Principal Quality Auditor

Simtra Bio Pharma Solutions (Simtra) is a world‑class Contract Development Manufacturing Organization, partnering with pharmaceutical and biotech companies to bring their sterile injectable products to market. With facilities in Bloomington, Indiana, US and Halle/Westfalen, Germany, we offer a wide range of delivery systems including pre‑filled syringes, liquid/lyophilized vials, diluents for reconstitution, powder‑filled vials and sterile crystallization.

Our product types include biologics and small molecules, cytotoxics, highly potent compounds, diluents for reconstitution and vaccines – which are all directly injected into patients worldwide. As such, there is a strong emphasis on quality and continuous improvement  hold ourselves to the highest quality and regulatory standards.

While our primary focus is cGMP manufacturing, we offer many support services including formulation and development, lyophilization optimization, global regulatory support and secondary packaging. Our teams are driven to help clients scale, innovate and bring life‑changing medicines to patients worldwide.

Make it HAPPEN – We bring a growth mindset to every opportunity, developing new skillsets and exceeding our expectations and those of our customers.

Make it TOGETHER – We work as one, respecting each voice and tapping into our unique strengths across teams – so we can solve problems in new ways.

Make it RIGHT – We hold ourselves to a high standard of excellence, fulfilling our commitments to the customer, their patients, and our team members.

Make it COUNT – We take pride in our day‑to‑day work, knowing the impact we make—taking on challenges big and small to improve patient health.

The Principal Quality Auditor is a member of the Quality Assurance Team reporting directly to the Sr Manager, Quality Auditing. They conduct internal audits ensuring compliance with all applicable cGMP regulations, processes, systems and provisions of the Quality System. They host and manage regulatory authority and client inspections. They serve as a technical expert within the Quality Auditing department. They are responsible for results in terms of quality system conformance to regulations and Simtra quality policies.

• Perform internal audits by collecting and analyzing objective evidence regarding issues and risks. Report findings to management team.
• Host and manage regulatory inspections and corporate audits, including the response process and corrective action tracking.
• Host and manage audits conducted by the company’s contract manufacturing clients.
• Evaluate corrective and preventive action responses to the assessment findings for adequacy, including root cause and timeliness. Communicate issues to management team.
• Manage the tracking, reporting, positioning, adequacy of actions, verification, closeout, and trending of audit‑related corrective and preventive actions.
• Manage the assessment file through the process to closure.
• Perform follow‑up audits to confirm corrective and preventive action is effective.
• Remain current in regulatory knowledge through attendance at related conferences, seminars, meetings, and other training methods such as independent study of periodicals, industry sources, Internet or other literature.
• Prepare management reports depicting trends for management review purposes.
• Manage and maintain the risk‑based internal audit schedule. Act as a leader for the internal audit program.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives for the Quality department.
• Act as mentor/coach to other auditors, subject matter experts, and new hires.
• Serve as designee for Sr Manager, Quality Auditing.
• Conduct and report on gap assessments against regulations, guidances, regulatory findings, and Corporate procedures.
• Perform Compliance/Standards Impact Analyses for Change Control.
• Perform Quality approval and Periodic Review for Standard Operating Procedure revisions that impact Quality Compliance.

• Bachelor’s degree required (Science or Engineering preferred)
• Minimum 5‑8 years of Quality, Compliance, Manufacturing, Engineering or Technical Services experience.
• Quality auditing experience in…