Technical Author

Envair Technology (previously Total Containment Solutions); Heywood; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual salary £40k-£45k

Annual bonus on performance

24 days holiday + bank holidays

Sick pay scheme

Discounts: Shopping & Leisure

Simply Health cash back plan

Credit Union

Death in service

Nursery voucher salary sacrifice

Job summary

Envair Technology in Heywood, Lancashire, is hiring a Technical Author on a permanent basis. You will produce high-quality validation, compliance, and technical documentation to support design, manufacture and regulatory assurance of products, collaborating across departments to gather requirements and ensure standards are met.

The role involves creating Validation plans, protocols, manuals, and liaising with multiple teams to ensure compliance with CE/UKCA directives in a regulated environment.

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent in a related field.
• Experience developing validation protocols (IQ/OQ, FAT, FAT, etc.).
• Knowledge of CE/UKCA compliance and related directives.
• GMP experience is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Prepare validation documentation including requirements matrices, design qualifications, FAT, IQOQ, risk assessments, operator manuals.
• Produce standard test protocols and procedure manuals.
• Collaborate with the Compliance Engineer to improve validation documentation processes.
• Liaise with Production, Customer Care, Sales and After Market teams on engineering matters.
• Follow applicable protocols, guidelines and legal standards.
• Engage with customers to understand requirements and respond with compliance information.
• Monitor new/updated regulations and assess impact on products.

Skills

Compliance experience

Attention to detail

Team player

Strong communicator

Proactive

Regulated environments

Education

Degree qualification

GMP experience (desirable)

Job description

9th January 2026 | Heywood, UK

We are currently looking for a Technical Author to join our growing team in Heywood on a permanent contract.

As a Technical Author, you will be part of a team in our long-established business, delivering projects and developing market leading solutions that benefit our extensive client base.

This is a full-time and permanent role.

Benefits

• Annual salary £40,000 - 45,000
• Annual bonus based on company performance
• Annual holidays 24 days plus bank holidays
• Company sick pay scheme
• Shopping & Leisure discounts scheme
• Simply Health cash back plan
• Credit Union
• Death in service benefit
• Nursery voucher salary sacrifice scheme.

Location

Our clean, bright 63,000 sq. ft. site in Heywood, Lancashire is the largest containment factory in the North West, just minutes from the M66 and M62. We have invested £1m in our facility, with state-of-the-art machinery and excellent staff facilities including showers, canteen and plenty of on-site parking.

About Us

Envair Technology have been manufacturing world class clean air and containment equipment for the healthcare and pharmaceutical industries since 1972. Our mission is to engineer controlled environments that keep people and products safe from airborne hazards.

Our products, including isolators, laminar airflow cabinets and microbiological safety cabinets, are used to prepare chemotherapy treatments for cancer patients, discover new therapies for Alzheimer's or test samples in hospitals. It means you'll always finish the day feeling you've contributed to something really valuable, supporting our NHS and private hospitals throughout Europe.

We've enjoyed strong growth in demand for our products for the last few years, and as industry leaders, are always looking to bring new innovations to the market. It's why we look for people who share our values of taking pride in your work, being ambitious and inventive, nurturing the people around you and collaborating as a team.

Your Role

As our Technical Author, you will work for the Compliance Engineer and be responsible for producing high-quality validation, compliance, and technical documentation to support the design, manufacture, and regulatory assurance of the company’s products. You will:

Responsibilities

• Prepare the required validation documentation including the Requirements Traceability Matrices, Design Qualifications, Factory Acceptance Tests, Installation and Operation Qualifications, Operator Manuals, Risk Assessment and Method Statements.
• Produce Standard Test Protocols and procedure manuals.
• Work closely with the Compliance Engineer to scope out and implement continuous improvement in the production and management of validation documentation.
• Liaise directly with other areas of the business such as the Production, Customer Care, Sales, and After Market departments on behalf of the Engineering Team.
• Work according to the applicable protocols, guidelines and legal standards as required.
• Work with our customers to understand their requirements and respond to their requests for compliance information.
• Monitor and report on new and updated regulations and standards and their impacts on the company’s products.

About You

We are looking for someone with the following attributes:

• A degree qualification or equivalent, or experience in a compliance role in a similar industry
• Knowledge of medical/pharmaceutical validation requirements (desirable)
• A proven track record in the development and execution of validation protocols such as risk assessments, design qualifications, FAT, IQOQ, and Operator Manuals or similar
• Working knowledge of CE, UKCA compliance and any associated directives; including but not limited to Low Voltage, EMF, and ATEX
• Experience working under GMP (desirable but not essential)
• Strong team player with excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• High attention to detail and commitment to accuracy
• Proactive, analytical, and able to work with minimal supervision
• Comfortable working within regulated environments

Envair Technology are an equal opportunities employer. We value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.