Senior Manager, Packaging Engineering (Biotech)

Location: Oxford, England; site-based work at the Harwell facility

Company

hirify.global develops mRNA technology and medicines through a science-driven biotechnology platform.

What you will do

• Lead the development and implementation of labeling and secondary packaging equipment for the Harwell site.
• Provide technical leadership across capital projects from conceptual design through commissioning, qualification, and validation.
• Develop engineering documentation, including URS inputs, design specifications, process parameters, FMEA, turnover packages, equipment specifications, manuals, and drawings.
• Troubleshoot complex equipment failures and coordinate internal teams, external vendors, and engineering consultants.
• Build the site maintenance strategy, including preventive maintenance plans, spare-parts strategies, equipment criticality assessments, and job plans.
• Lead continuous improvement, shutdown, CAPEX, compliance, and engineering business-process initiatives while developing the long-term maintenance capability.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree, preferably in Packaging, Mechanical, or Automation Engineering; other engineering degrees will be considered.
• At least 8 years of relevant experience as a Packaging Engineer.
• Strong technical and regulatory knowledge of labeling and secondary packaging requirements in the pharmaceutical or biotechnology industry.
• Experience with GMP environments, capital or expansion programs, and direct design responsibility.
• Experience with thermoforming, heat sealing, cartoning, flexible packaging lines, vision inspection, serialization, barcode printing and verification, and coding systems.
• Strong communication, technical writing, structured problem-solving, root-cause analysis, and ability to manage multiple complex assignments.

Nice to have

• Working knowledge of automatic inspection and clinical packaging operations.
• Basic statistical analysis skills.
• Experience with Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.

Culture & Benefits

• In-person collaboration supported through a 70/30 work model with 70% of work conducted in the office.
• Healthcare and voluntary benefit programs.
• Fitness, mindfulness, and mental-health support.
• Family-building benefits, including fertility, adoption, and surrogacy support.
• Paid time off, bank holidays, volunteer days, sabbatical, global recharge days, and a discretionary year-end shutdown.
• Savings and investment programs, plus location-specific benefits.