Qualified Person

Custom Pharma Services; Brighton; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

26 days holiday per year

Annual bonus

Life assurance

Health plan

Ride to work

Gym membership

Employee referral £1,000

Job summary

Custom Pharma Services in Brighton hires a Qualified Person to certify and release finished products, ensuring compliance across GMP standards and regulatory expectations. You'll collaborate with the Head of QA and mentor Trainee QPs while driving continuous improvement.

Based in Hove with some travel to Brighton, the role offers a permanent contract, 37.5 hours per week, and a comprehensive benefits package designed to support you and your family.

Qualifications

• Must be a Qualified Person with authority to certify and release products.
• Experience reviewing NCRs/LIRs and providing GMP guidance.
• Ability to mentor Trainee QPs and lead quality discussions.
• Commitment to CPD and staying current with industry developments.

Responsibilities

• Act as Qualified Person, ensuring compliant certification and release of finished products.
• Review and approve non-conformance reports (NCRs & LIRs).
• Provide GMP advice and guidance across the business.
• Mentor quality colleagues and sponsor Trainee QPs.
• Keep current with industry developments through CPD.
• Maintain training records and comply with Health and Safety policies.

Skills

QP certification experience

GMP knowledge

Mentoring

Job description

Shape the Future of Pharmaceutical Manufacturing as a Qualified Person

Join a specialist CDMO where you'll have direct impact on bringing complex, life-changing medicines to market.

Please note: Applicants must have the right to work in the UK without requiring sponsorship.

About Custom Pharma Services (CPS)

Custom Pharma Services is located in Brighton, UK since 1979 and is a full-service contract development and manufacturing organisation (CDMO) providing services tailored to your needs, no matter how niche or complex. Custom covers the full spectrum of activities from development through commercial manufacturing for both clinical and commercial use. Specialising in Oral Solid Dosage forms with the ability to handle highly potent drugs and poorly bioavailable compounds Custom really is your one stop resource. With direct access to highly skilled experts offering a partnership approach, Custom Pharma Services truly has a molecule first mentality, managing all projects with the end in mind. Custom Can!

Custom Pharma Services is a workplace where teamwork and support is encouraged, and where every individual is valued and supported to achieve their full potential because if you can, then Custom Can!

What You'll Be Doing

You’ll act as Qualified Person, ensuring compliant certification and release of finished products. Work with the Head of Quality on significant quality matters while maintaining collective responsibility for batch certification.

• Perform QP certification of licensed medicinal products and Investigational Medicinal Products (IMPs)
• Review and approve non-conformance reports (NCRs & LIRs)
• Provide GMP advice and guidance across the business
• Mentor quality colleagues and sponsor Trainee QPs
• Keep current with industry developments through CPD
• Maintain training records and comply with Health and Safety policies

What You’ll Enjoy

• Rising holiday allowance to 26 days holiday plus UK bank holidays
• Annual profit related company and individual bonus payment based on successful performance
• Life assurance at twice annual salary
• Health Plan with Simply Health including access to a GP or Counselling Services 24/7, money back on prescriptions, optical, dental and physiotherapy
• Ride to work scheme
• Subsidised Gym Membership
• Employee Referral Scheme bonus of £1,000

Location

You will be based in Hove, Conway street with 3-minute walk to the train station and a busy part of the city.

There will be some travel required to our second facility in Brighton.

Ready to Make Your Mark?

If you're ready to take on pharmaceutical challenges and shape quality standards at a growing CDMO, we want to hear from you.

Successful candidates will be required to complete a basic disclosure check.

Strictly no agencies please.

Department

QA

Contract type

Permanent

Hours

37.5

• Rising holiday allowance to 26 days holiday plus UK bank holidays
• pension
• life assurance
• bike to work scheme
• health plan
• free hot drinks vending
• discount shopping portal
• enhanced maternity / paternity
• subsidised gym and values based awards
• We offer free parking on site
• easy access to the A27 and Hove Railway Station is within walking distance
• Local buses also stop close by