Calibration Engineer

Calibration Engineer

Hours: 37.5 hours per week, Monday – Friday. Flexible working hours.

Ref No.: HRJOB11243

Business Unit: Pharma Services

Location: Charnwood, Loughborough

Open To: Internal and external candidates

About The Role

As a Calibration Engineer within Almac Pharma Services, based at our Charnwood site, you will play a key role in supporting a GMP‑compliant calibration programme across a regulated pharmaceutical manufacturing environment.

You will be responsible for carrying out calibration, verification, adjustment and repair of a wide range of instrumentation and specialist equipment, ensuring compliance with relevant industry standards, company procedures and regulatory requirements. The role involves both hands‑on technical work and structured documentation, with a strong focus on quality, accuracy and compliance.

Working closely with Engineering and site stakeholders, you will investigate and resolve calibration‑related issues, contribute to instrument criticality assessments, support new equipment installation, and ensure calibration schedules, records and reference standards are maintained to a high standard.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a highly regulated environment where attention to detail, problem‑solving and technical expertise directly support patient safety and product quality.

Key Responsibilities

· Perform calibration, verification and preventive maintenance of instrumentation in line with approved procedures.

· Investigate, diagnose and rectify calibration and instrumentation faults in a timely manner.

· Work in accordance with GMP requirements and approved calibration methods

· Specify, purchase, install and set up new and replacement instrumentation and associated spare parts.

· Maintain calibration reference standards and calibration records

· Contribute to instrument criticality assessments and development of calibration schedules.

· Report and investigate calibration non‑conformances in line with quality systems

· Support compliance with Health & Safety, Quality and Training requirements

· Carry out additional duties appropriate to the role as required by the Engineering Supervisor

About You

To be successful in this role, we’re looking for you to have the following essential criteria:

· City & Guilds qualification in Electronics or Control & Instrumentation

· Experience carrying out calibration activities within a pharmaceutical or similarly regulated manufacturing environment

· Good working knowledge of instrumentation and control systems in a GMP environment

· Understanding of UKAS‑accredited calibration principles

The following would be desirable, but not essential:

· ONC / HNC qualification in Electronics, Electrical Engineering or Instrumentation & Control

· Experience working with Building Management Systems (BMS)

· Experience using electronic calibration management systems

Reward

For the successful candidate, we offer an attractive benefits package which includes a competitive salary, annual bonus, employer pension contributions, 34 days’ paid annual leave, healthcare benefits, flexible working options where applicable, and excellent opportunities for personal and professional development across the Almac Group.

To Apply

Apply online by submitting a CV that clearly details how you meet the essential (and where applicable, desirable) criteria for the role.

Closing Date: Sunday 12th April 2026 @ 5pm

RECRUITMENT AGENCIES PLEASE NOTE:

Almac will only accept applications from agencies/business partners that have been invited to work on this role by our Talent Acquisition team. Speculative CVs submitted directly to Hiring Managers will be considered unsolicited and no fee will be payable. Thank you for your cooperation.