Hiring company: Pfizer
Why Patients Need You
Everything we do, every day, is in line with an unwavering commitment to the quality and the delivery of safe and effective products to patients. Our science and risk-based compliant quality culture is flexible, innovative, and customer oriented. Whether you are involved in development, maintenance, compliance or analysis through research programs, your contribution will directly impact patients.
What You Will Achieve
You will be a member of Pfizer’s dedicated and highly effective quality assurance team. You will evaluate and review Pfizer’s commercial batches of combination products - devices. You will make sure that product and process documents match the specifications based on established sampling and statistical process control procedures. Your expertise will help in identifying deviations from established standards, in the manufacturing and packaging of products. In the relevant cases you will complete investigations and change control activities to ensure compliance with configuration management policies.
The Rochester Associate Quality Assurance Specialist is responsible for providing quality assurance support to manufacturing operations, and preforming incoming quality inspection / assessment on variety of components. Most of the Quality Assurance Specialist’s time will be spent on the manufacturing floor providing real time support and review of operational activities. This role will also be responsible for partnering with operations to perform detailed investigations into manufacturing deviations. The Quality Assurance role will also be responsible for performing batch record reviews and lot release activities.
It is your hard work and commitment that will make Pfizer ready to achieve new milestones and help patients across the globe.
How You Will Achieve It
Provide Quality oversight to manufacturing operations.
Support incoming material inspection and release and packaging statistical inspections.
Support robust investigation process for operations/facilities deviations including timely identification of root cause, CAPAs and closure of the deviation.
Perform lot release activities such as batch record review.
Independently writes and/or reviews SOPs, technical reports, project plans, etc.
Demonstrates complete knowledge of quality and manufacturing operations including both technical and compliance aspects.
Demonstrates understanding of current aseptic manufacturing best practices.
Supports implementation of quality assurance continuous improvement initiatives.
May also present/defend QA during audits/inspections.
Qualifications
Must-Have
Education: BA/BS, or MS in Chemistry, Biochemistry, Microbiology, or related science preferred.
Experience: Minimum 2 year experience in a cGMP environment, with a strong working knowledge of a variety of quality systems and processes. Prior experience in a GMP quality team environment strongly preferred. The candidate must have demonstrated proficiency in organizational skills and must be able to balance multiple priorities. The candidate must have experience in at least several of the following: GMP, Regulatory (worldwide), deviation investigation, drug product lot release, aseptic manufacturing processes, product and process validation, laboratory testing and investigations, and batch record review.
Communication: Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to share vision, direction, and data with colleagues across all levels and in a wide range of different work groups including senior leadership and regulatory agencies. Ability to act decisively in real time and communicate/defend decisions with applicable areas of the organization.
Reasoning Ability: Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
Technical: Comprehensive understanding of cGMP guidelines outlined in CFR. Knowledge and demonstrated ability to apply Pfizer Quality Standards to ensure local practices and procedures reflect these requirements. Independently writes SOPs, technical reports, project plans, etc. Basic understanding of aseptic manufacturing highly desirable.
Physical / Mental requirements
Must be able to aseptically gown.
This is a penicillin manufacturing facility. All candidates applying mist NOT be allergic to penicillin.
Able to lift 25-30 lbs.
Non-Standard work schedule, travel or environment requirements
Monday – Friday (i.e. 0700-0330 negotiable ) with occasional weekend work.
Other job details
- Last day to apply: 1/21/2022
- Employee Referral Bonus eligible
Pfizer requires all U.S. new hires to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 prior to the first date of employment. As required by applicable law, Pfizer will consider requests for Reasonable Accommodations.
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EEO & Employment Eligibility
Pfizer is committed to equal opportunity in the terms and conditions of employment for all employees and job applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, gender identity or gender expression, national origin, disability or veteran status. Pfizer also complies with all applicable national, state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements of the Immigration and Nationality Act and IRCA. Pfizer is an E-Verify employer.