Packaging Engineering /Engineering Technician/Laboratory Technician

Title: Packaging Engineering Technician 2

Location: 75 N. Fairway Dr, Vernon Hills, Illinois 60061

Shift: 1st Shift, M- F (9: 00 AM to 5:00 PM)

Job Summary:

• Reporting to a supervisor/manager, Lab Technician 2 brings technical skills and knowledge to support test lab daily activities; equipment qualification; test method validation (TMV) development; and lab engineering projects.
• Performs bench-level engineering tests for design verification (DV), stability, feasibility, and test method developments (TMD).
• Works under moderate supervision to complete assignments.
• Supports review of test requests to ensure accurate completion.
• Supports lab for TMV’s.
• Developing proficiency on one or more: environmental chamber supervision, aging program coordination, equipment maintenance, calibration coordination, test procedure maintenance, tool and fixture design, EHS requirements.

Technical Skills

Must Have

• Advanced technical skills especially in Microsoft O365 including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Vision.
• Detailed oriented.
• Ability to collect, record and report data accurately.
• Technical writing skills.
• Effective written and oral communication skills.
• Microsoft Teams.
• Proficient communication skills (written/verbal).
• Understands Design Control with respect to Ver/Val testing.
• Well organized.
• Ability to work in a team.
• Good understanding of math.
• Developing technical writing skills.

Nice To Have

• Developing root cause analysis techniques.
• Familiar with standards and regulations (ISO, FDA, OSH).
• Equipment calibration.
• Root Cause Analysis (RCA).

Job Responsibilities: (Primary Duties, Roles, and/or Authorities)

• Executes moderately complex test requests with minimal assistance. Developing in all lab testing.
• Handles minimally complex problems autonomously with minimal supervisor assistance.
• Works proactively with minimal oversight/supervision to complete minimally complex projects.
• Supports equipment qualification (IQ, OQ) and TMV’s development.
• Supports TMD and Ver/Val teams.
• Troubleshoots to a solution inconsistency on test needs/requests with requestor.
• Upon request from supervisor, coordinate/lead test requests.
• Developing (1) or more lab function(s): such as environmental chambers supervision, aging program coordination, equipment maintenance, calibration coordination, test procedures maintenance, tool and fixtures designing, EHS representation.
• Responsible for maintaining good documentation practice (GDP), good laboratory practice (GLP) and supports compliance with GLP.
• Supports efforts to create tools for process simplification of testing lab operation.