Cleaning Validation Consultant

Job Title: Cleaning Validation Consultant

Contract: 12-Month | Onsite | W2 | Competitive Rate

On-site: 5 days a week - 100% Onsite

We are supporting a major GMP pharmaceutical manufacturer at an established, legacy site and are seeking an experienced Cleaning Validation Consultant to own and execute cleaning validation activities. This is a hands-on role for someone who can hit the ground running from day one.

• Lead and execute cleaning validation activities across the site, from protocol development through execution and reporting.
• Author, review, and approve cleaning validation protocols, reports, and supporting documentation.
• Manage cleaning validation lifecycle activities in line with GMP and regulatory expectations.
• Perform sampling, data analysis, and assessment against established acceptance criteria.
• Support the maintenance and remediation of cleaning validation documentation on an older, established site.
• Author and maintain validation records within Kneat, ensuring data integrity and audit-readiness.
• Drive collaboration across validation, quality, manufacturing, and engineering teams.

• 5–7 years of hands-on cleaning validation experience within pharmaceutical or biotechnology manufacturing.
• Kneat experience required (non-negotiable).
• Proven ability to work independently and deliver from day one with minimal ramp-up.
• Strong knowledge of GMP/GDP requirements and quality documentation practices.
• Solid understanding of cleaning validation lifecycle, sampling methodologies, and acceptance criteria.
• Experience working on established or legacy manufacturing sites (advantageous).

• Direct experience with one or more of the following:
• Cleaning validation protocol authoring and execution
• Kneat validation lifecycle management (required)
• Sampling, recovery studies, and MACO/acceptance criteria calculations
• GMP documentation control and audit support