Packaging Process Scientist I

Packaging Process Scientist

Position Summary: 

• Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, Days.
• 100% based on-site in Greenville, NC

Catalent’s Greenville, N.C. facility specializes in end-to-end turn-key solutions for oral solid dosage forms, including integrated formulation development, analytical services, commercial manufacturing, and packaging. This state-of-the-art facility has had over $100M of investments in recent years and features fit-for-scale capacity with potent handling capabilities, ideal for orphan or targeted drug development.

The Packaging Process Scientist is responsible for supporting and executing packaging process development, technical transfer, and commercial packaging operations. The role ensures packaging processes are robust, compliant, and optimized across development, CTM, and commercial manufacturing environments.

The Role:

• Support development, optimization, and scale-up of packaging processes across development and commercial programs. Assist with execution of engineering, CTM, validation, and commercial packaging batches.
• Identify and resolve packaging-related process issues through structured problem solving. Provide technical oversight during packaging operations to ensure consistency, quality, and compliance.
• Drive improvements in packaging performance, reliability, and throughput. Ensure all work is executed in accordance with cGMP requirements.
• Author and review batch records, SOPs, protocols, and technical reports. Maintain accurate, audit-ready documentation for development and commercial processes.
• Support transfer of packaging processes from development to commercial manufacturing. Collaborate with Manufacturing, Pharmaceutical Development, QA, Validation, Supply Chain, and Engineering to ensure successful execution
• Interface with external clients/vendors as needed for packaging design and execution. Provide technical input into packaging process improvements
• Identify and implement improvements to reduce deviations and increase process robustness. Support investigations (deviations, CAPAs, complaints) with root cause analysis. Drive consistency in documentation and execution
• Other duties as assigned.

The Candidate:

• Requires a bachelor’s degree in engineering, Packaging Science, Chemistry, or related field.
• Experience in a pharmaceutical or regulated manufacturing environment preferred.
• Experience with packaging operations, CTM, or tech transfer is highly desirable.
• Working knowledge of GMP requirements and pharmaceutical packaging operations is a plus.
• Understanding of packaging components, including blister packs, container/closure systems, stick packs, labeling, and cartons, is preferred.
• Individual may be required to sit, stand, walk regularly and occasionally lift up to 40 pounds.
• Ability to climb, bend, stoop, twist, and have full range of motion in upper and lower extremities.   
• Occasional exposure to dust, fumes, gases, skin and respiratory irritants, moving machinery parts, and damp, humid and wet environments.  
• This position requires that a respirator be worn for your safety, and as such, employment is contingent upon being able to complete a medical evaluation with satisfactory results. The medical evaluation is conducted via an external vendor assigned by Catalent.

Why you should Join Catalent:

• Day one benefits! Medical, dental, vision and 401K benefits effective on your first day. 
• 152 hours of PTO + 8 Paid Holidays.
• Dynamic, fast-paced work environment.
• Opportunity to work on Continuous Improvement Processes.

Catalent offers rewarding opportunities to further your career!  Join the global drug development and delivery leader and help us bring over 7,000 life-saving and life-enhancing products to patients around the world. Catalent is an exciting and growing international company where employees work directly with pharma, biopharma and consumer health companies of all sizes to advance new medicines from early development to clinical trials and to the market. Catalent produces more than 70 billion doses per year, and each one will be used by someone who is counting on us. Join us in making a difference. 

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