Quality Planning Specialist

**Quality Planning Specialist**

**Location**:Edinburgh BioQuarter/Shawfair, Dalkeith

**Who are we?**

We are RoslinCT, a world-leading cell and gene therapy contract development and manufacturing organisation creating cutting-edge therapies that change people’s lives.

Collaborative, dedicated and talented people are the backbone of our culture, working both autonomously and in driven teams to make life-changing products utilising ground-breaking science.

Find out more about what we do here

**Why join us?**
- The opportunity to join a rapidly expanding company which is changing lives, giving you the skills and experience to develop your career.
- A generous salary package - we reward our people at the level they deserve.
- 31 days of annual leave, plus 4 public holidays which increases with tenure.
- A competitive company pension scheme to help you save for the future.
- Group Life Cover - you are automatically covered for three times your basic salary to give you and your family peace of mind.
- Private healthcare and access to mental health/wellbeing support as your health and wellbeing means a lot to us.
- Flexible benefits such as retail discounts and access to the Cycle2Work scheme.

**Your new role**

We’re now seeking a **Quality Planning Specialist** to take ownership of planning activities within our Quality function. This is a high-visibility role responsible for aligning capacity, people, and processes with evolving project and customer needs in a fast-paced, GMP-regulated environment.

In this role, you'll lead the end-to-end planning of Quality operations, from daily schedules to long-term capacity forecasting. You’ll work closely with cross-functional stakeholders and line manage a growing planning team as we scale.

**Key responsibilities include**:

- Manage and optimise the Quality Department Schedule and Daily Quality Schedule.
- Forecast staffing and resource needs, identifying gaps and resolving conflicts proactively.
- Translate project timelines into deliverable, daily activity plans aligned with GMP expectations.
- Monitor and escalate delays, bottlenecks, or issues, recommending mitigation strategies.
- Collaborate with Manufacturing, QC, Supply Chain, Facilities, and Project Management to ensure alignment.
- Build and maintain planning dashboards and KPIs, reporting on delivery performance.
- Align training and resource planning with operations forecasts.
- Communicate changes clearly across teams, ensuring visibility and buy-in.
- Liaise with clients to ensure planning meetings contractual milestones and customer expectations.
- Drive continuous improvement in planning processes and tools for agility and efficiency.

**What we're looking for**

We're looking for someone with planning and scheduling experience - not just general quality or project management. You'll need to have worked in a GMP pharmaceutical, biologics, or life sciences manufacturing environment where precision, compliance, and capacity management are non-negotiable.
- Hands-on experience in resource or workload planning, scheduling, or capacity management in a regulated setting.
- Background in GMP manufacturing or quality within life sciences, biotech, or pharmaceuticals.
- Experience working with cross-functional teams to deliver operational goals under pressure.
- Knowledge of Quality Management Systems and regulatory timelines.
- Strong organisational and communication skills - able to coordinate people, projects, and data effectively.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office (especially Excel) and comfortable managing and interpreting planning data.
- Proven ability to resolve conflicts, manage shifting priorities, and influence outcomes.
- Comfortable liaising with customers and senior stakeholders.

**Next Steps**
- At RoslinCT, we’re all about inclusivity and creating a fair, welcoming workplace. Our goal is to make sure everyone knows they’re valued and encouraged to be themselves, whether they’re our employees, customers, or partners._