Quality Assurance Officer

We are currently recruiting for a Quality Assurance Officer to join a leading pharmaceutical manufacturer based in West Molesey. This is a permanent position working Monday to Friday 9am-6pm offering a salary of £27,500 per annum plus excellent benefits!

As Quality Assurance Officer you will be working in a quality team of 5, assisting in the operational performance of the Quality Assurance (QA) function, ensuring the successful delivery of business strategies and objectives, whilst adhering to regulatory compliance and achieving commercial success. You will act as a main point of contact for quality related queries within the business.

Main responsibilities will include:

• Ensuring that the company complies with current and future GMP legislation.
• Responding to enquiries in a timely manner, giving advice on Quality requirements in order to maintain the company's reputation for customer service and technical acumen.
• Assessing and making decisions relating to Quality, GMP and Good Distribution Practice (GDP) related issues.
• Writing and reviewing of Quality documentation including SOP’s, incidents, complaints, risk assessments, change controls, deviations.
• Involvement with technical customer queries and product investigations.
• Support the document management system and archiving activities falling under QA responsibility.
• Responding to suspended and revoked licenses alerts as per effective IPS procedure, and performance of non-compliance checks for API/Excipient suppliers. .
• Responding to, and circulating internally, MHRA Recall Alerts and notifications.
• Review supplier and customer related documents to aid in the approval of suppliers and customers

We are really keen to hear from applicants with the following skills and experience:

• Previous experience working in a Quality role with a pharma background
• 1-3 years GMP and/or related Scientific Degree — preferable
• Experience of working within an MHRA regulated environment
• IT literate Understanding of pharmaceutical market and the unlicensed medicines industry
• Ability to prioritise work load in a fast paced environment

Benefits Include:

• 28 Days Annual Leave + Birthday Off!
• Annual Bonus based on company performance
• Real Career Development Opportunities!
• Company events
• Company pension
• Employee discount
• Free parking
• Life insurance
• Referral programme
• Sick pay
• Wellness programme

Please apply today or call us to discuss this Quality Assurance Officer role in more detail!

Meridian Business Support is a recruitment specialist acting on behalf of our client as an Employment Agency for this vacancy.