Engineer, Packaging

Job Title
Engineer, Packaging

Location
Tampa, Florida, USA

Join our Tampa site as a Packaging Engineer, where you will play a critical role in supporting GMP packaging processes and delivering high-quality pharmaceutical products. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to compliant manufacturing while working on impactful, cross-functional projects.

This is a fully site‑based role. Working together in person supports close, real‑time collaboration and the technical precision needed to manufacture medicines to the highest quality and safety standards.

What you will get

• An agile career and dynamic working culture
• An inclusive and ethical workplace
• Compensation programs that recognize high performance
• Medical, dental and vision insurance

What you will do

• Provide technical support to GMP packaging processes and ensure compliance across all projects
• Write and review protocols, including executed protocols and master batch records
• Develop, review, and approve SOPs, specifications, and GMP documentation
• Recommend, specify, and implement GMP packaging equipment, including qualification activities
• Lead and support process validation activities for commercial packaging processes
• Collaborate cross-functionally with engineering, quality, and operations teams to deliver projects
• Support continuous improvement, regulatory compliance, and operational excellence initiatives

What we are looking for

• Bachelor’s degree in science, Engineering, or a related field
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in a GMP-regulated pharmaceutical environment (GMP experience required)
• Strong knowledge of packaging processes, validation, and qualification within cGMP standards
• Experience writing and reviewing technical documentation such as SOPs, protocols, and batch records
• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Effective communication and collaboration skills across cross-functional teams
• Detail-oriented mindset with a strong commitment to quality, compliance, and safety

About Lonza

At Lonza, our people are our greatest strength. With 30+ sites across five continents, our globally connected teams work together every day to manufacture the medicines of tomorrow. Our core values of Collaboration, Accountability, Excellence, Passion and Integrity reflect who we are and how we work together. Everyone’s ideas, big or small, have the potential to improve millions of lives, and that’s the kind of work we want you to be part of.

Innovation thrives when people from all backgrounds bring their unique perspectives to the table. At Lonza, we offer equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you’re ready to help turn our customers’ breakthrough ideas into viable therapies, we look forward to welcoming you on board.

Ready to shape the future of life sciences? Apply now.