Quality Auditor

Overview

Life changing therapies. Global impact. Bridge to thousands of biopharma companies and their patients.

We are VRT Pharma. Our investment is in People who make an impact, drive progress and create a better tomorrow. Our strategy includes building teams across our global network to pioneer and shape the future of VRT Pharma.

This position is responsible for providing the direction, organization, alignment, monitoring and cGMP compliance to ensure the successful, cost effective, timely and safe processing of customer orders. The position audits production room documentation, sampling requirements, reviews equipment challenges and that hourly in-process inspections have been performed within compliance. The Quality Auditor performs real-time batch record review during batch processing in order to drive improvements into our Right First Time (RFT) metrics.

They are also responsible for leading and realizing continuous quality and process improvements on the production floor by mentoring, coaching, and training their operational counterparts.

• Perform production line clearance inspections after product and lot changes.
• Evaluate equipment high-risk areas to drive line clearance excellence.
• Verify first & last piece inspections to ensure finished goods code, format, and expiration date are correct.
• Ensure equipment is packaged within validated parameters.
• Ensure equipment calibration dates are current and that all process equipment are within required specifications.
• Perform in-line review of batch record (MPI) to ensure equipment challenges and hourly inspections have been conducted and any non-conformances are addressed appropriately.
• Confirm that hourly inspections are on track to be met according to the applicable sample size.
• Review product sampling pages to ensure samples have been taken, labelled, and documented appropriately.
• Perform product quarantine of impacted materials including accumulation totals, confirming segregation and negative issuing of effected product and/or materials.
• Review Cleaning and Use logbooks, Mechanical Set-up logbooks, and Preventive Maintenance logbooks for completeness, accuracy, and legibility.
• Confirm package (unit) functionality (perforation, peel, push, seals, etc.).
• Ensure portable equipment has been cleaned and documented correctly.
• Review and confirm PPE attire aligns with batch record instructions.
• Ensure recovery stations are segregated from product flow.
• Confirm bulk material and components for production orders are correct, documented and ‘checked by’ via second signature.
• Confirm temperature and humidity data is within acceptable job parameters.
• Proactively identify gaps in batch records to mitigate deviations and documentation errors.
• Support Root Cause Analysis as needed.
• Write quality event notifications for issues encountered within operations.
• Ensure 5s Compliance is followed during packaging.
• This position may require overtime and/or weekend work.
• Must have knowledge of and adherence to all cGMP, and GCP policies, procedures and rules.
• May perform duties of a Quality Coordinator.
• May perform duties of Label Technician.
• Perform other duties as assigned by Manager/Supervisor.

• Shift is Friday-Sunday 8:00am-8:00pm.
• Stationary Position:
  Under a 1/4 of the day.
• Move, Traverse: 3/4 of the day and up.
• Operate, activate, use, prepare, inspect, or place:
  From 1/2 to 3/4 of the day.
• Ascend/Descend or Work Atop:
  Up to 1/4 of the day.
• Position self (to) or Move (about or to):
  From 1/2 to 3/4 of the day.
• Communicate or exchange information: 3/4 of the day and up.
• Detect, distinguish, or determine: 3/4 of the day and up.
• On an average day, the individual can expect to move and/or transport up to 10 pounds less than 1/4 of the day.
• This position may have the following special vision requirements:
  Close Vision, Distance Vision, Color Vision, Peripheral Vision, Depth Perception, Ability to focus.

The following are some environmental conditions that one may be exposed to on a daily basis and for various lengths of time:

• Work is performed in areas with moderate risk or discomfort that may require special safety…