Quality Specialist Engineer

Eurofins PSS Insourcing Solutions; Ringaskiddy; On-site; EUR 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

Private Medical Insurance

Income protection

Life assurance

Discretionary bonus

Birthday holiday

Onsite parking

Job summary

Eurofins PSS Insourcing Solutions in Ringaskiddy, Ireland seeks a Quality Specialist Engineer for a full-time maternity cover (minimum 9 months). Normal hours are 39 per week with a 4‑day week and flexible time options to balance accrued hours, with core hours 10:00–15:00 Mon-Thu and 10:00–14:00 on Fridays.

You will provide expert oversight on investigations, change controls, and GMP compliance, guiding maintenance and engineering activities and ensuring audit-ready documentation across assigned

Qualifications

• BSc in Biotech, Chemistry, Engineering or a related scientific discipline.
• Hands-on experience in a regulated environment with GMP expectations.
• Customer-centric approach and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to review investigations, deviations and change controls.
• Understanding of safety, confidentiality and cross-functional collaboration.
• Ability to maintain accuracy in documentation and records.

Responsibilities

• Provide oversight and expert guidance for investigations linked to Maintenance and Engineering activities, ensuring Change Controls are administered effectively and that all associated processes meet GMP expectations.
• Ensure strict adherence to GMP standards across all Maintenance and Engineering operations within assigned areas, reviewing compliance and audit readiness.
• Review change-control documentation, deviations and failure-investigation reports, identifying non-conformances and supporting timely resolutions.
• Review GMP documentation, including SOPs, maintain records of investigations and change controls, support CAPA implementations.
• Coach and support Maintenance and Engineering personnel in investigations, Change Controls and GMP-compliance activities.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive continuous improvement and ensure safety policies are followed.

Skills

GMP compliance

Change controls

Investigations guidance

Maintenance & Engineering support

Documentation review

Safety & audit readiness

Education

BSc in Biotech, Chemistry, Engineering or related discipline

Job description

Job Description

This is a full time, minimum 9 month Maternity Cover position. Normal hours of work 39 hours per week. This is generally 8 hours Monday to Thursday and 7 hours on a Friday. Flexi time set up whereby if time has been built up during the week it can be used on a Friday afternoon once the core hours have been worked. Core hours are 10:00-15:00 Monday - Thursday and 10:00-14:00 on a Friday.

As a Quality Specialist Engineer you will support GMP operations by providing expert oversight and guidance on investigations, change controls, and compliance activities, ensuring adherence to regulatory standards and fostering continuous improvement within the maintenance and engineering functions.

Job Responsibilities

• You will provide oversight and expert guidance for investigations linked to Maintenance and Engineering activities, ensuring Change Controls are administered effectively and that all associated processes meet GMP expectations.
• You will ensure strict adherence to GMP standards across all Maintenance and Engineering operations within assigned areas, consistently reviewing compliance, documentation and operational conduct to maintain audit‑ready performance.
• You will review and assess change‑control documentation, deviations and failure‑investigation reports, identifying significant non‑conformances, escalating them appropriately and supporting timely, compliant resolution.
• You will review key GMP documentation — including standard operating procedures — maintain accurate records of investigations, deviations and change controls, and support the implementation of corrective and preventive actions.
• You will coach and support Maintenance and Engineering personnel in the execution of investigations, Change Controls and GMP‑compliance activities, delivering clear communication and targeted training where required.
• You will collaborate with cross‑functional teams to drive continuous improvement, monitor regulatory expectations and industry best practice, and perform daily operational activities in full alignment with site safety policies and procedures.

Qualifications

• You will hold a BSc in Biotech, Chemistry, Engineering or a related scientific discipline, supported by industry experience that enables effective contribution within a regulated environment.
• You will bring relevant hands‑on experience and will demonstrate a strong customer‑centric approach, consistently meeting the expectations of both internal and external stakeholders while ensuring processes are designed with the customer in mind.
• You will actively gather and apply customer feedback to improve services and outputs, understanding critical concerns and demonstrating that resolving customer issues is always a top priority.
• You will work to achieve business goals set by management, maintaining high standards of excellence, overcoming obstacles to meet targets, and applying the theories and practices required for success within your role.
• You will understand and clearly describe operational processes, demonstrating awareness of how other departments interact with your function, while maintaining professional behaviour, confidentiality and strong working relationships with colleagues and customers.
• You will uphold a strong commitment to safety, participating in safety meetings, identifying hazards, maintaining a clean and organised work environment and ensuring that all deliverables and commitments are completed accurately and on time.

Benefits

• We offer exceptional opportunities for career growth, within a friendly and supportive team. As well as a competitive salary, pension and associated benefits you will enjoy an unrivalled working environment, including an active social calendar and subsidised canteen, all while working in a state‑of‑the‑art client facility - a leading biotechnology company.
• Fantastic developmental opportunities and career progression pathways such as leadership, training, compliance and Subject Matter Expert.
• Full Benefits Package including:
  • Pension
  • Private Medical Insurance
  • Income protection and life assurance
  • Annual discretionary bonus
  • Birthday Holiday entitlement
• Exciting Eurofins Incentives: Employee Activity Committee (EAC), Equality Driving Excellence (EDE), significant Reward and Recognition programme, opportunity to benefit from Eurofins Operational Development training platform, plus potential support for part‑time training (relevant to the position).
• Full use of the canteen facilities and barista on the client site.
• Free parking onsite and onsite electric charging.
• Additional annual leave days with continued service.
• The opportunity to work on life saving products.

We embrace diversity! Eurofins network of companies believe in strength and innovation through diversity, being an Equal Opportunity Employer. We prohibit discrimination against employees or applications based on gender identity and/or expression, race, nationality, age, religion, sexual orientation, disability, and everything else that makes employees of Eurofins companies unique.