Engineer - Validation

About Convatec

Pioneering trusted medical solutions to improve the lives we touch: Convatec is a global medical products and technologies company, focused on solutions for the management of chronic conditions, with leading positions in Advanced Wound Care, Ostomy Care, Continence Care, and Infusion Care. With more than 10,000 colleagues, we provide our products and services in around 90 countries, united by a promise to be forever caring. Our solutions provide a range of benefits, from infection prevention and protection of at-risk skin, to improved patient outcomes and reduced care costs. Convatec’s revenues in 2024 were over $2 billion. The company is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index (LSE:CTEC). To learn more please visit http://www.convatecgroup.com

Place of work: Priemyselný park 3, Michalovce, Slovakia

Base salary:  Minimum 1450€ / monthly (depending on experiences and quality of the candidate)

Contract type: full-time

Start date: by agreement

About the role:

The role is being hired to strengthen the current validation team due to an increasing number of new projects at the Michalovce facility.

The position is intended to cover the validation of manufacturing processes within production units, ensuring that activities are performed according to predefined project timelines and in compliance with SOPs and standards. Process validation is a series of activities that demonstrate the process is capable of consistently producing quality products.

This is one of the key positions for enabling the first production runs and ensuring products of good quality.

Your key duties and responsibilities as an Engineer - Validation:

This is a local role, and the holder of this position is responsible for:

• Understanding the process and its risks in order to outline appropriate validation steps.

• Cooperating with other departments to ensure a smooth validation process.

• Re-validating processes according to the time plan.

• Reviewing all procedures necessary for validation activities.

• Writing validation documentation using existing templates.

• Updating and creating machine cards.

• Supporting process failure investigations as a member of a multidisciplinary team.

• Applying basic statistics to process data, if necessary.

• Providing regular updates to the relevant manager and project leader. .

About you:

​Big advantage:

• Knowledge and experience in engineering, and statistical tools

• Experience with risk assessment tools (e.g. PFMEA)

• Experience in process validation and capability

• Minimum of 1 year of experience in industrial production – internship experience is acceptable

• Analytical thinking, sense for detail, technical skills, willingness to learn new things, and being a team player

Advantage:

• Relevant work experience as process, technology, or quality engineer

• Technical background from manufacturing

• Knowledge of root cause analysis tools

Education / Qualifications:

Mandatory:

• Proficient with PC programs i.e. Office (Excel, Word, and PowerPoint)

• Communicative level of English language

Big advantage: 

• QMS systems (e.g. ISO 13485, ISO 9001) and cGMP understanding  

• Experience with risk assessment tools (e.g. PFMEA)

• Basic statistical tools (e.g. Minitab)

• Master’s or advanced degree preferred in Technical / Engineering or Quality Management/Engineering 

Advantage:

• Technical background from manufacturing

• Knowledge of root cause analysis tools

• SAP knowledge

Our ambitions will bring the very best out in you. You’ll be pushed to aim higher and really own your work. You’ll be encouraged and supported to make things happen, too. It can be challenging. But, as the progress you make will help improve the lives of millions, it’ll be worth it. 

This is stepping up to a challenge. 

This is work that’ll move you. 

Note: Please send your CV only in English language. 

Employee perks, benefits

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A formal recruitment process is required for all our opportunities prior to any offer of employment. This will include an interview confirmed by an official ConvaTec email address.

If you receive a suspicious approach over social media, text message, email or phone call about recruitment at ConvaTec, do not disclose any personal information or pay any fees whatsoever. If you’re unsure, please contact us at careers@convatec.com.

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Ak si nie ste istí, kontaktujte nás na adrese careers@convatec.com.

Equal opportunities

ConvaTec provides equal employment opportunities for all current employees and applicants for employment. This policy means that no one will be discriminated against because of race, religion, creed, color, national origin, nationality, citizenship, ancestry, sex, age, marital status, physical or mental disability, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity, military or veteran status, genetic predisposing characteristics or any other basis prohibited by law.

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ConvaTec is not accepting unsolicited resumes from agencies and/or search firms for this job posting. Resumes submitted to any ConvaTec employee by a third party agency and/or search firm without a valid written and signed search agreement, will become the sole property of ConvaTec. No fee will be paid if a candidate is hired for this position as a result of an unsolicited agency or search firm referral. Thank you.

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Spoločnosť ConvaTec neprijíma nevyžiadané životopisy od agentúr a/alebo vyhľadávacích spoločností pre túto pracovnú ponuku. Životopisy predložené akémukoľvek zamestnancovi spoločnosti ConvaTec, treťou stranou, ako sú agentúry a/alebo vyhľadávacie spoločnosti, bez platnej písomnej a podpísanej zmluvy o vyhľadávaní, sa stanú výhradným vlastníctvom spoločnosti ConvaTec.