Validation Engineer

Validation Manager.

 c£Negotiable plus benefits.

 The Validation Manager will lead a team of validation engineers responsible for ensuring that systems released for production meet their reliability and durability objectives.

The responsibility encompasses all related components to be delivered to customers including mechanical pumps and injectors.

The individual will be required to define the project system validation requirements and the validation requirements for specific products, ensuring that the agreed validation plans are executed and reported in a timely manner.

In addition the customer validation activities must be monitored and recorded.

The position requires a methodical individual with attributes in planning, analytical techniques, documentation and communication skills.

The person must work effectively with the mechanical product teams, licensees and customers.
The position will directly report to the Systems team manager.

•Lead the systems validation team
•Create / Co-ordinate / maintain system validation plans for all customers.
•Generate budgetary estimates for the individual project validation plans
•Plan activities with the validation facilities to efficient rig utilisation 
•Provide a focal point for all Customer validation products returning to site.
•Co-ordinate and document by a systematic approach products requiring analysis.
•Ensure all Validation lessons learnt and technical concerns are captured and documented and professionally tracked through to a satisfactory timely resolution. 
•Design and implement tests and carry out analysis of data and components to determine failure modes, or risks and corrective actions are implemented.
•Facilitate fast and accurate communication with product team engineers to assure robust design and flawless launch objectives.
•Participate in Program Project reviews and design reviews as required.
•Develop and present technical presentations to team members on new or current validation methodologies.

•Must be data driven not opinion based.

Required
•5 years experience in development engineering or equivalent area.

Required
•Personal strengths should include: people management skills, self-directed, goal oriented, with strong team interaction skills that facilitate cross-functional involvement.

Required
•DOE and statistical analysis knowledge.
•Must be able to constructively deal with conflict situations. 
•Ability to develop and present technical presentations to team members.
•Must be able to travel to global company sites and customers, when required.