QA Officer

Fresenius Kabi UK; Runcorn; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A global healthcare company is seeking a Quality Assurance Officer in Runcorn to support the development and maintenance of quality standards and systems. This full-time role involves collaborating with departments, managing complaints, and ensuring compliance. Candidates should have experience in Quality Assurance within the pharmaceutical industry, possess strong administrative skills, and be able to communicate effectively. Benefits include no weekend work, a contributory pension scheme, tailored training, and more.

Benefits

No weekend working

Contributory Pension Scheme

Role specific training and development

Life Insurance

33 days of holiday

Healthcare cashback scheme

Paid parental leave

Free onsite parking

Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Experience in a Quality Assurance department within the pharmaceutical industry.
• Strong administrative skills and computer literate.
• Resilient and able to use own initiative to solve problems.
• Ability to plan workload and follow processes.
• Good communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Support the development and maintenance of quality standards and systems.
• Build relationships across departments to foster quality culture.
• Coordinate sample returns and assist in complaint investigations.
• Manage end-to-end complaints and contribute to customer satisfaction.
• Assist with quality documents and departmental projects.

Skills

Quality Assurance experience

Administrative skills

Problem-solving initiative

Good communication skills

Job description

Overview

Are you a resilient and process driven Quality Assurance Officer with experience in the Pharmaceutical industry?

We are looking for a Quality Assurance Officer to join our Quality team. Reporting to a Quality Assurance Manager, the role will be supporting all departments in the development, implementation and maintenance of quality standards and systems. This role will be full-time, 37.5 hours per week Monday-Friday and based in Runcorn.

Fresenius Kabi is a global healthcare company that specializes in lifesaving medicines and technologies for infusion, transfusion and clinical nutrition. The company's products and services are used to help care for critically and chronically ill patients.

Our product portfolio included a comprehensive range of IV generic drugs, infusion therapies and clinical nutrition products as well as the medical devices for administering these products.

Responsibilities

• Supporting all departments in the development, implementation and maintenance of quality standards and systems
• Building strong working relationships with all departments across the business to engender a quality culture
• Complying with all necessary standard operating procedures and systems to ensure the effective monitoring of quality standards
• Co‑ordinating sample returns to complaints and sending off to relevant areas/3rd parties/Production units
• Partnering with a business area and becoming familiar with their processes to aid complaint investigations and closures. Holding regular meetings and fostering the improvement
• Supporting the investigation of root cause(s) of complaints and non‑conformances and assisting with the implementation of corrective/preventative actions to reduce these events
• Managing end to end complaints as per the complaints handling process right from logging of complaint to the final response to the complainant and making a positive contribution to the customer satisfaction side of the business
• Collating and reviewing data monthly to identify issues and areas of improvement from the data
• Maintaining an overall knowledge of the current status of compliance across the site with rules and standards
• Assisting with the maintenance of quality standards and supporting departmental projects.
• Reviewing and updating quality documents and procedures
• Undertaking any other relevant duties to support the Quality Management team and Head of Quality

This role will be split between being office based and in the warehouse managing complaint samples and medical devices

Qualifications

• Experience in a Quality Assurance department within the pharmaceutical industry
• Strong administrative skills and computer literate
• Resilient and able to use own initiative to solve problems
• Ability to plan workload and follow processes
• Good communication skills

Benefits

• No rota'd weekend working and no night shifts
• Contributory Pension Scheme (rises with service)
• Role specific tailored training and development plan
• Life Insurance (4 x salary, death in service)
• 33 days holiday (rises to 35 after 5 years service) and ability to buy/sell holidays
• Healthcare cashback scheme (including dental, optical & alternative therapies)
• Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Leave
• Professional fees paid
• Bike to work scheme
• Long Service Awards
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Free onsite parking and subsidised canteen
• Blue Light Card
• Company funded family days out

We are proud to foster a workplace free from discrimination. Diversity of experience, perspectives, and background create a better work environment and better products. Whatever your identity, we will give your application fair consideration.