Quality Lead Engineer - Pharma, Risk and Improvement

Biopharma Careers; Braunton; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Perrigo is seeking a Quality lead to oversee production issues and strategic quality themes, ensuring robust controls, governance and risk reduction across operations. You will guide investigations, challenge root cause analyses and drive improvements in a regulated manufacturing environment.

The role requires a degree in science/engineering, proficiency in data analysis and strong communication to influence cross-functional teams.

Qualifications

• Must hold a degree or equivalent qualification in a science, engineering or related discipline.
• Experience analysing quality data, trends and recurring issues to identify improvement opportunities.
• Strong investigation, problem-solving and root cause analysis skills.
• Effective technical writing and communication skills.
• Ability to influence cross-functional teams and provide constructive challenge.

Responsibilities

• Maintain oversight of assigned quality themes and recurring quality issues, identifying trends, emerging risks and systemic failure modes.
• Connect learning across deviations, complaints, audits and operational events to ensure sustainable risk reduction and continuous improvement.
• Provide Quality leadership and oversight during significant quality issues, investigations and escalations.
• Challenge investigation scope, root cause analysis and proposed actions to ensure quality risks are appropriately addressed.
• Support the development and implementation of robust, risk-based operational quality controls and processes.
• Monitor effectiveness of improvements and elevate where issues continue to recur or controls remain ineffective.
• Partner with Operations and other functions to ensure quality risks are identified, understood and effectively managed.
• Provide Quality input to change controls, validation activities and operational improvement initiatives where required.
• Support site quality governance through data analysis, trend monitoring and risk-based recommendations.
• Undertake such other reasonable duties as may be required from time to time in order to support the Perrigo business.

Skills

Quality data analysis

Root cause analysis

Technical writing

Cross-functional influence

Microsoft Office

Education

Science/Engineering degree

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Perrigo is seeking a Quality lead to oversee production issues and strategic quality themes, ensuring robust controls, governance and risk reduction across operations. You will guide investigations, challenge root cause analyses and drive improvements in a regulated manufacturing environment.

The role requires a degree in science/engineering, proficiency in data analysis and strong communication to influence cross-functional teams.