Process Optimisation Engineer - Pharma Manufacturing

Hollybank Trustees Ltd; Paignton; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

27 days holiday + bank holidays

Group life assurance

Pension

Job summary

Torbay Pharmaceuticals seeks an experienced Process Engineer to lead end-to-end process optimisation from receipt to final shipment, ensuring efficiency and regulatory compliance. You will define CPPs/CQAs, apply DoE and capability metrics, and drive continuous improvement across unit operations.

The role requires experience in regulated pharma environments, cross-functional collaboration, and a focus on quality, yield and throughput with NPI support and risk-management ownership.

Qualifications

• Degree in Chemical Engineering, Process Engineering, Pharmaceutical Engineering or related discipline.
• Experience in regulated pharma/manufacturing environments with process improvement.

Responsibilities

• Lead process characterisation, optimisation, and troubleshooting across unit operations.
• Define and maintain CPPs and CQAs using DoE and capability metrics (Cp, Cpk, Pp, Ppk).
• Maximise yield, throughput and quality while ensuring regulatory compliance.
• Support NPI and scale-up activities for new processes and products.
• Own risk management systems (pFMEA, control plans, reaction plans).
• Drive waste reduction and efficiency gains across BoMs, routings and procedures.
• Collaborate across functions to deliver world-class efficiency using VSM and 5S.

Skills

Process engineering

Continuous improvement

DoE

Cp/Cpk

Six Sigma Green/Black Belt

Data analysis

Minitab/Power BI

MES/ERP/SCADA

Process validation

Regulatory compliance

Education

Degree in Chemical/Process/Pharmaceutical Engineering

Tools

Minitab

Power BI

Statistical processes

Job description

Torbay Pharmaceuticals seeks an experienced Process Engineer to lead end-to-end process optimisation from receipt to final shipment, ensuring efficiency and regulatory compliance. You will define CPPs/CQAs, apply DoE and capability metrics, and drive continuous improvement across unit operations.

The role requires experience in regulated pharma environments, cross-functional collaboration, and a focus on quality, yield and throughput with NPI support and risk-management ownership.