QA Officer - Biotechnology

Russell Taylor Group Ltd; Warrington; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 33,000; Full time

Job summary

A biotech company in Cheshire is seeking a QA Specialist to strengthen their team. The role involves generating and reviewing SOPs, supporting customers, and ensuring GMP compliance. Candidates must have a degree in a scientific discipline and good knowledge of GMP. Experience with CAPAs and customer complaint handling is advantageous. This permanent position offers a salary of £28,000-£33,000, 25 days holiday, private medical, and a pension scheme.

Benefits

25 days holiday + Bank Holidays

Private medical

Share options scheme

Company pension

Qualifications

• Good knowledge of GMP required.
• Experience with CAPA, Deviations, OOS, OOT is preferred.
• Customer complaint handling experience is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Generate or review SOPs and other documents.
• Provide support to customers and conduct product investigations.
• Coordinate and resolve customer complaints promptly.
• Participate in internal audit programmes to ensure GMP compliance.
• Utilise scientific resources to improve product quality.

Skills

Knowledge of GMP

Strong IT skills

Good interpersonal skills

Strong written/verbal report writing skills

Education

Degree in a relevant scientific discipline

Job description

Overview

QA Officer/ Specialist - Biotechnology, onsite in Cheshire. Type: Permanent. Salary: £28,000-£33,000 (dependent on experience). Hours: Days (Monday - Friday), 08:00 - 16:30. Parking on site. Additional: 25 days holiday + Bank Holidays, private medical, share options scheme, company pension.

Our client, a biotech company, is looking to strengthen their QA team and recruit an experienced QA Specialist.

Responsibilities

• Generation or review of SOPs and other documents (where applicable)
• Provide support to customers, answer queries, and conduct product investigations
• Coordinate and resolve immediate/urgent customer complaints, ensuring prompt responses/resolution
• Participate in the internal audit programme to ensure continued GMP compliance of all site activities
• Utilise scientific resources to work on improving quality of products and services
• Maintain personal training folder in an auditable state
• Maintain quality documentation system
• Participate in quality improvement initiatives
• Support in the process of maintaining and archiving documentation
• Support and execute external audits where applicable
• Support management when hosting regulatory audits
• Work on executing and maintaining the QMS, including but not limited to:
• Risk Assessments
• Change Controls
• CAPAs
• Deviations
• Complaints
• Recalls
• OOS/OOT

Key Requirements

• Degree in a relevant scientific discipline
• Good knowledge of GMP
• Experience in CAPA, Deviations, OOS, OOT; internal auditing (preferred); customer complaints handling would be advantageous
• Strong IT skills (Microsoft applications)
• Good interpersonal skills and strong written/verbal report writing skills

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