross-functional coordination. Knowledge of HACCP, GMP, SOPs and food legislation is essential. You should be a clear and concise communicator who can challenge the status quo.
Packaging Technologist: Key Responsibilities
* Planning and executing packaging trials, documenting outcomes, and ensuring readiness for launch
* Supporting the creation of SOPs, HACCP updates, and risk assessments
* Investigating post-launch packaging issues, identifying root causes, and implementing CAPA
* Collaborating across departments including NPD, Quality, Engineering, and Planning to align implementation
* Participating in change control, supplier qualification, and continuous improvement initiatives
* 70% working onsite with some occasional travel to suppliers
PLEASE APPLY ONLINE TODAY and a team member will be in touch.
Would also suit: Packaging Technologist, NPD Packaging Technologist, Packaging Engineer, Product & Packaging Coordinator, FMCG Packaging Specialist, Packaging Development Technologist, Implementation Technologist.
Meridian Business Support is a recruitment specialist acting on behalf of our client as an Employment Agency for this vacancy.
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