Location:
- Manchester, UK (Hybrid – Office & Remote)
- Bangkok, Thailand (Hybrid – Office & Remote). Open to relocation.
Move from Manufacturing Operations into Digital Transformation
Are you working in pharmaceutical or medical device manufacturing and looking for a new career path beyond day-to-day operations?
Factorytalk is looking for production, quality, or process engineers who want to move into digital manufacturing consulting, helping leading life sciences companies modernise their factory operations.
This role is ideal for someone who understands how manufacturing really works and wants to help transform those processes using modern digital platforms.
The Role
As a Solution Consultant, you will work directly with pharmaceutical manufacturers to digitalise manufacturing operations using the Tulip platform.
You will run customer workshops, capture operational requirements, and design digital solutions that replace paper and legacy systems across manufacturing processes.
The role spans both pre-sales and project delivery, helping shape solutions with customers and supporting their implementation.
Key Responsibilities
- Run workshops with production, engineering, and quality teams
- Capture operational requirements and manufacturing workflows
- Design digital solutions for manufacturing processes
- Support pre-sales discussions and solution demonstrations
- Build and deploy applications using the Tulip platform
- Support project delivery from concept through deployment
Typical applications include:
- Electronic batch records
- Digital work instructions
- Batch changeover and line clearance workflows
- Production data capture and process tracking
- Quality and deviation processes
- Equipment and maintenance workflows
Training & Development
Factorytalk provides extensive training and mentoring including:
- Tulip platform training and certification
- Coaching from experienced digital manufacturing consultants
- Exposure to global digital manufacturing programmes
Candidate Profile
Essential
- ~5 years’ experience in pharmaceutical or medical device manufacturing
- Background in production, process engineering, or quality
- Strong understanding of manufacturing operations in GMP environments across multiple products and processes.
- Excellent communication and problem-solving skills
Desirable
- Exposure to MES or manufacturing digitalisation initiatives
- Quality Assurance, process improvement or operational excellence experience
- Interest in technology, software, using data.
Why Join Factorytalk
- Transition from running manufacturing processes to designing digital factories
- Join a leader and innovator in the field
- Work on modern digital manufacturing platforms
- Develop a career in life sciences digital transformation
If you have manufacturing experience and want to help transform how pharmaceutical factories operate, we would love to hear from you.