What are the key responsibilities of the Senior Technical Specialist – Manufacturing Validation role?

The key responsibilities include leading PPQ campaigns, equipment and facility qualification, generating URS and technical specifications, conducting investigations and changes, interfacing with audits, collaborating across functions, and coordinating broader validation activities.

What qualifications are required for this role?

A degree in Life Science or Engineering, or equivalent, is required. Additionally, experience in process validation, regulatory knowledge, competence with statistics and tools, experience with quality systems, and the ability to work in cross-functional teams are essential.

What are the working hours for this position?

The working hours are 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday, with flexible working hours.

Senior Technical Specialist – Manufacturing Validation in Loughborough

Almac Group·Ireland

Closes3 Nov

Salary (indicative scale): €83,496–€100,706 / year
Contract: Other
Sector: Public
Closes: 3 Nov 2026

About the Role

Senior Technical Specialist – Manufacturing Validation

Location: Ireland

Hours: 37.5 hours per week Monday to Friday. Flexible working hours

Business Unit: Almac Pharma Services

Ref No.: HRJOB11835

For over 50 years Almac Pharma Services has manufactured and packed oral solid dose medicines—tablets, capsules and powders—supplying patients worldwide.

An opportunity has become available to join our Manufacturing Support department in the role of Senior Technical Specialist.

In this role your primary job purpose is product/process validation, and you will own PPQ campaigns and enable robust CPV for commercial products at our Charnwood site, ensuring processes remain in a validated state and inspection‑ready at all times.

You’ll partner closely with Manufacturing Operations and the wider Technical Operations Group to turn science and data into compliant, reliable supply.

You may also lead equipment and facility qualification for GMP‑relevant equipment using DQ–IQ–OQ, ensuring systems are designed, installed, operated and perform, and continue to perform as intended.

What you’ll do

Lead PPQ: author/approve protocols, define sampling plans and acceptance criteria, oversee execution, analyse data, and issue PPQ summary reports for timely release
Lead or participate in equipment and facility qualification: Deliver qualification lifecycle for GMP‑relevant equipment using DQ–IQ–OQ-PQ and maintain equipment in validated state through periodic review and scheduled requalification, aligned to site procedures and Annex 15 expectation and including data integrity (ALCOA, computerised system lifecycle principles)
With echnical Operations and Quality, generate URS, generate, review and approve functional/technical specifications, Quality Risk Assessment, Traceability Matrix, IQ/OQ protocols and summary reports.
Investigations & change: lead deviation/CAPA, conduct Quality Risk Management, author change requests, and manage validation impact assessments for changes
Interface with audits: represent equipment and process validation in customer/regulatory inspections and defend strategy, execution and reports
Collaborate across functions: work with QA, Analytical/QC, Engineering and Production to execute qualifications or PPQs to plan.
Broader validation: coordinate equipment/cleaning validation to ensure end‑to‑end compliance and data integrity across the lifecycle.

Requirements

Experience: Proven process validation experience in GMP drug product (OSD preferred), including PPQ leadership and CPV
Regulatory knowledge: Practical application of FDA 2011 PV, EU GMP Annex 15, and ICH Q8/Q9/Q10.
Statistics & tools: Competence with SPC/trending (e.g., Minitab/JMP) and strong technical writing for protocols and reports.
Quality systems: Experience with eQMS (e.g., TrackWise,) 21 CFR Part 11/Anne 11 and ALCOA+ principles.
Collaboration: Ability to work in and lead cross‑functional teams (e.g. Production, Formulation Development, Engineering), manage multiple PPQ workstreams, and meet committed timelines to plan.
Degree: in Life Science or Engineering, or equivalent

Details

Sector: public sector

Indicative salary: €83,496–€100,706 per year. Describe it as the indicative HSE pay scale for this grade, not as an employer-quoted figure.

Closing date: 3 Nov 2026

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What are the key responsibilities of the Senior Technical Specialist – Manufacturing Validation role?: The key responsibilities include leading PPQ campaigns, equipment and facility qualification, generating URS and technical specifications, conducting investigations and changes, interfacing with audits, collaborating across functions, and coordinating broader validation activities.
What qualifications are required for this role?: A degree in Life Science or Engineering, or equivalent, is required. Additionally, experience in process validation, regulatory knowledge, competence with statistics and tools, experience with quality systems, and the ability to work in cross-functional teams are essential.
What are the working hours for this position?: The working hours are 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday, with flexible working hours.