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The Deodorants category is a key part of the Unilever Personal Care Business Group. With a family of Power Brands – Rexona, Dove, Axe – which are critical growth drivers of the company. We are looking for a Packaging Technician to help shape the future of deodorant packaging for some of the world’s most recognisable Personal Care brands. This is a hands-on technical role at the heart of innovation—translating ideas into robust, scalable packaging solutions that deliver outstanding consumer experiences while embedding sustainability, quality and speed to market.
Job Responsibility
Support packaging development across innovation and renovation projects, from concept through to industrialisation
Provide technical packaging testing support to cross‑functional project teams, ensuring designs meet performance, quality and manufacturing requirements
Define functional specifications, risk assessments (including FMEA), and validation strategies for components and systems
Lead packaging trials, lab testing, pilot runs and factory line trials, including working with external partners
Analyse test data using statistical and digital tools and make recommendations to improve design robustness
Collaborate with Design and Simulation teams to provide physical test data to validate and calibrate virtual models
Support initiatives with suppliers globally to improve, harmonise and qualify aerosol and deodorant packaging components
Contribute to capability building and continuous improvement, including development of new test methods and design rules
Requirements
A technical education or experience in Mechanical Engineering or Packaging Engineering
Experience in working with packaging materials and technologies is preferable (e.g. metals, plastics, aerosols, complex assemblies)
Confidence working with technical drawings, tolerances, and test data
Experience with defining & developing testing methods, and comfortable with data analysis & interpretation (e.g. statistical process control)
Experience in metrology is preferred
Digital fluency and confidence working with data, digital tools and analytics to inform decisions
Nice to have
Experience in metrology is preferred
Experience in working with packaging materials and technologies is preferable (e.g. metals, plastics, aerosols, complex assemblies)
What we offer
Competitive salary and pension scheme
Annual bonus
Subsidised gym membership
Discounted staff shop and shares
Flexible and hybrid working environment
Opportunities for flexible working options
Wellbeing support including hubs, programmes and development opportunities