Equipment Engineer - Packaging

Equipment Engineer - Packaging 

Industry: Sterile Pharmaceutical Manufacturing                                                                                                              Location: Woodstock, IL – Onsite
Contract: 6+ months duration with strong potential for extensions

Role Summary

Automated Systems, Inc. (ASI) is seeking an Equipment Engineer - Packaging to support capital projects and equipment improvements at our client's pharmaceutical manufacturing facility, a contract manufacturer of sterile liquid products, located in Woodstock, IL. The facility’s primary unit operations include compounding, blow-fill-seal (BFS), and secondary packaging, including serialization.

The Equipment Engineer - Packaging will be responsible for specifying, procuring, installing, and commissioning new manufacturing equipment and upgrades to existing equipment.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop equipment requirements, specifications, scopes of work, cost estimates, and project schedules.
  


• Evaluate equipment options, obtain vendor quotations, and support technical and commercial bid reviews.
  


• Coordinate equipment design, fabrication, factory acceptance testing, delivery, installation, and startup.
  


• Manage upgrades and modifications to compounding, BFS, packaging, serialization, and supporting equipment.
  


• Coordinate equipment layouts, utility requirements, controls integration, safety reviews, and construction activities.
  


• Lead or support FAT, SAT, commissioning, troubleshooting, and performance testing.
  


• Work with Validation and Quality to support risk assessments, change controls, qualification, and GMP documentation.
  


• Coordinate vendors, contractors, Operations, Maintenance, Automation, Quality, and Engineering personnel.
  


• Ensure equipment complies with applicable safety, regulatory, operational, and maintainability requirements.
  


• Complete equipment turnover, including drawings, manuals, spare-parts recommendations, training, and maintenance documentation.
  

Requirements

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Chemical, Electrical, or a related engineering discipline.
  


• Five or more years of equipment or project engineering experience in pharmaceutical or regulated manufacturing.
  


• Experience specifying, procuring, installing, and commissioning production equipment.
  


• Working knowledge of GMP requirements, change control, commissioning, and equipment qualification.
  


• Strong project coordination, vendor-management, troubleshooting, and communication skills.
  


• Experience with sterile manufacturing, BFS technology, liquid compounding, packaging, or serialization is preferred.