How to get a Validation Engineer Job in Ireland

Validation Engineer roles are essential to every pharmaceutical, medical device and biotechnology organisation in Ireland and internationally. These roles call for highly skilled and specialised professionals with the relevant skillset and expertise, and here at CareerWise, we can help you to find a position that makes the most of your talents.

Validation engineers play a vital role in essential industries, and are responsible for quality control in specific areas. CSV engineers, for example, are responsible for quality control, validation and testing of computerised systems, while process engineers and automation engineers take responsibility for their own fields of expertise.

How Can I Pursue a Career as a Validation Engineer?

 A career as a Validation Engineer in Ireland is a great option for highly skilled engineering professionals today, and if you wish to pursue this sort of role in the future, you should plan to include the following in your professional development journey: 

• Seek out opportunities to excel. Validation Engineers are in high demand, and those who are talented in their specialism will be able to command their own earning potential. Working on a freelance or consultancy basis allows many Validation Engineers to design a career that really works for them, offering challenges, excitement and great pay.

• Uses experience you already have. Most Validation Engineers will have experience as a generalist engineer within a particular industry or field, and will build on this to become a specialist. Every area of engineering requires good Validation Engineers, so you are only limited by the scope of your imagination!

• Develop your essential skills. Validation Engineers specialise in testing and analysing machinery and computing systems, equipment and processes, and this involves a great deal of report and protocol development. Specialised knowledge and good analytical skills are vital for a role of this type.

• Build on your degree and professional qualifications. Your first degree, in a relevant area such as mechanical engineering or electrical engineering, will give you the basis for development. Further training that you undertake will build upon this, and you should take every opportunity to develop practical mechanical knowledge, which will be very valuable to you in understanding the equipment and processes you will be working with in laboratory settings.

Find Engineering Jobs in Limerick

CareerWise is Ireland’s leading specialist recruitment firm, based in Cork, Shannon and Galway, and our professional team can help you to find the new position you are looking for.

Whether you are looking for a Validation Engineer position in the Pharmaceutical or Medical Device industries or a specialist role in a similar field, CareerWise can help. Contact us online now or call us on +353 (0) 21 206 1900 to arrange a consultation.

Mike Morissey

(Director) MRGC, MRMC, MCIPD – Cork Office

Mike Morrissey has extensive knowledge of production, quality and engineering, having worked for Dell, Creative Labs and Tyco Safety Products /Sensormatic.

His expansive operational experience is grounded with training as a Six Sigma Black Belt.

As a lead auditor, he is very familiar with compliance and quality standards and has project managed the implementation of the environmental standard ISO14001. He has successfully utilised his project management and team leading skills in implementing numerous cost-saving and process improvement projects.

Since joining CareerWise Recruitment, Mike has graduated with a Diploma in Personnel Management from UCC and is a Chartered member of the CIPD.

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