Job Description
Position: Equipment Validation Engineer – Packaging
Duration: 24+ months / Long-Term Contract
Location: Waukegan, IL 60087
Onsite, 5 Days per Week | W2 Only — No C2C
I am looking for Sr Validation Engineer with 7+ years of U.S. experience to join our Sterling Engineering team. In this role you will be supporting packaging and automated assembly equipment in pharmaceutical manufacturing environment.
Responsibilities
- Develop and execute equipment qualification protocols (IQ/OQ/PQ).
- Support equipment installation, commissioning, qualification, and startup.
- Prepare and review requirements, risk assessments, validation plans, and final reports.
- Support FAT/SAT activities and coordinate with equipment vendors.
- Investigate validation deviations and support resolution.
- Partner with Engineering, Manufacturing, and Quality to ensure GMP compliance and production readiness.
Qualifications
- 5+ years of equipment validation experience in pharmaceutical or medical device manufacturing.
- Hands-on experience qualifying packaging or automated assembly equipment.
- Experience writing and executing IQ/OQ/PQ protocols, resolving deviations, and completing validation reports.
- Strong GMP documentation and communication skills.
- Experience with cartoners, case packers, palletizers, labeling systems, conveyors, or Kneat is desired
Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or genetic information.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Waukegan, IL |
| Industry | Staffing/Employment Agencies |
| Company Size | 500 to 999 employees |
| Year Founded | 1969 |
| Website | http://www.sterling-engineering.com |
About Company
Sterling Engineering has been a trusted partner for engineering, project management, and staffing solutions for over five decades. We provide exceptional engineering/technical recruitment and engineering project services to clients nationwide:
- Engineering & Technical Recruitment - With our focus on engineering, technical, and IT, Sterling has the in-depth knowledge, industry expertise, and robust employee pipeline it takes to rapidly find talent for even the most difficult to fill positions. Sterling’s extensive recruitment methodology allows us to engage the most talented employees in the marketplace. We offer exciting work and career-building opportunities for our candidates, along with expert support at every step of the process.
- Engineering Project Services – Our experienced, multi-disciplined team of project managers, engineers, and designers, led by licensed Professional Engineers (PE), provide project management, engineering, design, and Commissioning, Qualification, and Validation (CQV) to manufacturing, OEM, and R&D customers. We work on complex, highly technical projects across a number of industry sectors, and our ability to scale and seamlessly integrate at multiple levels of your organization is what differentiates us.
Sterling offers a unique combination of engineering solutions and Best of Staffing level service to help our clients and talent achieve their goals.
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