Job Description

Senior QA Officer, Pharmaceutical

Location: Stevenage (fully onsite x5 days a week) - days
Type: Permanent
Salary: £35,000 - £45,000 depending on experience; possible scope on this for exceptional candidates.

Company Overview:
Russell Taylor Group is working exclusively with an established pharmaceutical manufacturing company looking to recruit an experienced Senior QA Officer to work closely with the QA Manager and deputize when needed. This role plays a key part in the further development of the QMS and the positive change culture that the QM is introducing; this is a great time to join a company that is very much on the up!

The Role:

1. The Quality Assurance Officer will be responsible for quality management, quality assurance, and quality auditing tasks related to pharmaceutical products.
2. Ensuring products are fit for purpose before release for use or commercial sale.
3. Maintaining and improving QMS performance by ensuring items such as deviations, CAPA, and change control for which you are the owner are progressed in a compliant and timely manner, and all other items are reviewed and/or approved in accordance with internal procedures.
4. Ensure customer or supplier complaints are satisfactorily investigated and communicated.
5. Ensure all customer requests and queries are dealt with in a timely manner in line with company procedures.
6. Participate and/or host internal and external audits, including customer and regulatory audits.
7. Competent to author and approve routine QMS activities.
8. Perform Root Cause Analysis using problem-solving tools such as Fishbone, 5 Whys, etc.
9. Authors, reviews, and approves Controlled Documents in accordance with procedures.
10. Support in delivering the site GMP training as required.
11. Conduct the internal audit programme.
12. Support the maintenance of the site QMS and facilitate reporting of relevant KPIs within the department and across the site as required.

1. The ideal candidate will hold a degree in a STEM-related subject.
2. Experience in batch review and batch release.
3. GMP QA experience is essential, ideally in a Pharmaceutical setting or similar.
4. Experience in CAPA, deviations, change controls, internal auditing (preferred).
5. Strong interpersonal skills; we are looking for candidates who are good communicators.
6. Strong written and verbal use of the English language is essential due to the nature of the role.