Validation Engineer

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Your role:

Engineering and compliance oversight for equipment at Speke Site.

Custodian of processes and systems that maintain the qualified state of Direct Impact equipment, facilities and utilities on site – specifically Controlled Temperature Storage (Temperature Mapping), Autoclaves, and Fume cupboard & safety cabinet qualification.

Additional support for Process Filtration, Direct Impact Utilities (e.g.

high-grade water, steam and compressed gases).

Your responsible:

Technical knowledge


* Maintain a knowledge and understanding of regulatory expectations, industry best practices and global standard relating to temperature mapping and autoclave qualification.


* Know and understand the fundamental theory of applicable equipment / systems.


* Incorporate this knowledge into governing Standard Operating Procedures, and validation master plan.


* Review updates to corporate quality and Engineering standards and develop plans to address any identified site gaps.


* Represent the site in areas or responsibility at internal and external regulatory inspections.

Support Manufacturing


* Co-ordinate annual re-qualification programs and communicate standards and expectations to Product and support teams.


* Author qualification protocols and reports for applicable systems.


* Communicate compliance gaps / deviations to senior management.

Raising deviations as required.


* Liaise with customers/key stakeholders to improve systems.

Safety and Environment


* Perform regular active monitoring to drive standards/expectations and identify safety issues.

Drive system improvement in close co-operation with customers/key stakeholders


* Identify need and opportunities for improvement and work with Product teams to develop and implement solutions


* Raise Change controls when required


* Support capital projects


* Define/agree commissioning and qualification requirements


* Review C&Q documents for applicable new equipment / facilities.

Establish internal corporate network and external contacts and develop professional expertise


* Belong to subject gro...