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Visual Inspection Engineer
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Owen Clancy
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About the jobWe are seeking a Visual Inspection Engineer to support and lead visual inspection operations within a regulated pharmaceutical manufacturing environment. This role plays a key part in ensuring compliance with safety, quality, and regulatory standards while driving continuous improvement across inspection processes, equipment, and personnel certification.
The successful candidate will work cross-functionally with Operations, Engineering, and Quality teams and contribute throughout the full project lifecycle, from validation to commercial manufacturing.
Key Responsibilities:
Essential Requirements:
Experience with parenteral or biotechnological drug manufacturing is highly desirable, including:
For a confidential conversation about the role please apply for the role or contact Owen Clancy at oclancy@sterlingengineeringeu.com By applying to this job post you agree that Sterling Engineering may process your personal data for recruitment purpose.
The successful candidate will work cross-functionally with Operations, Engineering, and Quality teams and contribute throughout the full project lifecycle, from validation to commercial manufacturing.
Key Responsibilities:
- Act as a core team member supporting Visual Inspection operations in compliance with safety, regulatory, and organizational requirements
- Develop, review, and modify procedures to support manufacturing and inspection activities
- Participate in and support process, equipment, and facility validation activities
- Review, approve, and execute commissioning, qualification, and validation protocols
- Lead and participate in Process FMEAs related to Visual Inspection
- Establish, lead, and optimize technician certification programs for visual inspection
- Establish and maintain a Visual Inspection defect library
- Develop and execute defect trending and data analysis processes
- Ensure site Visual Inspection procedures align with global guidance documents and regulatory expectations
- Provide technical input into SOP development and continuous improvement initiatives
- Lead manufacturing and validation activities across the project lifecycle
- Coordinate with internal and external stakeholders for particle and defect evaluation
- Support technical transfers and future product introductions
- Investigate process deviations, exceptions, and equipment malfunctions
- Liaise with Engineering and Quality teams as required
- Support production to ensure processes meet output, yield, and quality targets
Essential Requirements:
- Degree (or higher) in Engineering, Science, or a related technical discipline
- Minimum 3 years’ experience in Technical, Operations, Manufacturing, or Quality roles within a pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or healthcare environment
- Minimum 3 years’ experience in a regulated manufacturing environment
Experience with parenteral or biotechnological drug manufacturing is highly desirable, including:
- Fill & Finish
- Aseptic processing
- Lyophilisation
- Sterilisation operations
- Experience with clean utilities is an advantage
For a confidential conversation about the role please apply for the role or contact Owen Clancy at oclancy@sterlingengineeringeu.com By applying to this job post you agree that Sterling Engineering may process your personal data for recruitment purpose.
