Position Summary

We are looking for a Quality Engineering Manager who has the technical expertise and experience in maintaining quality systems and ensure the facility, utilities, equipment, and computer systems of the company’s compliance requirements are met and they are run in accordance with GMP regulation and site procedures.

Duties & Responsibilities

- Working across functions, to establish the site’s quality system processes related to GMP compliance of the facility, utilities, equipment, and computer systems.

- Ensure the Quality oversight and review of validation and qualification activities for the site is performed including assurance that the appropriate resources, materials, and documentation are utilized, and that work is performed in a compliant and controlled manner.

- Provide leadership, direction, and support to the people within the Quality Assurance Engineering department and ensure that they are qualified, achieve a high level of competence, are motivated and carry out their duties in a safe manner.

- Maintain current knowledge of local and international regulatory and legislative requirements and trends to ensure that expert advice and appropriate technical support on all quality related matters is provided to the site.

- Support and ensure compliance of product and process transfers, including validation, from other manufacturing sites.

- Support quality processes and systems across the product lifecycle including, but not limited to, change control, CAPA, deviations and investigations, label control, laboratory control, product quality complaints, Annual Product Quality Review (APQR), and management notification.

- Provide quality oversight for calibration and maintenance programs and ensure they are developed and run-in accordance with GMP regulation.

- Manage the quality risk management process.

- Support as needed process, method and cleaning validation.

- Proactively identify and work collaboratively to resolve problems by taking risk-based and compliant approaches to solutions.

- Promote a quality mindset and quality excellence approach to all activities.

- Promote a safety mindset and focus on safety for all operations activities.

- Maintain written procedures for personnel qualification and training and support the delivery of compliance training sessions.

Required Qualifications

- Bachelor’s degree in a scientific discipline with a minimum of 8 years Quality/CGMP management experience in the pharmaceutical industry. Experience in facility, utilities and equipment qualification, computer validation and calibration and maintenance programs.

- Knowledge in 21CFR Part 11, Electronic Records and Signatures and data integrity is required.

- Strong project management, organization, and execution skills with a proven track record of successfully managing multiple projects and priorities.

- Quality management experience across the product development and commercialization lifecycle including change management and associated implementation strategies.

- Participation and leading activities to support regulatory agency inspections required.

- Excellent interpersonal and written communication skills and experience using various software/electronic applications required.

Preferred Qualifications

- Technical expertise in sterile pharmaceutical isolator technology, combination product and medical devices is highly desirable.

- Process, method and cleaning validation.

Job Type: Full-time

Ability to Relocate:

• Petersburg, VA 23805: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person