Analyst, Quality Control - Incoming Material

Hikma Pharmaceuticals; Sintra; On-site; EUR 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Direct contract with Hikma

Competitive salary

Life insurance

Health insurance for children up to 24

Annual performance bonus

Growth opportunities

Job summary

Hikma Pharmaceuticals in Portugal is seeking an Analyst, Quality Control - Incoming Material (m/f) to join the Quality Control team on-site. You will perform analyses of raw materials and excipients, ensure compliance with specifications, and support lab operations in a GMP environment.

The role requires a Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering or Chemistry, strong analytical and organizational skills, and good communication.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Chemical engineering / Chemistry or similar
• Analytical skills
• Organizational skills
• Basic English verbal and written preferred
• Problem Solving
• Communication & Influence
• Planning & Organizing
• Taking Initiative & Drive for Results
• Analytical & Critical Thinking

Responsibilities

• Stays updated with regulatory and quality standards, evolutions in GXP compliance and best practices, including Standard Operating Procedures adherence.
• Maintains Quality KPIs and other key metrics established.
• Analyses of raw materials and excipients, while meeting compendial and in-house specifications
• Analyses of primary packaging material for compliance with regulatory and technical and in-house specifications.
• Performs lab-based analyses of utilities (such as water for injection, deionized water, steam, compressed air and nitrogen, including new lines/extension validations).
• Manages the laboratory, including organization and cleanliness, equipment maintenance and operation, consumables stock management.
• Supports and communicate with other departments on required activities needed to improve the workflow.
• Supports management in laboratorial activities related to Lab investigations to proper define the root cause.

Skills

Analytical skills

Organizational skills

Basic English (written)

Problem Solving

Communication & Influence

Planning & Organizing

Taking Initiative

Drive for Results

Analytical & Critical Thinking

Education

Bachelors in Chemical Engineering / Chemistry

Job description

Founded by Samih Darwazah over 40 years ago in Jordan, Hikma's purpose is to provide affordable, quality medicines to the people in need. Based on very solid foundations, we continue to innovate daily and find practical solutions to transform the lives of the millions of people we serve.

At the end of the 1980s, we extended ours beyond the Middle East and acquired land in Portugal for the construction of a sterile factory for injectable pharmaceutical products. This was an important turning point for the company, and our first step into a new region. Today, in Portugal, we have more than 1000 employees and 3 factories for the production of injectable medicines.

Hikma intends to recruit an Analyst, Quality Control - Incoming Material (m/f) to integrate the Quality Control, working on-site.

Main Responsibilities

• Stays updated with regulatory and quality standards, evolutions in GXP compliance and best practices, including Standard Operating Procedures adherence.
• Maintains Quality KPIs and other key metrics stablished.
• Analyses of raw materials and excipients, while meeting compendial and in-house specifications
• Analyses of primary packaging material for compliance with regulatory and technical and in-house specifications.
• Performs lab-based analyses of utilities (such as water for injection, deionized water, steam, compressed air and nitrogen, including new lines/extension validations).
• Manages the laboratory, including organization and cleanliness, equipment maintenance and operation, consumables stock management.
• Supports and communicate with other departments on required activities needed to improve the workflow.
• Supports management in laboratorial activities related to Lab investigations to proper define the root cause.

Profile

• Bachelor's degree in Chemical engineering / Chemistry or similar
• Analytical skills
• Organizational skills
• Basic computer skills
• Basic English verbal and written preferred
• Problem Solving
• Communication & Influence
• Planning & Organizing
• Taking Initiative & Drive for Results
• Analytical & Critical Thinking

We offer

• Direct contract with Hikma
• Competitive salary aligned with the role
• Life insurance
• Health Insurance extended to student children (up to age 24)
• Annual Performance Bonus
• Real Growth Opportunities

If you think this is a good opportunity for your professional career, join us and contribute to Better Health, within everyone's reach, every day