Project Production Chemist

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Head of Quality Control to lead QC activities at a growing pharmaceutical manufacturing site in Warsaw. This is a hands-on leadership role with line management responsibility for a small onsite QC team, ensuring all testing and release activities are performed in full compliance with GMP and regulatory requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide strong leadership and line management to the Quality Control team
• Oversee day-to-day QC laboratory operations, including HPLC and GC testing
• Ensure compliance with GMP, regulatory standards, and company quality systems
• Review and approve analytical results, deviations, OOS/OOT investigations, and reports
• Drive continuous improvement within the QC function and support inspection readiness
• Collaborate closely with QA, Manufacturing, and Technical teams on site

Skills & Experience Required

• Significant experience in a pharmaceutical Quality Control environment
• Proven line management / people management experience
• Strong practical expertise in HPLC and GC analytical techniques
• In-depth knowledge of GMP and regulatory expectations
• Experience leading or managing QC labs within a manufacturing site
• Confident decision-maker with excellent communication and leadership skills

What’s on Offer

• A key leadership role within a small, collaborative site
• Opportunity to shape and develop the QC function
• Stable, fully site-based permanent position in Warsaw

If you are an experienced QC leader with strong technical expertise and a passion for quality and people management, we would welcome your application.

About the Role

We are looking for a Project QC Chemist to join a busy Quality Control team within a pharmaceutical environment. This role focuses on improving and maintaining analytical testing methods, with existing methods already in place. The successful candidate will play a key role in method optimisation, development-related activities, and ensuring analytical robustness.

Key Responsibilities

• Work as part of the QC laboratory team, supporting routine and project-based activities
• Optimise and improve existing analytical testing methods
• Perform analytical method development, verification, and validation
• Support QC documentation, data review, and technical reports
• Ensure laboratory activities are performed in line with site procedures and quality standards
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including QA, Production, and Technical functions

Skills & Experience Required

• Degree or equivalent experience in Analytical Chemistry, or related discipline
• Experience with method development, verification, and validation
• Strong hands-on experience with HPLC and/or GC
• Background in a pharmaceutical analytical laboratory environment
• Knowledge of GMP is preferred
• Detail-oriented with strong problem-solving and analytical skills

What’s on Offer

• Standard daytime working hours (8am–4pm, Monday–Friday)
• Opportunity to work on technically interesting QC projects
• Stable role within a regulated pharmaceutical environment

Working Hours

Monday–Friday, 8:00am–4:00pm (Some flexibility for later finishes may be occasionally required)

If you are an experienced analytical chemist with a passion for method development and continuous improvement in QC, we would welcome your application.

We are partnered exclusively with a leading global brand within the healthcare industry, that has an exceptional and long-standing reputation.

As we move further in 2026, they are now underway with critical expansion projects focused on new manufacturing lines, upgrading equipment and expanding headcount across a number of operational teams.

As part of the expansion, the business is adding this brand new position to the production team, providing the link between the quality assurance department and operational activities.

This role will be responsible for all production documentation, including batch records and investigation documentation, as well as the follow through CAPA reports. The successful hire will need to have come from a production background, with sufficient experience to have previously been involved with these duties in the past.

Career development and chances for progression in this company are genuine and if you are looking to bridge the gap between your operational experience and quality assurance, this could be the perfect move.

This position is fully site based in South London and will require some flexibility to support the operations teams on both early and late shifts (37.5hrs p/w Mon-Fri).

For further details, please contact Mark Bux-Ryan or apply below.

Key experience:

• Established experience within a GMP environment (i.e. food or pharmaceutical manufacturing)
• Previous experience within a production capacity – must understand production lines and operational processes
• Previous experience in dealing with Production documentation – either in a more established operations position (i.e. senior/team leader role) or having taken on a similar interface position previously within QA.
• Exceptional communication skills

We are partnered exclusively with a leading global brand within the healthcare industry, that has an exceptional and long-standing reputation.

As we move further in 2026, they are now underway with critical expansion projects focused on new manufacturing lines, upgrading equipment and expanding headcount across a number of operational teams.

This position will work within a small, experienced maintenance team but with a core focus on Electrical Maintenance activities both within the cleanroom manufacturing areas, as well as the wider plant and facilities. Some of the equipment you will work on includes liquid filling, cartoning, labelling, tube fulling and shrink wrap systems.

With both a reactive and proactive focus, the successful hire will need to be a practical problem solver, with a can do attitude and ability to learn quickly. You

This role will be Monday to Friday – 40 hour week – 1.30pm-10pm shifts.

For further details on this hire, please contact Mark Bux-Ryan or apply below.

Key experience:

• A time-served electrical engineer
• HNC/HND Engineering qualification
• 18^th Edition qualified
• Must have worked within FMCG manufacturing – pharmaceutical or transferable regulated environments
• GMP knowledge is a strong advantage
• Knowledge of most of the following would be an advantage 3 phase / single phase motors, Servos, VSD’s, VLT’s and Inverters
• PLC Systems experience
• Application of electrical experience within a mechanical environment is essential

We are partnered exclusively with a leading global brand within the healthcare industry, that has an exceptional and long-standing reputation.

As we move further in 2026, they are now underway with critical expansion projects focused on new manufacturing lines, upgrading equipment and expanding headcount.

This specific hire will be focused on taking ownership of the immediate and upcoming projects within their global manufacturing facility, based in South London. As well as leading a range of projects, the position will require hands on technical capability and understanding across the commissioning, qualification and validation (CQV) lifecycle.

This business has an excellent reputation for holding a positive culture and therefore this Project Engineer / Project Technical Manager will need to have exceptional stakeholder management skills both internally and externally.

To learn more about this hire, please contact Mark Bux-Ryan or apply below.

Key experience required:

• Established experience within pharmaceutical technical manufacturing and engineering projects
• GMP experience gained within pharmaceutical industry
• Experienced across the CQV lifecycle – commissioning, qualification and validation (equipment).
• Exceptional stakeholder communication skills
• Willingness to be present on site in South London

Location: Warsaw, Poland (Fully site-based)
Industry: Pharmaceuticals

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Head of Quality Control to lead QC activities at a growing pharmaceutical manufacturing site in Warsaw. This is a hands-on leadership role with line management responsibility for a small onsite QC team, ensuring all testing and release activities are performed in full compliance with GMP and regulatory requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide strong leadership and line management to the Quality Control team
• Oversee day-to-day QC laboratory operations, including HPLC and GC testing
• Ensure compliance with GMP, regulatory standards, and company quality systems
• Review and approve analytical results, deviations, OOS/OOT investigations, and reports
• Drive continuous improvement within the QC function and support inspection readiness
• Collaborate closely with QA, Manufacturing, and Technical teams on site

Skills & Experience Required

• Significant experience in a pharmaceutical Quality Control environment
• Proven line management / people management experience
• Strong practical expertise in HPLC and GC analytical techniques
• In-depth knowledge of GMP and regulatory expectations
• Experience leading or managing QC labs within a manufacturing site
• Confident decision-maker with excellent communication and leadership skills

What’s on Offer

• A key leadership role within a small, collaborative site
• Opportunity to shape and develop the QC function
• Stable, fully site-based permanent position in Warsaw

If you are an experienced QC leader with strong technical expertise and a passion for quality and people management, we would welcome your application.