Quality Auditor - Pharmaceutical

SQA Services; Cape Town; Remote; ZAR 200 000 - 300 000; Part time

Job summary

A managed quality services company is hiring a Pharmaceutical Quality Auditor for contract audits in South Africa. This role involves performing audits at various suppliers, assuring quality in the supply chain for pharmaceuticals, and writing detailed reports. Candidates should have over 5 years of audit experience in relevant industries, with the ability to adapt to technology and travel regionally. Flexible scheduling is offered based on availability.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on audit experience in relevant industries.
• Direct audit experience to ICH Q7 is essential.
• Ability to adapt to new technology and software.

Responsibilities

• Perform supplier audits at various sites.
• Assure quality in supply chains for various clients.
• Write audit reports in accordance with client specifications.

Skills

Audit experience

Communication skills

Conflict de-escalation

Adaptability to technology

Job description

For nearly 30 years, SQA Services has been a leading provider of managed supplier quality services, offering audits, assessments, remote surveillance, corrective actions, remediation, inspections, and engineering solutions to manufacturers across all industries. We deliver these services by deploying a network of highly skilled associates based throughout the United States and in over 90 countries worldwide, ensuring rapid on-site support at your supplier locations. Our associates are expert quality assurance professionals with extensive experience and local expertise, enabling us to represent our clients on-demand and with greater speed and efficiency than our competitors.

We’re hiring a Pharmaceutical Quality Auditor. This is a contract opportunity in which you will perform 1-2 day audits at various suppliers in South Africa. You are given the flexibility to accept or reject these assignments according to your own availability.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform supplier audits at various sites within your region of residence
• Assure quality in the supply chains of various clients within the pharmaceutical, medical device, cosmetics, biologics, and/or animal health industries
• Coordinate, prepare, execute, and deliver supplier audits based on your own and the client schedule
• Utilize your regulatory knowledge of various standards from ISO, CFR, FDA, etc…
• Respond to the Content team in a timely manner regarding edits/questions to your audit report
• Write audit reports in accordance with client specifications

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on audit experience in animal health, pharmaceutical, medical device, cosmetics, and/or biologics industries
• Direct audit experience to ICH Q7
• Strong communication and writing skills
• Proven ability to deescalate workplace conflicts effectively
• Ability to adapt to new technology and software.
• Willingness to travel regionally

$3,115 USD for a 2-day audit. Includes: Time spent preparing for the audit, traveling, performing the audit, writing the report, and responding to questions from our Content team of editors and the client until the report is finalized. Does not include: Following up on CAPA for any findings or reimbursement for travel expenses - expenses are reimbursed at cost with receipts per SQA travel policy. Note that SQA helps with the preparation of the audit and proofreads all audit reports.

SQA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment is based on merit and qualifications, and is not influenced by race, color, religion, gender, national origin, veteran status, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, or any other legally protected status.