Packaging Engineer

Notpla Limited; London; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job description

The Role

At Notpla we’re at the leading edge of sustainable innovation, creating natural alternatives to single-use plastic packaging that’s carefully engineered to create a healthier planet. Founded on the belief that nature knows best, we’re an innovative, ideas and action-oriented scale-up who develop and manufacture uncompromisingly natural packaging solutions from seaweed and plants.

We are currently looking to bring in a Packaging Engineer to join our Technology & Operations Team, specialising in the development of our proprietary machinery and manufacturing technique.

This is an exciting time to join Notpla, right on the brink of a record-breaking year for revenue and on-track for major growth in the next 18-24 months. Bolstering confidence in our financial performance, we have just secured a Series A+ fundraise for £20million, enabling us to scale our growth and environmental impact faster than ever.

The Packaging Engineer will report directly to our Chief Technology Officer and will be responsible for managing packaging development projects by leveraging internal stakeholders as well as by developing external partnerships to drive trials and development of our portfolio of products.

Led by strong values, all Notpla employees are encouraged to take responsibility for their domain, giving a high level of autonomy. Our aim is to build an inspiring culture that's reflected in our working policies, environment, and employees.

Besides offering exciting roles and a great working environment, Notpla provides competitive salaries, the potential for EMI Share Options, a zero-carbon pension scheme, discounts with local businesses, and subsidised social activities. Our office first hybrid working policy allows you to work in the manner that maximises your productivity, while still creating a vibrant and collegiate work environment. We are a social business with regular clubs and events, and we are proud of how our diverse workplace has created a community that is all pushing towards the common goal of making plastic disappear.

Your profile

We are looking for a Packaging Engineer with a proven background in flexible materials. Someone who understands the process of bringing a flexible packaging technology through from concept, to trial, industrialisation and through to product launch. You will need to have a self-starter mindset and be a fantastic relationship builder. We are looking for someone with a blend of technical, packaging design and project management skills to help scale our products. As well as the above you will also be responsible for:

• Managing packaging development projects, liaising with a number of internal and external stakeholders to manage and attend packaging trials and report outcomes efficiently.
• Responsible for creating packaging specifications, and future implementation of packaging specification management tool.
• Technical validation of new packaging equipment.
• Communicate technical information to internal and external stakeholders.
• Continuously seek new technology to support the company's growth.
• Establish packaging standards via factory trials to ensure that proposed packaging materials are fit for purpose (i.e. appropriate material/ components, acceptable quality, adequate performance, and efficiency on packing line) and gain approval from all relevant parties.
• Identify packaging related innovation whilst continuing to think about sustainability, cost savings, technology, material standardisation, waste, and productivity/process improvement opportunities.
• Developing and executing packaging qualification plans, including plant trials; reporting against KPI’s to verify impact/mitigate risk of packaging changes.

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