Quality Assurance Specialist implements company and regulatory quality standards for product manufacturing. Knowledgeable of industry and governmental quality regulations. Being a Quality Assurance Specialist audits and reviews quality data according to existing procedures. Documents results in required format. Additionally, Quality Assurance Specialist requires a bachelor's degree or equivalent. Typically reports to a manager or head of a unit/department. The Quality Assurance Specialist work is closely managed. Works on projects/matters of limited complexity in a support role. To be a Quality Assurance Specialist typically requires 0-2 years of related experience. (Copyright 2024 Salary.com)
Job Description
Our Quality Assurance group ensures all materials inside our products and the products themselves are manufactured, tested, and distributed in alignment with our high standards of quality.
Partnering across our internal manufacturing facilities, external contract manufacturers and suppliers, we create an interdependent global manufacturing network committed to delivering a compliant, reliable supply to customers and patients on time, every time, across the globe.
Our Company will construct a new manufacturing facility to significantly expand its production capacity for a medicine for the treatment of certain forms of bladder cancer.
Global demand has outpaced our current maximum manufacturing capabilities. Once this new facility is fully operational, we will triple our current manufacturing capacity, which is expected to support the anticipated demand for the foreseeable future.
This investment reaffirms our Company’s longstanding commitment to producing this medicine for the patients who need it.
The facility will include end-to-end processing of drug substance, drug product, including biotech culture growth, harvest, lyophilization, product inspection, and quality control laboratories.
The Quality Assurance Specialist will support this expansion. Project activities requiring support include the capital project to construct the facility, process and technology introduction, compliance improvements, and manufacturing readiness to initiate production of commercial product.
The focus for the position includes all aspects of Quality oversight for drug product, drug substance, media preparation, and sterile supply.
Position Responsibilities :
Reporting to the Quality Assurance Organization, will independently manage project assignments.
Ensure individually assigned aspects of the project proceed in compliance with cGMP, regulations, and our Company’s Quality Management System.
Supporting areas such as Design, Commissioning, Qualification and Compliance covering Manufacturing Equipment (isolator, restricted access barrier, incubator, washer, autoclave, formulation vessel, lyophilizers, etc.).
Provide QA shop floor support in the execution and review of GMP documentation such as IQ, OQ and other technical documents to meet schedule milestones.
Provide QA shop floor support on batch review, alarm response, incursion response and deviation management.
Provide QA shop floor support on Aseptic techniques, aseptic observations, cleaning techniques, and gowning observations.
Partner with site functions to solve problems and achieve goals.
Makes decisions guided by policies and procedures that impact the team’s ability to meet performance objectives.
Consults on an as-needed basis with next level manager on more complex decisions.
Education Minimum Requirement :
Bachelor's and / or Master’s (or other advanced) Degree in chemical engineering, biochemical engineering, biological systems engineering, biology, biochemistry, chemistry or related life science or engineering discipline.
Required Experience and Skills :
With Bachelor’s Degree, at least 3 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry or highly regulated industry.
With Master’s (or other advanced) degree, at least 1 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry or highly regulated industry.
At least 1 year of experience in aseptic manufacturing or other clean room environment .
Strong contemporary knowledge of relevant current good manufacturing practices (cGMPs), regulations and current industry trends.
Effective decision making, problem solving and communication skills. Ability to manage multiple priorities.
Demonstrated ability to work in fast-paced, complex environments and escalate appropriately.
Schedule : Monday - Friday, 6 AM - 2 : 30 PM EST. (May include weekends and holidays)
Preferred Experience and Skills :
GMP quality experience with biological drug substance or drug product.
GMP experience with qualification of equipment.
Experience with Quality Risk Management.
Project Management experience in a highly regulated industry.
Experience with Kneat, SAP, Veeva and / or GLIMS.
Experience in deviation management with focus on quality review and approval.
Experience in Aseptic processing, aseptic observations, and techniques.
Electronic manufacturing batch records (eMBR) experience.
In accordance with all employees subject to this policy are required to have a minimum of twelve (12) months of service in current position prior to applying for open positions.
If you have been offered a separation benefits package, but have not yet reached your separation date and are offered a position within the salary and geographical parameters as set forth in the Summary Plan Description (SPD) of your separation package, then you are no longer eligible for your separation benefits package.
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Employees working in roles that the Company determines require routine collaboration with external stakeholders, such as customer-facing commercial, or research-based roles, will be expected to comply not only with Company policy but also with policies established by such external stakeholders (for example, a requirement to be vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to access a facility or meet with stakeholders).
Please understand that, as permitted by applicable law, if you have not been vaccinated against COVID-19 and an essential function of your job is to call on external stakeholders who require vaccination to enter their premises or engage in face-to-face meetings, then your employment may pose an undue burden to business operations, in which case you may not be offered employment, or your employment could be terminated.
Please also note that, where permitted by applicable law, the Company reserves the right to require COVID-19 vaccinations for positions, such as in Global Employee Health, where the Company determines in its discretion that the nature of the role presents an increased risk of disease transmission.
Last updated : 2024-03-03
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