Documentation Specialist

Bring more to life. Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference within life sciences, diagnostics and biotechnology? At Cytiva, one of Danaher’s 15+ operating companies, our work saves lives—and we’re all united by a shared commitment to innovate for tangible impact. You’ll thrive in a culture of belonging where you and your unique viewpoint matter. And by harnessing Danaher’s system of continuous improvement, you help turn ideas into impact – innovating at the speed of life.

Working at Cytiva means being at the forefront of providing new solutions to transform human health. Our incredible customers undertake life-saving activities ranging from fundamental biological research to developing innovative vaccines, new medicines, and cell and gene therapies. At Cytiva you will be able to continuously improve yourself and us – working on challenges that truly matter with people that care for each other, our customers, and their patients. Take your next step to an altogether life-changing career.

The Documentation Specialist on the Documentation Excellence team within the Automation, Digital, and Learning Solutions (AD&L) business is responsible for supporting the company documentation strategy and deadlines. You will work closely with different departments (Development, Quality Assurance, Implementation, Technical Documentation, Configuration, etc.) to identify project needs for documentation. This includes working with project managers and engineers to develop documentation deliverables lists for given projects in accordance with company design processes.

You will be expected to learn and follow the appropriate Cytiva processes, utilize the standardized tools provided, and become a department expert on the product data management (PDM) system related to engineering documentation. This role requires you to develop competence by performing structured work assignments and using existing procedures to solve routine or standard problems. To build knowledge in the documentation excellence discipline and broaden your capabilities. To apply general knowledge of business developed through education or past experience.

The AD&L portfolio consists of multiple projects and initiatives which are executed in a cross functional global environment across North America, Europe, and Asia. This role is offered onsite at the Cytiva Portsmouth Harbourgate, (UK) or the Krakow (Poland) location. At Cytiva, our vision is to advance future therapeutics from discovery to delivery.

What you’ll do:

• Create and maintain project documentation structures in the PDM system and SharePoint, common templates, guidelines on how to utilize processes/tools, as well as requirements and test cases in the Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) tool(s).
• Support customers, Regulatory Affairs, EHS, through management of internal documentation and milestones as well as maintain project documentation deliverables lists with due dates, status, and responsible owners.
• Use the PDM system to create and support new project documents and part numbers in the system, create and support Bills of Material (BOMs) within the system where applicable, create and shepherd documentation through the workflows of Engineering Change Orders (ECOs) and Requests (ECRs).

Who you are:

• University degree with zero (0) to three (3) years of relevant document entry experience working with Project Engineering, Design, Commissioning & Qualification documentation; preferably related to the Life Sciences/Bio Medical industry.
• Strong organizational skills and interpersonal skills; including excellent English oral and written communications skills.
• A quick learner who produces accurate, thorough, and consistent work.
• Able to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, and enjoys cross-functional teamwork.
• Holds a valid work permit for the United Kingdom or Poland.

It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in: cGMP change control systems and GxP. Working in project teams utilizing phase-gate or agile project execution methodologies. Using cloud file storage services such as SharePoint, and tools like Magic, Veeva, and ALM (Azure DevOps and Micro Focus ALM); as well as documentation tools such as MS Word, Excel, and PDF.

Join our winning team today. Together, we’ll accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrow’s science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life. At Danaher, we value diversity and the existence of similarities and differences, both visible and not, found in our workforce, workplace and throughout the markets we serve. Our associates, customers and shareholders contribute unique and different perspectives as a result of these diverse attributes.