QA Officer, Pharmaceutical (Fixed term contract)
Location: Stevenage (fully onsite x5 days a week) – days
Type: Fixed term contract (12 months)
Salary: £39,000 CIRCA
Russell Taylor Group is partnering with an established pharmaceutical manufacturing company to recruit an experienced QA Officer for up to 12 months. There is potential for the role to become more permanent, with a review at the end of the contract. The company is undergoing positive change and QMS development, making this an exciting project.
Responsibilities
* The Quality Assurance Officer will be responsible for quality management, quality assurance, and quality auditing tasks related to pharmaceutical products.
* Ensuring products are fit for purpose before release for use or commercial sale.
* Maintaining and improving QMS performance by ensuring items such as deviations, CAPA and change control for which you are the owner are progressed in a compliant and timely manner and all other items are reviewed and/or approved in accordance with internal procedures.
* Ensure customer or supplier complaints are satisfactorily investigated and communicated.
* Ensure all customer requests and queries are dealt with in a timely manner in line with company procedures.
* Participate and/or host internal and external audits inclusive of customer and regulatory audits.
* Competent to author and approve routine QMS activities.
* Perform Root Cause Analysis using problem solving tools such as Fishbone, 5 Whys, etc.
* Authors, reviews, and approves Controlled Documents in accordance with procedures.
* Will support delivering the site GMP training as required.
* Will conduct the internal audit programme.
* Will support the maintenance of the site QMS and facilitate reporting of relevant KPIs within the department and across the site as required.
* Ensure customer or supplier complaints are satisfactorily investigated and communicated.
Qualifications
* The ideal candidate will hold a degree in a STEM‑related subject.
* Experienced in batch review and batch release.
* GMP QA experience is essential! Ideally in a pharmaceutical setting or similar.
* Experience in CAPA, deviations, change controls, internal auditing (preferred) etc.
* Strong interpersonal skills – we are looking for candidates who are good communicators.
* Strong written and verbal use of the English language essential due to the nature of the role.
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