Junior Packaging Technologist

Role Overview:

Key Responsibilities:

• Day to day support of the Technical manager and all technical activities.
• Assist in ensuring all products bought, manufactured and sold are compliant with all relevant EU and UK Food Contact & Food Safety legislation.
• Support the key business strategic projects as identified by Divisional Technical Team, ensuring focus and drive to deliver the necessary results in the given timeframe.
• Support the key technical site projects and trials ensuring focus and drive to deliver the necessary results in the given timeframe.
• Provide technical support as required with customers to review product performance, account review and product development opportunities.
• Ensuring all required analytical testing is carried out and reports are written.
• Provide Technical analysis of materials and samples in-line with development requirements.
• Ensuring the trial database, project tracker and technical systems that support the performance of the department are maintained on the daily basis.
• Drive a culture of safety and compliance throughout the Technical Department.
• Support the investigation and resolution of technical / quality complaints.
• Support the Group Procurement Team in delivering cost saving initiatives with validation of new and alternative products.
• Support the central Technical team in the creation of “right first time” packaging solutions to meet customer performance requirements.
• Help with the management of the technical sign off process for all new products and specifications before first delivery to a customer.
• Ensuring the product information forms are checked for the manufacturing team.
• Ensuring all Development trials are produced with Technical supervision, relevant information is captured, and reports are written.
• Achieve agreed objectives with the business unit Technical Manager.
• Travelling between sites, customers and suppliers will be required.

Relationship Management (Internal & External):

• Site General Manager, Operations Manager, Technical Team, Commercial Director, Sales Director & Representatives, Procurement Director, Customers, and Suppliers.
• Ensure that consideration and good relations are maintained at all times with both internal and external contacts.
• To liaise and communicate fully at all times with key internal customers such as the External Sales department.

Personal Specification:

• Good organisational and planning skills.
• Great attention to detail.
• Excellent communicator (written and verbal) and able to build effective working relationships at all levels.
• The ability to work under pressure and to deadlines with attention to detail and accuracy.
• Calm under pressure.
• Proactive, positive, enthusiastic - demonstrates “can do” attitude, able to use own initiative.
• Behave in a professional manner.

Qualifications and Experience:

• Knowledge of films/print and conversion process (Ideal).
• Food Contact and Hygiene Standard exposure.
• Continuous Improvement methodologies.