Pilot Plant Senior Associate

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.

​Research & Development​

In Research and Development, we're full of highly skilled talents that include Scientists, Engineers, Medical, Clinical and Regulatory professionals - all working to create a cleaner, healthier world. With nine Centres of Excellence, we continually seek out new opportunities by using science, our entrepreneurial flare and our fearless innovation to develop and enhance our existing portfolio, never compromising on quality or performance.

We do the right thing, always, by ensuring we act with responsibility and integrity, by complying with regulatory legislation across the globe, whilst ensuring our products are safe for our consumers and are to the highest quality.

The size of our organisation means you'll have the opportunity to learn and work in different functions within R&D, giving you exposure to different disciplines, teams and environments. You will also have access to our Research and Development Academy, designed to develop our team and allow you to grow in our great organisation.

About the role

The Pilot Plant Senior Associate is accountable for overseeing the day-to-day operations of the Pilot Plant, ensuring high productivity and seamless support to the CTSG and R&D teams in meeting project timelines. With a strong emphasis on operational excellence and cross-functional collaboration, this role is pivotal in enhancing the efficiency, capabilities, and strategic impact of the Pilot Plant.

Closing Date - 28th November 2025

Hiring Manager - Binuraj Nair

Your responsibilities

- Provide strategic leadership to ensure all Pilot Plant campaigns are executed on time, with scientific rigor and in full compliance with Health & Safety, quality, regulatory, and Reckitt’s internal standards.

- Lead resource planning and allocation across multiple projects ensuring optimal use of team capabilities to meet business priorities.

- Oversee and continuously improve daily Pilot Plant operations by driving productivity, efficiency and alignment with long term operational goals.

- Ensure sustained regulatory and cGMP compliance, maintaining audit readiness and managing the Change Controls, CAPAs, and Deviations related to Pilot plant equipment and processes. 

- Develop and implement training programs for mentoring team members and ensuring consistent knowledge for Pilot Plant operations.

- Foster a high-performance, team-oriented environment, promoting accountability, innovation and continuous improvement.

- Provide strategic support to manufacturing activities including managing of equipment qualification, process optimization and process scale-up with regulatory expectations and project timelines.

- Champion continuous improvement initiatives and cross-functional collaboration to drive process optimization and operational excellence across the Pilot Plant.

- Stay updated of evolving regulatory guidelines and industry best practices, providing strategic guidance to the team and ensuring proactive compliance.

- Identify, escalate, and manage operational risks, ensuring timely resolution and communication to senior leadership.

The experience we're looking for

- A degree in a relevant scientific discipline (e.g., Chemistry, Life Sciences, Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, or Engineering). 

- Extensive experience in pharmaceutical, OTC or small molecule drug product manufacturing or Research & development, including 3 to 5 years in a leadership role within a pilot plant or manufacturing setting.

- Proven track record of managing cross functional teams and resources to deliver complex technical projects on time and within cGMP frameworks.

- Strong understanding of cGMP, Pharmaceutical regulatory requirements and quality systems, including experience handling Change Controls, CAPAs, and Deviations.

- Demonstrated experience in scale up and equipment qualification.

- Hands on experience with continuous improvement methodologies and driving operational excellence initiatives.

- Proficiency in technical training delivery, mentoring, and developing high-performing teams.

- Experience collaborating with EHS and Quality to ensure safe and compliant operations.

- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

- Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite.

- Proactive, resilient, and self-motivated strategic thinking.

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.