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Quality Engineer

  • Division: Engineering
  • Contact Email: emma.daly@collinsmcnicholas.ie
  • Job Ref: 24214

Our client a leader in the Pharmaceutical Industry is seeking a Quality Engineer to join their Team in their Sligo Facility on a 9 month temporary contact with a view to a permanent contract.


Job Summary:

  • To ensure that products manufactured at the site complies with approved specifications and that activities at the site comply with current good manufacturing practice and Regulatory Agency requirements.

  • To work as a member of the Quality Team to ensure that Quality goals and objectives are achieved. Ensure that all actions comply with current good manufacturing practice.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Coordinating appropriate assigned elements of the Quality System, ensuring full compliance by all relevant plant personnel with its requirements.

  • Audit the quality system with other personnel where required.

  • Assist in the investigation and coordination of customer complaints and assess the need for implementation of effective corrective or preventive actions.

  • Manage day-to-day CAPA requirements by ensuring timely and effective initiation, investigation, correction and corrective actions.

  • Measure performance of the Quality System and provide metrics, for inclusion in the management review, monthly reports, etc.

  • Ensure all plant personnel are fully aware of quality requirements (where relevant) by providing the necessary training.

  • Ensure Management is kept informed of all system failures to ensure corrective/preventive action and product containment is taken where necessary.

  • Verification of effectiveness of corrective/preventive actions arising out of product process and quality system non-compliance.

  • Ensure implementation and compliance with relevant Regulator requirements.

  • Assist in the performance of validation activities at the site.

  • Ensure Quality System documentation is thorough, complete, and compliant.

  • Ensure compliance with training requirements is maintained.

  • Review lot records, ensuring documentation is compliant with requirements and completing lot release for shipment.

  • Inspect incoming products and manage the supplier Quality relationship.

  • Participation in continuous improvement programs to implement improvements in the quality, safety, environmental and production systems at the site.

  • Complete in-process and final release product testing per the relevant approved specifications and procedures.

  • Where required. Review batch records, ensuring documentation is compliant with requirements.

  • Complete disposition decision for the batch.

  • Participate in Risk Management activities as required.

Essential Requirements

  • Degree in an Engineering, Science, Quality or other discipline.

Desired Requirements

  • A Green Belt qualified or demonstrated knowledge of statistics in an industrial environment is desirable.

Experience Required

Technical/Business Knowledge

  • 2 years plus experience in the day-to-day operation of the quality system in a highly regulated combination product/device manufacturing environment.

  • Minimum 2 years working knowledge of quality systems regulations (ISO13485/ISO9000; CFR 21 Part 820) or individual elements within the regulations such as process validation, design controls, CAPA, auditing, etc., is desirable.

  • Experience in an injection moulding or tooling environment is desirable.

For a confidential discussion and more information on the role, please contact Emma Daly

emma.daly@collinsmcnicholas.ie

0861041202