Process Engineer

Planet Pharma; Slough; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Planet Pharma is seeking an experienced Process Engineer to join a major R&D transformation initiative aimed at accelerating development timelines and improving operational efficiency.

You will partner with process owners, SMEs and transformation leads to redesign, optimise, and implement future-state processes across key R&D pillars in an Agile Transformation Office environment.

Qualifications

• Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt or Green Belt with 5+ years in complex environments.
• Strong background in process redesign, modelling and transformation programmes.
• Skilled in mapping current-state and future-state processes and facilitating workshops.
• Hands-on experience with ARIS, Signavio, iGrafx or Visio.
• Experience driving adoption of new processes and embedding change.
• Pharma/biotech R&D experience preferred.
• 5+ years in process excellence, transformation, or agile/product-oriented environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead process workshops with SMEs and process owners to capture requirements and map current-state workflows.
• Translate future-state designs into practical ways of working and update charters.
• Create standardised templates, guidelines, and documentation frameworks.
• Support process documentation using BPM tools and maintain process libraries.
• Define training strategies and KPI frameworks for change implementation.
• Identify documentation gaps and improvement opportunities.
• Support embedding new processes across the organisation.

Skills

Lean Six Sigma

Process engineering

Process modelling

BPM tools

Change & transformation

Pharma/biotech R&D experience

5+ years in transformation

Tools

ARIS

Signavio

iGrafx

Visio

Job description

We are seeking an experienced Process Engineer to join a major R&D transformation initiative focused on accelerating development timelines and improving operational efficiency across the organisation.

You will partner closely with process owners, SMEs, transformation leads, and senior stakeholders to redesign, optimise, and implement future‑state processes across key R&D pillars.

This role sits within an Agile Transformation Office environment and is ideal for someone who thrives in complex, cross‑functional, fast‑moving settings.

Key Responsibilities

• Process workshops - Lead sessions with SMEs and process owners to capture requirements, map current‑state workflows, and define improved future‑state processes.
• Process rewiring - Translate future‑state designs into practical ways of working, ensuring alignment with governance owners and updating charters where needed.
• Documentation & templates - Create standardised templates, guidelines, and documentation frameworks to ensure consistency across all assets and candidates.
• BPM tooling - Support process documentation using ARIS, Signavio, iGrafx, or Visio, producing high‑quality process maps and maintaining process libraries.
• Change implementation - Act as the bridge between design and execution, defining training strategies, developing materials, and establishing KPI frameworks.
• Gap identification - Identify documentation gaps, inconsistencies, and improvement opportunities, escalating where appropriate.
• Transformation delivery - Support process owners in executing rewiring activities and embedding new ways of working across the organisation.

Your Profile

• Lean Six Sigma - Minimum Yellow Belt (Green Belt preferred) with 5+ years applying LSS in complex environments.
• Process engineering - Strong background in process redesign, modelling, and transformation programmes.
• Process modelling - Skilled in mapping current‑state and future‑state processes and facilitating workshops.
• BPM tools - Hands‑on experience with ARIS, Signavio, iGrafx, or Visio.
• Change & transformation - Experience driving adoption of new processes and embedding change.
• Pharma/biotech R&D experience strongly preferred.
• 5+ years in process excellence, transformation, or agile/product‑oriented environments.

We are an equal opportunities Recruitment Business and Agency.

We welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.