Pilot Plant Scientist

Location: Slough, United Kingdom. Fully site-based role.

Company

hirify.global operates more than 30 sites across five continents and manufactures medicines for customers in the life sciences sector.

What you will do

• Support the transfer of new and existing upstream or downstream processes from development into pilot-scale operations for subsequent commercial manufacturing.
• Prepare and maintain process documentation, batch records, and material requirements with development scientists and technical transfer colleagues.
• Plan and perform daily pilot execution activities, operate process equipment, and use relevant analytical technologies.
• Collaborate with Research and Development, Process Development, and technical transfer teams to understand project requirements, communicate progress, and resolve routine process issues.
• Collect, review, and analyse batch data, identify trends, and contribute to process summary reports for internal teams and customers.
• Follow health, safety, environmental, and quality requirements while identifying improvements to process efficiency, yield, and productivity.

Requirements

• Experience or foundational knowledge of upstream or downstream processing operations, including relevant process equipment and analytical techniques.
• Understanding of good manufacturing practice (GMP), technical documentation, and established procedures in a regulated environment.
• Strong attention to detail and the ability to review numerical data, recognise trends, and contribute to problem-solving.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate across scientific and technical teams.
• Effective organisation and task management skills, with a proactive approach to learning, adapting to change, and meeting project deadlines.
• Commitment to health, safety, environmental, and quality standards, including responsibility for personal and colleague safety.
• A minimum of A-levels or equivalent.

Nice to have

• A degree in biological science, biochemistry, biochemical engineering, or a related discipline.

Culture & Benefits

• Agile career and dynamic working culture.
• Inclusive and ethical workplace committed to diversity.
• Compensation programmes that recognise high performance.
• Benefits vary according to the role and location.
• Collaborative, accountable, excellence-focused, passionate, and integrity-led working environment.