Senior QA Officer

|Scientific & Pharmaceutical - Quality Assurance & Regulatory|Christchurch
  • Dynamic pharmaceutical manufacturer
  • Supportive manager and broad role
  • Strong Career Prospects and Canterbury lifestyle living!

Our client is a biotechnology company that produce materials/reagents for human pharmaceuticals and veterinary use. Their products are marketed globally, including Europe, USA and Japan. Their success and growth are a direct result of their commitment to product and service quality, customer satisfaction, and maintaining a cGMP compliant manufacturing facility in SOUTH CANTERBURY.
 
With continued growth has come the additional need for an experienced QA Officer to join their team.  Reporting to the QA Manager, this position will have broad QA and compliance responsibilities in supporting the manufacturing of our client’s products.  This includes but is not limited to, managing audits (internal and external), document control and review, and supporting production with any change control and non-conformance investigations.
 
The successful candidate will ideally possess the following attributes:

  • Tertiary science qualification in chemistry, microbiology, biochemistry, biotechnology or a related field.
  • 3+ years QA experience in a pharmaceutical or medical device operation
  • Experience working with Quality Management Systems within a GMP environment
  • Previous internal audit management and external hosting experience
  • Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to relate well with a range of people at all levels, including production staff
  • Excellent verbal and written communication; written English must be of a high standard with experience writing reports.
  • Initiative and the ability to self-organise and work independently.

In return, our client offers a competitive remuneration, in a desirable location where career meets lifestyle AND affordable living. PLEASE NOTE: THIS ROLE IS BASED IN TIMARU – you must be willing to relocate to this location for the role.
 
To apply for this position please click on the APPLY button, alternatively for a confidential and discreet enquiry contact Tony De Barr on 04 916 0541 or tony@trs.co.nz
Need to talk about pharmaceutical opportunities with someone who knows what they are talking about? Tony has 10 years experience working within the pharmaceutical industry, and over 20 years recruiting for almost all pharmaceutical operators here in NZ – more than anyone else in the country. If you have any technical questions about this role or any other pharmaceutical role, then please call him for a frank and open discussion.