QA Associate

Job Title: QA Associate

Job Location: Winchester, KY

Job Duration: 0‑6 month(s) on W2 (Temp to Hire)

Shift: Mon‑Fri 2 PM – 10:30 PM (plus OT sometimes)

• Recommend SOP and batch record changes as needed
• Review proposed SOP revisions and provide feedback to management
• Real‑time audit of batch records in the production suites for completeness, documentation, calculation errors and conformance to critical process parameters
• Perform room and equipment clearances per procedure following cleaning conducted by production
• Perform microbial swabbing of equipment and room surfaces for environmental monitoring
• Maintain a full understanding of all
  *** SOPs and policies along with all cGMP and CFR guidance that are applicable to the manufacturing of solid oral dosage pharmaceutical products
• Perform routine testing of in‑process and finished product samples including particle size, bulk density, moisture analysis, appearance, and AQL testing real‑time
• Monitor production manufacturing areas for compliance to SOP/cGMP/batch record and safety requirements in order to identify and resolve routine errors and prevent possible deviations that affect production real‑time
• Works cross‑functionally to assess impact for potential deviations and assist in identifying if an investigation is required
• Initiate deviation problem reports in Trackwise for issues discovered by QA, providing sufficient detail of the incident so that a full investigation by the responsible department can be conducted
• Manage quality status of WIP and finished goods materials on physical inventory and in inventory system (JD Edwards)
• Other assignments as needed within the scope of QA Associate training curriculum
• Assist in investigations for deviations by supporting data gathering and root‑cause analysis
• Enforcement of GMP Compliance
• Promotes teamwork and good communication
• Provide training and coaching to manufacturing staff as needed
• Support site process improvements (training, efficiency projects, implementation of CAPAs)
• Completes investigations of customer complaints
• Other duties as required in support of
  *** Pharma Solutions high performance

• Demonstrates mastery of all tasks listed above. In addition to the following:
• Performs investigation, writes reports, conducts root‑cause analysis and implements CAPA for deviations assigned to QA
• Supervises the training of new QA employees
• Performs historical trends and provides awareness training to QA on documentation errors that could potentially be missed during audit
• Provides QA representation as required for projects and meetings
• Participates and assists the Regulatory group in internal audits of other functional areas
• Serves as a customer‑facing contact when needed
• Develops new procedures as required
• Other duties as required in support of
  *** Pharma Solutions high performance

Quality Assurance Associate

• Bachelor’s degree; OR
• Associate’s with 1 year of related work experience; OR
• High School Diploma/GED with 2 years of related work experience