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Quality Assurance Officer / QA Officer

Orbia Fluor & Energy Materials
Wigan
3 weeks ago
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You are purpose driven. Growth minded. Ready to stretch your potential. That’s the spirit of the community you will find at Orbia: where the purpose to advance life around the world drives our global team of over 23,000 every single day.
From creating solutions to deliver clean water, secure food supplies and reliable information to steering material advances that power the future of green and smart cities, transportation, and healthcare, we never settle for “good enough” when there’s an opportunity to make life better. Where purpose comes to life, it changes lives. This is what we live for.

Fluor and Energy Materials , an Orbia business, is hiring a QA Officer to be based at Thornton Science Park, Cheshire, UK .

Main Purpose
To implement and maintain the Quality Management Systems for MDI Pharmaceutical operations at the Thornton site to meet the requirements of cGMP and customer and regulatory audits requirements.
To prepare batch and support services documentation files for QP review and verify for the release of medical products prior to shipment.

Main Responsibilities
Support and administer the Quality Management System to ensure compliance with appropriate QA standards are maintained.
Manage appropriate documentation management systems for the MDI business to ensure compliance with the required standards.
Identify improvements to Quality Management System and ensure that improvements targets are met, that system changes are implemented, and that such modifications are completed in full compliance with appropriate standards.
Compile, review, and prepare batch and support services documentation for QP to release.
Support customer/regulatory audits as required and provide QA representation or advice as and when required.
Devise, deliver and (where necessary) validate appropriate training packages.
Develop an understanding of all appropriate business QA standards and requirements, so that Business' competency as a quality supplier is maintained and improved.

Qualifications
~ Minimum: HNC in science related subject.


Knowledge/ Experience Required
~ Working with and developing Pharmaceutical GMP and quality management systems.
~2+ years of experience in a QA related role.


Behaviors that can help you succeed at Orbia:
Develop yourself & Others
Foster Collaboration & Inclusion
Drive Results
Provide Vision & Direction

We welcome purpose-driven dreamers, doers, and builders, recognizing that it takes difference to make a difference. If you’re ready to bring your skills, talents, and perspective to moving your career, the company, people, and the planet forward, we’d like to hear from you.
We believe that every voice matters; every community deserves respect; and every challenge is an opportunity and united by empathy, we are stronger for our different perspectives. We are dedicated to building a more diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplace that supports the needs of all our employees regardless of their role, location, identity, and background.

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