Pharma QA Associate — Quality & Compliance Lead

Health and Aged Care Professionals; Sydney; On-site; AUD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Health and Aged Care Professionals in Sydney invites applications for a full-time Quality Assurance position within the pharmaceutical distribution context. You will support day-to-day QA activities across storage and distribution, including product release, investigations and continuous improvement, with engagement across internal teams and external partners.

The role focuses on hands-on quality assurance, temperature excursion reviews, complaints handling and CAPA-driven improvements, ideal

Qualifications

• Tertiary qualification in a technical discipline or relevant practical experience.
• Demonstrated experience within the pharmaceutical industry.
• Experience working within GDP/GMP quality management systems.
• Ability to build effective relationships across functions.
• Comfortable working both independently and as part of a team.

Responsibilities

• Review and approve product release for distribution, ensuring quality requirements are met.
• Investigate temperature excursions and assess impact on product quality.
• Manage customer complaints and returned product assessments, coordinating follow-up actions.
• Prepare quality reports and performance metrics, highlighting trends and improvement opportunities.
• Support quality risk assessments, deviation investigations, CAPAs and change control.
• Maintain training records and support GDP, GMP and procedural training.
• Participate in internal and external audits and follow up on findings.
• Review customer and vendor approvals and coordinate reapprovals.
• Support recall management and wider quality improvement initiatives.

Skills

Pharma QA

Stakeholder mgmt

GDP/GMP knowledge

Independent & collaborative

Problem solving

Education

Technical degree or relevant experience

Job description

Health and Aged Care Professionals in Sydney invites applications for a full-time Quality Assurance position within the pharmaceutical distribution context. You will support day-to-day QA activities across storage and distribution, including product release, investigations and continuous improvement, with engagement across internal teams and external partners.

The role focuses on hands-on quality assurance, temperature excursion reviews, complaints handling and CAPA-driven improvements, ideal