We are seeking a Cleaning Validation Engineer to lead and support cleaning validation activities for manufacturing equipment and processes within a GMP‑regulated environment. The role involves developing and executing cleaning validation strategies, reviewing validation documentation, supporting risk assessments, and ensuring compliance with GMP, GDP, and data integrity requirements.
Responsibilities
- Lead and support cleaning validation / cleaning qualification activities for manufacturing equipment and processes
- Develop, review, and execute cleaning validation strategies, protocols, and reports
- Lead technical discussions related to cleaning approach, acceptance criteria, sampling strategy, and validation rationale
- Review cleaning procedures, cleaning methods, and equipment cleaning practices
- Support risk assessments related to product carryover, cross‑contamination, equipment design, and cleaning effectiveness
- Define or review acceptance limits, worst‑case product selection, residue limits, and sampling points
- Collaborate closely with Manufacturing, QA, Validation, Engineering, and QC teams
- Ensure documentation is aligned with GMP, GDP, data integrity, and site quality requirements
- Identify gaps in current cleaning validation practices and recommend practical improvement actions
- Support audit readiness and respond to cleaning validation‑related questions during inspections or internal reviews
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Life Sciences, Pharmaceutical Sciences, or a related field
- Strong experience in cleaning validation or cleaning qualification within pharmaceutical, biotech, or GMP‑regulated manufacturing environments
- Solid understanding of cleaning validation principles, strategies, and regulatory expectations
- Experience preparing and reviewing cleaning validation protocols, reports, risk assessments, and related GMP documentation
- Good knowledge of GMP manufacturing equipment, cleaning processes, and sampling methods such as swab and rinse sampling
- Familiarity with cleaning validation lifecycle management, revalidation activities, and process improvement initiatives
- Exposure to health‑based exposure limits, MACO, PDE/ADE calculations, or worst‑case product selection is preferred
- Ability to work independently and provide technical guidance on cleaning validation topics
- Experience supporting audits, inspections, remediation projects, or acting as a Validation Lead/SME is an advantage
- Exposure to sterile manufacturing, biologics, vaccine, API, or pharmaceutical manufacturing environments is preferred
- Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills
- Fluent in English, both written and spoken
Benefits
- An international community, bringing together 110+ different nationalities
- An environment where trust has a central place: 70% of our key leaders started their careers at the first level of responsibilities
- A robust training system with our internal Academy and 250+ available modules
- A vibrant workplace that frequently gathers for internal events (afterworks, team buildings, etc.)
- Opportunities to contribute to sustainability initiatives through the WeCare Together program, empowered to design and lead projects that create real social or environmental impact
Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to promoting diversity within the workforce and creating an inclusive working environment. For this purpose we welcome applications from all qualified candidates regardless of gender, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, beliefs, age, marital status, disability, or other characteristics.