Senior Validation Engineer
Posted 1 day ago by Orion
£40 Per hour
Inside
Onsite
South East; Milton Keynes; Southampton; Dartford; Reading; Maidstone; Sutton; Croydon; Slough; Portsmouth; Brighton
Summary: The Senior Validation Engineer / Validation Manager role is focused on delivering validation activities in a regulated manufacturing environment. This hands-on position involves ensuring compliance and audit readiness for both new and existing equipment. The role requires strong documentation skills and the ability to operate independently while collaborating with various teams. The contract is for six months with the potential for permanent placement.
Key Responsibilities:
- Deliver end-to-end validation across equipment and processes (IQ/OQ/PQ)
- Lead process validation activities across manufacturing lines, including new and existing equipment
- Complete and improve validation documentation, ensuring full compliance and audit readiness
- Support validation of new machinery coming into the site, including re-validation of existing equipment
- Carry out cleaning validation across both new and current production equipment
- Support implementation of a structured Quality Risk Management (QRM) system
- Contribute to analytical validation activity across new equipment (desirable but not essential)
- Work closely with quality, hygiene, production, and project teams to ensure aligned delivery
Key Skills:
- Strong background in validation within a regulated environment (pharma, medical device preferred – open to other transferable industries)
- Proven experience delivering full lifecycle validation (URS, protocols, reports)
- Hands-on experience with IQ/OQ/PQ across manufacturing or processing equipment
- Solid experience in process validation (start to finish)
- Strong documentation skills and ability to bring structure to existing processes
- Good understanding of regulatory standards such as cGMP, FDA, ISO (9001 / 22716 advantageous) or similar
- Ability to operate as a standalone validation specialist on site
Salary (Rate): £40 hourly rate
City: Aylesbury
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: on-site
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: Mid-Level
Industry: Other
Senior Validation Engineer / Validation Manager (Quality) Aylesbury Monday–Friday, On-Site (flexibility for 1 day WFH) 6-Month Contract (Potential to Go Permanent) £25-£40 per hour
We’re supporting a growing manufacturing business in a regulated environment with the appointment of a Senior Validation Engineer / Validation Manager to support a significant pipeline of validation activity on site. This is a hands-on role focused on delivering validation across new and existing equipment, with an immediate requirement to bring structure, complete documentation, and ensure validation processes are audit-ready.
----------------------------------------Key Responsibilities
- Deliver end-to-end validation across equipment and processes (IQ/OQ/PQ)
- Lead process validation activities across manufacturing lines, including new and existing equipment
- Complete and improve validation documentation, ensuring full compliance and audit readiness
- Support validation of new machinery coming into the site, including re-validation of existing equipment
- Carry out cleaning validation across both new and current production equipment
- Support implementation of a structured Quality Risk Management (QRM) system
- Contribute to analytical validation activity across new equipment (desirable but not essential)
- Work closely with quality, hygiene, production, and project teams to ensure aligned delivery
Experience Required (Must-Haves)
- Strong background in validation within a regulated environment (pharma, medical device preferred – open to other transferable industries)
- Proven experience delivering full lifecycle validation (URS, protocols, reports)
- Hands-on experience with IQ/OQ/PQ across manufacturing or processing equipment
- Solid experience in process validation (start to finish)
- Strong documentation skills and ability to bring structure to existing processes
- Good understanding of regulatory standards such as cGMP, FDA, ISO (9001 / 22716 advantageous) or similar
- Ability to operate as a standalone validation specialist on site
Additional Experience (Desirable)
- Exposure to analytical or lab-based validation
- Experience supporting audits or working in audit-ready environments
- Experience implementing or working with QRM systems
- Experience with cleaning validation
Role Overview
Immediate focus on closing validation gaps across existing equipment
Significant involvement in validation of new machinery coming onto site
50/50 split between revalidation work and new equipment validation
Operating as the primary validation lead, supported by wider teams (no direct reports)
Fast-paced environment with a strong need for someone organised, practical, and delivery-focused
----------------------------------------Interview Process
CV review followed by Teams interview
Final on-site interview
ASAP start required
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