Quality Assurance Senior Associate

Planet Pharma; Holly Springs (NC); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Planet Pharma in North Carolina is seeking a Sr. Associate Plant Quality Assurance on-the-floor to partner with manufacturing and support groups for bulk drug substance manufacturing and new product introduction across development, clinical and commercial operations.

The role facilitates real-time decision making to ensure adherence to GMP quality requirements, providing coaching and direction for manufacturing events, deviations, quality systems and compliance.

Qualifications

• GMP knowledge required
• GDP and cGMP awareness
• Quality oversight experience

Responsibilities

• Provide on-going Quality oversight to ensure products are manufactured, tested, stored, and distributed according to current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP), Good Documentation Practices (GDP) and other applicable regulations.
• Ensure that facilities, equipment, materials, organization, processes, and procedures comply with applicable regulations and requirements relating to Good Manufacturing Practices, Good Documentation Practices, Safety, and other controls.
• Drive closure/completion (including review and approve) of cGMP processes, procedures, documents and records, including but not limited to deviations, investigations, corrective action/preventative actions (CAPA)s.
• Ensure production and testing records/results are complete, accurate, and documented according to procedures, GDP and cGMP requirements.
• Oversee and provide guidance during on-the-floor analytical testing.
• Ensure that changes that could potentially impact product quality are assessed according to procedures.
• Ensure that deviations from established procedures are investigated and documented per procedures.
• Alert senior management of quality, compliance, supply and safety risks.
• Provide project management support, leading efforts to drive timely achievement of tasks and develop strategies for system implementation.
• Identification and implementation of continuous improvement opportunities within our processes and systems.
• Support and represent PQA during audits and inspections; may directly interact with regulatory agencies during on-site inspections.

Job description

open market rate Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. The North Carolina (ANC) Sr. Associate Plant Quality Assurance (PQA) on-the-floor position will work directly with plant manufacturing and support groups for on-going bulk drug substance manufacturing and new product introduction-including development, clinical, and commercial operations. The Sr Associate PQA position will facilitate real-time decision making to ensure adherence to GMP quality requirements. This is a unique opportunity to maintain and further build a strong partnership and learning environment between Manufacturing and Quality staff providing coaching, guidance and direction for manufacturing events, deviations, quality systems and compliance

Target PR Range: open market rate Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. The North Carolina (ANC) Sr. Associate Plant Quality Assurance (PQA) on-the-floor position will work directly with plant manufacturing and support groups for on-going bulk drug substance manufacturing and new product introduction-including development, clinical, and commercial operations. The Sr Associate PQA position will facilitate real-time decision making to ensure adherence to GMP quality requirements. This is a unique opportunity to maintain and further build a strong partnership and learning environment between Manufacturing and Quality staff providing coaching, guidance and direction for manufacturing events, deviations, quality systems and compliance

Responsibilities

• Provide on-going Quality oversight to ensure products are manufactured, tested, stored, and distributed according to current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP), Good Documentation Practices (GDP) and other applicable regulations.
• Ensure that facilities, equipment, materials, organization, processes, and procedures comply with applicable regulations and requirements relating to Good Manufacturing Practices, Good Documentation Practices, Safety, and other controls.
• Drive closure/completion (including review and approve) of cGMP processes, procedures, documents and records, including but not limited to deviations, investigations, corrective action/preventative actions (CAPA)s.
• Ensure production and testing records/results are complete, accurate, and documented according to procedures, GDP and cGMP requirements.
• Oversee and provide guidance during on-the-floor analytical testing.
• Ensure that changes that could potentially impact product quality are assessed according to procedures.
• Ensure that deviations from established procedures are investigated and documented per procedures.
• Alert senior management of quality, compliance, supply and safety risks.
• Provide project management support, leading efforts to drive timely achievement of tasks and develop strategies for system implementation.
• Identification and implementation of continuous improvement opportunities within our processes and systems.
• Support and represent PQA during audits and inspections; may directly interact with regulatory agencies during on-site inspections.