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Cleaning Validation Lead

Barnard Castle
3 months ago
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CK Group are recruiting for a Cleaning Validation Lead, to join a company in the pharmaceutical industry, at their site based in Barnard Castle, on a contract basis for 3 months.

Salary:

PAYE £53.93 per hour max.

Cleaning Validation lead Role:

The role will work in a matrix environment and through participating in the Community of Practice(s)/Task Force(s), with representation from the various GSC sites and global MSAT Standard SMEs, share good practice and work in the effective implementation of the technical standards at site

Mentor and coach site teams, providing expertise and support on the relevant technical standard.
Build site capability in core standards.
Actively engage in Community of Practice’s and drive improvement programmes.
Creation of tools/templates/guidance and for effective implementation of standards on site.
KPIs in place driving continuous improvement of the standard and its implementation across the site.
Propose right site governance to implement, deliver the technical standards and related improvement projects.
Escalate any issue encountered during the effective implementation of the standards on site.
Work in partnership with the various global MSAT Standards Leads and other site MSAT Standards Specialist to deliver key projects, continuous improvements and initiatives within areas of expertise.
Maintain current knowledge of global regulations and guidance, global regulatory expectations, inspection intelligence, innovative/ new technologies, industry standards and registered risks pertaining to area of expertise.
Your Background:

University degree in a scientific discipline.
Previous work experience in cleaning validation in the pharmaceutical industry.
Demonstrable experience and awareness of cleaning validation standards.
Company:

Our client is one of the largest global healthcare companies researching, developing and supplying innovative medicines, vaccines and healthcare products with their global headquarters in the UK. They invest around £1bn in research and development in the UK annually.

Location:

This role is based at our clients site in Barnard Castle.

Apply:

It is essential that applicants hold entitlement to work in the UK. Please quote job reference (Apply online only) in all correspondence. 

Please note: 

This role may be subject to a satisfactory basic Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check

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