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Quality Assurance Specialist III
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A Quality Assurance Specialist specializes in the prevention of faults in manufactured products and solutions.
$74,038 / year median in Massachusetts
+5% projected growth
Job Description
Quality Assurance Specialist III in Hopkinton, MA Build your future at Curia, where our work has the power to save lives. The Quality Assurance (QA) Specialist III is responsible for maintaining Quality databases and providing an on-the-floor QA presence and oversight to operations. This role includes identifying compliance risks in the operation prior to and during execution, avoiding deviation whenever possible as well as managing immediate corrective action. The QA Specialist III primarily works in the cGMP areas to manage adherence to the quality system and assist in and/or initiate the resolution of deviations. Curia is a global contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) with over 30 years of experience partnering with pharmaceutical and biotech companies to provide life-saving treatments to patients. At Curia, we are on a mission to advance our customers' therapies from curiosity to cure and ultimately to improve patients' lives. We proudly offer Generous benefit options (eligible first day of employment) Paid training, vacation and holidays (vacation accrual begins on first day of employment) Career advancement opportunities Education reimbursement 401K program with matching contributions Learning platform
And more! Responsibilities Represent Curia Quality Assurance when managing issues that require immediate corrective action. Ensure such action taken is appropriate and correctly documented Review quality control testing for compliance with internal SOPs and specifications Report back to appropriate management as to personnel performance, highlighting those areas and individuals in need of improvement as well as those exceeding expectations Author, review, and/or approve Quality Management System documents, including, but not limited to, change controls, SOPs, deviations, CAPAs, etc. Perform and/or participate in internal audits, external audits, investigations, and/or inspections With supervision, may respond or manage responses to clients regarding manufacturing, testing and/or documentation issues May develop and/or maintain Quality System metrics for management review Provide on the floor support to operations, including coordinating and performing day to day activities as needed May assist in developing and conducting training of personnel to execute production in full accordance with cGMP's and Curia's quality system to ensure real-time compliance May perform QA visual inspection activities when required Participate in regulatory and client audits
Other duties as assigned. Qualifications Bachelor's degree in Chemistry or a relevant field and 5 years of related work experience in pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device, and/or cGMP FDA-regulated industry, OR Master's degree in Chemistry or a relevant field and 3 years of related work experience in pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device, and/or cGMP FDA-regulated industry Preferred Strong familiarity with the regulatory requirements of ICH Q7, Q9, Q10, and/or 21CFR210 and 211 Other Qualifications Must pass a background check Must pass a drug screen
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