Join the Team

Location: Littlehampton, West Sussex
Company: Meridian Medical Limited
Employment: Full-time
Salary:  £32,000 – £36,000 dependent on experience.

Join a growing UK medical device manufacturer

Meridian Medical is a privately owned, family-run medical device contract manufacturer based in Littlehampton, West Sussex. We specialise in the manufacture of single-use medical devices and components for customers around the world.

We are continuing to grow and are looking for an experienced Process & Validation Engineer to join our team and help us develop and improve our manufacturing and validation capabilities.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone with a background in validation, process engineering, quality, metrology or injection moulding who enjoys working in a hands-on manufacturing environment and wants to make a real difference.

Our mouldshop operates within an ISO Class 8 cleanroom, with injection moulding machines ranging from 22 to 220 tonnes, alongside our ISO Class 7 cleanroom assembly operations.

The role

As Process & Validation Engineer, you will play a key role in developing and implementing best-practice process, validation and statistical methodologies across our MouldShop and Cleanroom Production areas.

You will be responsible for organising and executing moulding validations, supporting new product and process introductions, improving our validation systems and ensuring that projects are properly documented and handed over into production.

You will report to our Product Quality Manager and work closely with our Mould Tooling and Technical Managers, as well as colleagues across Quality, Production and Engineering.

Key responsibilities

• Organise and execute injection moulding validation protocols, including risk management and validation activities.
• Develop and maintain robust validation documentation and ensure validation requirements are fully met.
• Ensure complete and accurate handover packages are produced following validation.
• Oversee metrology and validation activities for new and existing projects.
• Contribute to the preparation, review and continual improvement of the Validation Master Plan.
• Support the development and upgrading of Meridian’s validation procedures and systems.
• Monitor and report monthly production scrap and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Apply statistical and validation methodologies to manufacturing and quality activities.
• Provide technical and validation support to the Quality team.
• Provide backup support for final product release when required.
• Work with customers and suppliers where necessary, including occasional visits to customer sites.

About you

We are looking for someone who is technically capable, organised and enjoys solving problems.

You will ideally have experience working in validation, quality control, metrology, process engineering or a similar role within a regulated manufacturing environment.

You should have:

• A solid background in validation and/or product quality control.
• A good understanding of validation principles, methodologies and documentation.
• Strong computer skills, including Microsoft Office and spreadsheets.
• Experience working with statistical analysis; Minitab experience would be advantageous.
• The ability to read and understand CAD data.
• A good understanding of statistical and validation methodology.
• Ideally, experience or knowledge of injection moulding and polymer processing.
• Good communication and customer relationship skills.
• A professional and confident telephone manner.
• A full UK driving licence and the ability to travel to customer sites when required.

Qualifications & experience

You will ideally have either:

• Previous experience in a QC, Validation, Metrology, Process Engineering or similar technical role within a comparable industry; or
• Formal validation training and/or demonstrable validation experience from a current or previous position.

We are more interested in your practical experience, technical ability and attitude than simply a list of qualifications. If you have the right background and are keen to develop your career within medical device manufacturing, we would be interested in hearing from you.

What we are looking for

At Meridian, technical ability is important, but so is the way we work together. We expect everyone in the business to demonstrate our core behaviours:

• Ownership – Take responsibility for your actions, decisions and results.
• Education – Learn from mistakes, continually improve and help those around you develop.
• Communication – Communicate openly and positively with colleagues, customers and suppliers.
• Integrity – Be honest, do what you say you will do and take pride in your work.
• Teamwork – Work collaboratively, support your colleagues and ask for help when you need it.

Why Meridian Medical?

Meridian is a multi award winning, privately owned UK business with a strong reputation in medical device manufacturing. You will be joining a company where your ideas and expertise can have a direct impact on how we manufacture, validate and improve the products that ultimately reach patients around the world.   Please visit our socials to see more about our company and staff.

Additional benefits:

• Employee health cash plan
• Company pension
• Onsite parking
• Free tea and coffee provided
• 2 annual parties
• All bank holidays paid and offsite.

If you are looking for a role where you can use your technical knowledge, develop your skills and genuinely influence the way a growing medical device manufacturer operates, we would love to hear from you.