QC Technical Specialist

Overview

QC Technical Specialist - Skipton, UK

If you're someone who loves diving deep into analytical science, enjoys solving technical puzzles, and thrives in an environment where quality truly matters, you might find this role incredibly rewarding. We're looking for a QC Technical Specialist to join our team in Skipton — someone who's not only technically strong, but also passionate about supporting others, sharing knowledge, and helping shape a culture where cGMP, cGLP and Health & Safety are second nature.

Reporting to our QC Support Manager, you'll be the go‑to expert for a range of analytical techniques and laboratory processes. You'll play a key part in strengthening our scientific capability, supporting new product introductions, and helping the QC team tackle technical challenges with confidence. This is a role where your expertise genuinely makes a difference - not just to the quality of our work, but to the people around you.

You'll take the lead on technical projects and NPIs, guiding method verification and validation from start to finish, writing protocols and reports, and ensuring everything aligns with regulatory expectations. You'll also support technology transfers, manage outsourced method development, and step in with technical insight whenever investigations arise. If something needs validating, verifying, calibrating, or maintaining, you'll be right there making sure it's done properly and on time.

A big part of your role will involve nurturing the team - coaching, mentoring, and helping others grow their technical confidence. You'll contribute to risk assessments, support continuous improvement, and help maintain a robust reduced‑testing programme for raw materials and packaging. And of course, you'll champion our company values every day: dedication, enjoyment, courage, honesty, ambition, and strong relationships.

You'll know you're thriving when departmental metrics are running smoothly, your projects are progressing with clarity and control, and your influence is helping the team deliver consistently high‑quality work. You'll be someone who communicates well, motivates others, solves problems with analytical precision, and brings a proactive, quality‑focused mindset to everything you do.

• Significant experience working with analytical techniques in a pharmaceutical GMP environment — ideally more than three years at an advanced level.
• Comfort with both traditional and instrumental methods, with a strong understanding of validation, verification, and the regulatory landscape across the UK, EU and US.
• Attention to detail, clear communication, and the ability to adapt your style to suit the situation. Coaching and mentoring experience, a pragmatic, solutions‑focused approach to technical challenges.
• Strong computer literacy and an eye for formatting and clarity in documentation and reporting. Familiarity with laboratory equipment, maintenance routines, and GMP‑compliant environments.
• Education to HNC/D level in a relevant scientific subject, or equivalent hands‑on experience. Occasional global travel flexibility.

This isn't just a technical position - it's a chance to influence how a whole department grows, learns, and operates. You'll be the person others turn to for guidance, the one who helps keep our standards high, and the one who ensures our scientific practices are robust, compliant, and continuously improving.

If you're ready to take on a role where your expertise is valued, your ideas are welcomed, and your impact is felt across the business, we'd love to hear from you.