You will perform quality audits in the life sciences industries, ensuring compliance to standards like GMP, ISO, and IPEC through expert findings.
SQA Services is a leading Quality Assurance and Supply Chain consultancy firm. SQA manages Supplier Audit and Supplier Development programs for customers in many industries including Pharmaceutical, Medical Device, Automotive, Aerospace, and Electronics manufacturing. Clients leverage SQA’s network of Quality Professionals in more than 50 countries as an extension of their own Supplier Quality teams.
Job Description
Are you passionate about quality in the life sciences area? Do you want to work with the most prestigious names in pharma, bio, animal health and similar regulated environments? If you have an eye for detail and want to help assure quality of life, then this is the role for you!
What to expect:
You will be part of a global quality auditing team responsible for assuring quality in the supply chains of our clients in the pharmaceutical, medical device, cosmetics, biologics, and/or animal health industries. Covering your local region, you will work closely with SQA’s operations center to coordinate, prepare, execute, and deliver supplier quality audits based on client audit schedules. You will work with SQA’s world-class production team to align your expert findings to the individual structure and guidelines of each client’s managed audit program.
What you’ll do:
You will be performing quality audits at suppliers to SQA’s clients. Each client has unique program needs to which you will be oriented as part of your on-boarding for each program. You will apply your skills and experience within the parameters of each program to produce the consistent results needed for seamless integration of audit results into each client’s supplier risk management framework.
What you’ll need:
You will need to have expertise in performing GMP audits in the life sciences industries. Direct audit experience to 21 CFR 210/211, ISO 9001, and IPEC standards is preferred.
As an SQA Quality Auditor, you will have at least four years experience and will be deployed based upon your subject matter expertise relative to the manufacturing environment. You will possess expert knowledge relating to specific commodities and tools. You'll be considered for other audit projects depending on your skill set (e.g., 21CFR 210/211, 21 CFR 820, ICH guidelines, 21 CFR 58, 21 CFR 11).
Strong English speaking, reading and writing skills are necessary and willingness to travel regionally is desired.
Pay Range:
$1300-1400 USD for a 1 day audit. Includes: Time spent preparing for the audit, traveling, performing the audit, writing the report, and responding to questions from our Content team of editors and the client until the report is finalized. Does not include: Following up on CAPA for any findings or reimbursement for travel expenses - expenses are reimbursed at cost with receipts per SQA travel policy. Note that SQA helps with the preparation of the audit and proofreads all audit reports.
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