We are Reckitt

Home to the world's best loved and trusted hygiene, health, and nutrition brands. Our purpose defines why we exist: to protect, heal and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner, healthier world. We are a global team united by this purpose.Join us in our fight to make access to the highest quality hygiene, wellness, and nourishment a right and not a privilege.

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Join Reckitt's Global Engineering Team and take ownership of developing and deploying global hygienic design standards for production equipment and facilities. This role is key to ensuring compliance, quality, and operational excellence across all manufacturing sites worldwide. 

About the role

You will act as a global technical expert (SME) responsible for hygienic design standards across processing and filling operations. The role involves working in a global matrix organisation, driving standardisation, and supporting CAPEX projects across multiple regions. 

Your responsibilities

• Develop and deploy global hygienic design standards for production equipment and facilities. 
• Drive standardisation of equipment and vendor base to improve efficiency, compliance, and cost. 
• Define technical requirements (URS) incorporating hygienic design principles.  
• Ensure compliance with GMP and regulatory requirements (FDA, EU, etc.).  
• Support CAPEX projects including vendor selection, FAT/SAT, and validation.  
• Provide technical expertise in processing systems, utilities (HVAC, purified water), and cleaning systems (CIP/SIP).  
• Collaborate with Quality, Microbiology, Engineering, and external vendors. 
• Monitor equipment performance and support continuous improvement initiatives.
• Act as a global "go-to" expert for hygienic design. 

The experience we're looking for

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Chemical, Process, Mechanical or related field) or equivalent Technical experience and knowledge.
• Minimum 7 years of engineering experience, including CAPEX involvement.  
• Experience in FMCG, pharmaceutical or biotech environments.  
• Strong knowledge of hygienic design and processing technologies.  
• Fluent English (written and spoken).
• Knowledge of engineering tools (e.g., AutoCAD).  
• Project and vendor management skills.
• Strong understanding of GMP and regulatory requirements
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to influence in a matrix organisation. 
• Strong compliance and quality mindset.
• Collaboration and stakeholder management skills. 

What we offer

With inclusion at the heart of everything we do, working alongside our four global Employee Resource Groups, we support our people at every step of their career journey, helping them to succeed in their own individual way.We invest in the wellbeing of our people through parental benefits, an Employee Assistance Program to promote mental health, and life insurance for all employees globally. We have a range of other benefits in line with the local market. Through our global share plans we offer the opportunity to save and share in Reckitt's potential future successes. For eligible roles, we also offer short-term incentives to recognise, appreciate and reward your work for delivering outstanding results. You will be rewarded in line with Reckitt's pay for performance philosophy.

Equality

We recognise that in real life, great people don't always 'tick all the boxes'. That's why we hire for potential as well as experience. Even if you don't meet every point on the job description, if this role and our company feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you.All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability or medical condition; colour, ethnicity, race, citizenship, and national origin; religion, faith; pregnancy, family status and caring responsibilities; sexual orientation; sex, gender identity, gender expression, and transgender identity; protected veteran status; size or any other basis protected by appropriate law.