Product and Process Engineer

Welcome to Haleon. We’re a purpose-driven, world-class consumer company putting everyday health in the hands of millions. In just three years since our launch, we’ve grown, evolved and are now entering an exciting new chapter - one filled with bold ambitions and enormous opportunity.

Our trusted portfolio of brands - including Sensodyne®, Panadol®, Advil®, Voltaren®, Theraflu®, Otrivin®, and Centrum® - lead in resilient and growing categories. What sets us apart is our unique blend of deep human understanding and trusted science.

Now it’s time to fully realise the full potential of our business and our people. We do this through our Win as One strategy. It puts our purpose - to deliver better everyday health with humanity - at the heart of everything we do. It unites us, inspires us, and challenges us to be better every day, driven by our agile, performance-focused culture.

Product and Process Engineer

About the role

We are looking for a Product and Process Engineer to join our Technical team at Haleon Dungarvan.

In this role, you will provide technical and validation support across manufacturing processes, helping to resolve process issues, introduce new products and materials, and ensure products remain in a validated state of control.

You will work closely with Quality, Engineering, Operations, R&D and regional and global Technical teams. This is a hands-on technical role offering involvement in process improvement, product transfers, validation, cleaning validation and New Product Introduction activities.

Key responsibilities

• Act as a key technical point of contact for assigned products and manufacturing processes, maintaining knowledge of product performance, critical quality attributes and critical process parameters.
• Provide technical support to investigate and resolve manufacturing and process-related issues.
• Support process optimisation activities to improve Right First Time performance and reduce waste.
• Lead or support the qualification and introduction of new products, raw materials, suppliers, technologies and manufacturing processes.
• Support New Product Introduction and product transfer activities, ensuring processes are robust, capable and compliant with applicable quality and regulatory requirements.
• Develop and maintain Continued Process Verification activities, using data trending and statistical analysis to identify emerging process risks.
• Maintain and periodically review Product Control Strategies and Technical Risk Assessments.
• Support the preparation and execution of process validation protocols and reports for manufacturing and packaging processes.
• Lead or contribute to change controls, technical investigations, major deviations and process improvement initiatives.
• Conduct risk assessments for cleaning processes and support cleaning validation activities for new products, equipment, processes and materials.
• Work collaboratively with Quality, Engineering, Operations, R&D and Technical teams to ensure products and processes remain in a validated state of control.
• Present technical and project updates to relevant site stakeholders.

About you

Essential

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry, Engineering, Pharmaceutical Science or a related scientific or technical discipline.
• Approximately 3-5 years’ experience in a technical, process, manufacturing or validation role within a regulated environment.
• Practical knowledge of process qualification and validation requirements.
• Experience supporting new product introduction, new raw material introduction or process optimisation activities.
• Experience working with change controls, deviations, technical investigations or risk assessments.
• Strong problem-solving, data analysis and technical documentation skills.
• Ability to work effectively across multiple functions and communicate technical information clearly to different stakeholders.

Desirable

• Postgraduate qualification in an Engineering or Science discipline.
• Experience in pharmaceutical, consumer healthcare or another highly regulated manufacturing environment.
• Knowledge of some or all of the following: Continued Process Verification Product Control Strategies Technical Risk Assessments and FMEA Cleaning validation HBEL and MACO assessments New Product Introduction Quality Management Systems
• Experience using process data and statistical analysis to monitor performance and identify trends.

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Equal Opportunities

Haleon are committed to mobilising our purpose in a way that represents the diverse consumers and communities who rely on our brands every day. It guides us in creating an inclusive culture, where different backgrounds and views are valued and respected - all in support of understanding and best serving the needs of our consumers and unleashing the full potential of our people. It’s important to us that Haleon is a place where all our employees feel they truly belong.

During the application process, we may ask you to share some personal information, which is entirely voluntary. This information ensures we meet certain regulatory and reporting obligations and supports the development, refinement, and execution of our inclusion and belonging programmes that are open to all Haleon employees.

The personal information you provide will be kept confidential, used only for legitimate business purposes, and will never be used in making any employment decisions, including hiring decisions.

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Note to candidates

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