Senior Calibration Engineer - GMP Pharma

Catalent, Inc.; Swindon; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Salary

Bonus & Benefits

Career Development

Health & Wellbeing

Free on-site parking

Job summary

Catalent, Inc. in Swindon seeks a Lead Calibration Engineer to combine hands-on calibration work with leadership, ensuring GMP compliance and equipment reliability.

You will mentor a small team of engineers and technicians, coordinate calibration activities, and drive continuous improvements across engineering, maintenance and quality functions. This onsite role offers a competitive salary, performance bonus, pension, generous leave and opportunities for career development within Catalent's

Qualifications

• Hands-on calibration experience in pharmaceutical manufacturing.
• Strong knowledge of calibration principles and instrumentation.
• Experience leading a small technical team.
• Ability to balance hands-on work with people leadership.
• Good understanding of GMP and data integrity.

Responsibilities

• Perform hands-on calibration, testing, fault finding and troubleshooting of pharmaceutical manufacturing equipment, ensuring compliance with GMP requirements.
• Lead and coordinate the day-to-day activities of the Calibration team, allocating and prioritising workloads to meet business needs.
• Provide technical guidance, mentoring and support to calibration engineers and technicians, fostering team capability and development.
• Ensure all calibration activities are completed safely, accurately and within agreed timescales, maintaining equipment calibration status at all times.
• Investigate and resolve calibration failures, deviations and equipment-related issues, escalating risks where appropriate.
• Maintain and review calibration records and documentation, ensuring compliance with GMP, data integrity and quality standards.
• Collaborate with Engineering, Manufacturing, Maintenance and Quality teams to coordinate activities, minimise downtime and drive continuous improvement initiatives.
• Monitor team performance, support training and audits, deputise for management when required, and remain actively involved in the execution of calibration work.

Skills

Calibration hands-on

GMP familiarity

Leadership

Problem-solving

Communication

Job description

Catalent, Inc. in Swindon seeks a Lead Calibration Engineer to combine hands-on calibration work with leadership, ensuring GMP compliance and equipment reliability.

You will mentor a small team of engineers and technicians, coordinate calibration activities, and drive continuous improvements across engineering, maintenance and quality functions. This onsite role offers a competitive salary, performance bonus, pension, generous leave and opportunities for career development within Catalent's