Sr. Validation Engineer

We are Reckitt

Home to the world's best loved and trusted hygiene, health, and nutrition brands. Our purpose defines why we exist: to protect, heal and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner, healthier world. We are a global team united by this purpose.

Join us in our fight to make access to the highest quality hygiene, wellness, and nourishment a right and not a privilege.

​Manufacturing​

Our supply chain is the backbone of our business. It's how we get our trusted products to people all over the world, safely and efficiently. And it's our talented and passionate teams that make this happen.

If you're looking for a career in supply chain, there's no better place to be than Reckitt. We offer a variety of exciting opportunities in all areas of the supply chain, from planning and procurement to manufacturing and logistics. You could join our Global Supply Planning team to develop and implement our global supply strategy, or work with our Procurement Centre of Excellence team to negotiate and manage our supplier relationships.

Our Manufacturing Excellence team help us improve the efficiency, quality and safety of our manufacturing operations, and our Logistics Excellence team develop new and innovative ways to distribute our products to customers.

About the role

Dive into the heart of manufacturing innovation as a Validation Engineer at Reckitt.  Are you inquisitive?  Do you examine cause and effect to develop solutions?  If so, in this pivotal on-site role, you'll ensure validation activities are completed to support the CAPEX plan, site validation master plan, strategic imperatives and improve cost effectiveness.  Lead, drive and be responsible for continuous improvement of validation processes within your area of responsibility.

Your responsibilities

• To lead and coordinate Validation activities across the site, providing clear evidence of status
• Works closely with the Site Validation, Engineering and Technical Managers to have full working knowledge of the CAPEX Plan and Site Validation Master Plan
• To initiate and implement Validation improvements in the areas of cost, quality and customer service
• To support the Global Pharmaceutical Manufacturing facilities providing Validation support as required, working with the Regional Supply Heads to support global manufacturing, Technical and Engineering strategies
• To ensure that the company’s strategic imperatives as they relate to the Validation Department are delivered
• Management of projects within budgets and deadlines to ensure implementation of supply\Validation strategy
• Key involvement during audit inspections with respect to equipment, cleaning and facilities validation and ensures the site is audit ready in all markets at all times

The experience we're looking for

• Bachelor’s degree required + in-depth knowledge / experience of Validation standards
• Pharmaceutical and/or OTC industry experience preferred
• Knowledge of FDA and cGMP standards required
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills and ability to influence
• Good understanding of material properties and manufacturing/processing technologies
• Good communication, presentation and influencing skills, using a range of approaches tailored to the audience\situation
• Ability to work with and influence cross functional teams
• Organized, detailed and persistent

The skills for success

Supply Chain Management, Business Partnership, Collaboration, Partnership building, Relationship management, Business acumen, Productivity management, Improve business processes, Advanced analytics, Data analytics, Manufacturing excellence.

What we offer

With inclusion at the heart of everything we do, working alongside our four global Employee Resource Groups, we support our people at every step of their career journey, helping them to succeed in their own individual way.

We invest in the wellbeing of our people through parental benefits, an Employee Assistance Program to promote mental health, and life insurance for all employees globally. We have a range of other benefits in line with the local market. Through our global share plans we offer the opportunity to save and share in Reckitt's potent