Engineering Project Manager - Packaging Lines

Job description

Our Client is hiring an experienced Packaging Engineering Project Manager to join their world-class manufacturing site in Cramlington, Northumberland. In this pivotal role, you will lead the delivery of advanced packaging solutions—driving and leading the design, installation, and commissioning of multiple new packing lines as part of a major capital site expansion, while ensuring full compliance with GMP, SHE, and regulatory standards.

This role involves travel to equipment vendors across the EU for design reviews, progress checks, and Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT).

Key Responsibilities:

• Deliver capital packing line scope on time and within budget.
• Develop detailed project plans, schedules, and risk registers.
• Ensure compliance with engineering standards, GMP, SHE, and environmental regulations.
• Review and approve vendor designs, specifications, and drawings.
• Lead FAT, SAT, and commissioning activities.
• Coordinate installation contractors, OEMs, and internal teams.
• Support equipment qualification (DQ, IQ, OQ, PQ) with validation team.
• Act as single point of contact with OEMs and contractors for technical and contractual compliance.
• Ensure seamless integration of new packing lines into production systems.
• Drive equipment standardization and continuous improvement across projects.

Required Education, Experience & Skills:

• Degree-level engineering qualification or equivalent experience.
• Proven experience delivering packaging or production equipment projects in regulated industries (Pharma, FMCG, etc.).
• Knowledge of packing line equipment (cartoners, labellers, blister machines, case packers, vision systems, serialization).
• Experience leading teams through design reviews, acceptance tests, and commissioning.
• Strong vendor management skills, including international suppliers.
• Expertise in commissioning, validation, and GMP compliance.
• Excellent stakeholder management and contractor supervision skills.
• Project Management certification (Prince2, PMP) desirable but not essential.

Secondary Job Description

Our Client delivers ingenious health solutions that enable people to live their best lives. They are a $6.5 billion global healthcare company focused on making a world of difference for women, their families and the communities they care for.

Our client has an important portfolio and are growing it by investing in the unmet needs of Women’s Health, expanding access to leading biosimilars and touching lives with a diverse and trusted portfolio of health solutions.

Their Vision is clear: A better and healthier every day for every woman.

Extra information

Status

Open

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

Northumberland

Type of Contract

Full-time jobs

Published at

05-02-2026

Full UK/EU driving license preferred

No

Car Preferred

No

Must be eligible to work in the EU

No

Cover Letter Required

No

Languages

English