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At STERIS, we help our Customers create a healthier and safer world by providing innovative healthcare and life science product and service solutions around the globe.
About you: Do you want to spend your working time making a difference in the world around you? Are you passionate about supporting the medical and pharmaceutical industries? Do you care about keeping patients and people safe? If so, then a career with Steris AST could be a great fit for you.
About Us: At Steris AST we are the trusted experts in neutral sterilization offering includes radiation and gas technologies.
We offer electron beam, gamma, X-ray, ethylene oxide and vaporized hydrogen peroxide technologies for the purpose of product sterilization. Whether that product be a single use medical instrument, a hospital environment, cosmetics and toiletries, or food products, we make sure that everything that makes its way to an end user is safe for use or consumption.
We are currently recruiting for a Quality Engineer vacancy. This is an excellent opportunity to join the business at a skilled professional level and help us maintain and build on the excellent quality
What Is Involved
* Performs review of processing files for a new product or new specification requirements after product processing and prior to product release in order to ensure processing parameters have been met.
* To be responsible for product release for all processing at the site.
* Performs or facilities the review of operating logs to ensure timely and accurate record keeping.
* Performs or facilities the review and maintenance of calibration records to ensure calibration is performed in a timely manner.
* Establishes or facilities the establishment of appropriate policies and procedures as well as revisions and maintenance of AST quality Systems
* Writes or assists in the writing of deviation and responses to deviations as well as documenting Customer concerns based on established Customer specification and AST policies and procedures.
* Develops corrective actions as required by process deviation, procedure deviations, complaints, regulatory audits, Customer audits and internal audits, and develops training materials and trains employees in response to procedural changes, policy changes and improvement activities.
* Prepares or facilities the preparation of the monthly internal assessment report.
* Manages and provides deliverable or special projects such as procedure revisions.
* Provides support in form of data, documentation and feedback for Customer and/or regulatory audits, notified body audits as well as internal audits.
* Performs internal audits at the facility and other facilities as required.
* Monitors and trends data relative to the Quality systems and makes recommendations for improvements as well as establishes implementation plans
* Maintains professional skills, knowledge and abilities by attending educational workshops, reviewing professional publications and participating in professional societies.
* Support the continuous improvement efforts within the facility by participating in quality and performance improvement projects.
* Support a safe, clean and secure working environment by supporting procedures, rules and regulations.
* Protect company confidential information by properly storing, retrieving and disseminating such information only to those authorized.
Required Experience
* Minimum of 3 years professional experience, preferably including regulatory affairs, legal or governmental compliance matters, quality systems, internal auditing, applicable scientific or technical functions and/or healthcare industry experience.
* Requires ability to effectively read, write and verbally communicate in English.
* Requires to work independently under general guidance and supervision.
* Requires effective interpersonal skills as demonstrated through prior experience.
Computer Skills And Work Processing Spreadsheet And Software Capabilities.
* Requires above average organizing, analyzing and math skills to determine organizational, Customer and Regulatory problems and formulate corrective action plan.
* Attention to details.
* Able to adapt to changing duties and responsibilities.
* Able to influence people in the opinions, attitude or judgments, evaluate and decide, to adapt to situations under stress.
Knowledge of:
* 21 CFR Part 820 – Medical Device Quality System Regulations (QSR)
* 21 CFR Part 211 – Current Good Manufacturing Practice for Finished Pharmaceuticals (cGMP)
* 21 CFR Section 1271.150 – Current Good Tissue Practice (cGTP)
* 21 CFR Part 11 – Electronic Records, Electronic Signatures
* Health Canada, Food and Drug Regulations, Division 2, Part C: Good Manufacturing Practices - Drugs
* ISO 13485: Medical devices – Quality management systems
* ISO 17025: General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories
* ISO 9001 Current Certified Version, Quality Management Systems – Requirements
* Volume 4 Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) Guidelines – EU GMP
* MHLW Ministerial Ordinance No. 169, 2004 of the Japanese Pharmaceutical Affairs Law (PAL).
Equal Opportunities
STERIS plc provides employment and advancement opportunities without regard to age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion/belief, sex (gender), sexual orientation or any other legally protected characteristic as defined by UK employment law. The Company bases all employment decisions on merit, qualifications, skills, and abilities with the intention that the best candidate is selected for each position
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