QA Associate – Pharmaceutical Manufacturing

Granules Pharmaceuticals Inc.; Manassas, Northern (VA, KY); Hybrid; USD 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Granules Consumer Health, LLC in Manassas, Virginia, seeks a Document Control specialist to maintain GMP-compliant documentation and records. The role supports release of finished product batches and maintenance of training documentation, ensuring alignment with regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities include controlling and archiving batch and change control records, coordinating labeling components, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to meet deliverables.

Qualifications

• cGMP compliance in pharmaceutical manufacturing.
• Writing and maintaining cGMP documentation.
• Analyze data/information and resolve complex issues.
• Verbal and written communication skills.
• Work and communicate with cross-functional teams.
• Prioritize multiple tasks and re-prioritize as needed.

Responsibilities

• Manage and maintain document control systems and archival records.
• Route, review, approve, and distribute controlled documents.
• Track documents with control numbers, logbooks, and status reports.
• Archive batch records, audit files, vendor files, and change history.
• Control and issue labeling components and related documents.
• Provide new hire training on GMP, safety, and pharmacovigilance.

Skills

cGMP

Documentation

Data analysis

Verbal & written communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Prioritization

Education

Science degree

Job description

Description

Granules Consumer Health, LLC is a subsidiary of Granules India LTD, a vertically integrated pharmaceutical company with headquarters in Hyderabad, India. Granules Consumer Health, LLC is located in Manassas, Virginia. We have over 106 employees and annual revenue of $76.64 million. We serve as Granules’ packaging facility and front-end division for private label over the counter (OTC) products in the US. We offer OTC generics that meet the highest level of quality at an affordable cost. As such, we are well-established on bulk supply through efficiencies garnered through manufacturing, integration and a high level of regulatory compliance. We are dedicated to excellence in manufacturing, quality, and customer service.

Job Duties & Responsibilities

• Manage and maintain company document control and archival systems (hardcopy and electronic) in compliance with internal procedures and policies as well as regulatory requirements.
• Manage the routing, review, approval, distribution and archival of new and revised controlled documents.
• Track controlled documents through the issuance of Document Control numbers, logbooks, change requests, and document status reports.
• Archive and maintain hardcopy and electronic copies of batch records files, audit files, vendor files, product, label files and change history files.
• Control and issuance of labeling components.
• Manage all document control logbooks and spreadsheets.
• Perform the release of finished product batches packaged.
• Provide new hire training on GMP’s, Safety, and Pharmacovigilance and maintain the training program documentation.
• Ensure standard operating procedures are periodically reviewed for relevance and accuracy in compliance with company policies and procedures.
• Collaborate with team members to ensure timely deliverables for documentation.
• Ensuring all documents are up to date with respect to version control and issuance
• Perform and support maintenance and closure activities of documents such as reports, protocols exceptions/deviations, CAPAs, change controls and complaints.
• cGMP Compliance in Document Control.
• Any other activity as assigned by the Supervisor

Requirements

Knowledge & Skills

• cGMP compliance within the pharmaceutical manufacturing industry.
• Writing and maintaining cGMP documentation.
• Analyze data/information and resolve complex issues.
• Verbal and written communication skills.
• Work and communicate with cross-functional teams.
• Multiple priorities and re-prioritize tasks.

Experience & Education

• At least two (2) years’ experience in a quality assurance role in a cGMP-regulated environment.
• A college Degree preferably in Sciences (i.e. Pharmacy, Biology, Chemistry etc.)

Physical Requirements/Working Environment

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to, stand, sit, talk, hear, and use hands and fingers to operate a computer and telephone keyboard.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision requirements due to computer work.
• Ability to sit at a computer terminal for an extended period of time.
• Light to moderate lifting up to 10-15 lbs. is required.
• Ability to work in a confined area.

We believe in fair and transparent pay practices. Actual compensation is determined based on relevant experience, qualifications, skills, and internal equity.