Quality Specialist - Environmental Monitoring

Philadelphia, PA

The Quality Environmental Monitoring Quality Specialist reports to the EM Quality Lead and provides direct Quality support to production areas as part of a Quality Integrated Production Team (IPT) Operating model for applicable assigned IPTs and with guidance from the Integrated Production Team Quality Leadership team, the Quality Specialist will ensure products/processes quality and perform activities to facilitate the release of product to the marketplace.

Position Responsibilities:

Accountable for review and evaluation of routine, requalification, and qualification environmental monitoring sampling of classified areas and utilities | Works closely with the assigned End to End (E2E) operational and deviation management (DM) representatives in a team environment to ensure timely completion of duties with emphasis on right first time
Accountable for performing job functions that are located in both classified production areas and within office settings
Knowledgeable in Federal and other regulatory agency requirements and cGMP (Current Good Manufacturing Practices) to assure that all areas operate in a state of compliance
Learns and adheres to current Good Manufacturing Practices, the manufacturing process, our Company Quality Systems, and safety procedures
Learns and adhere to Standard operating procedural requirements of ensuring full compliance to data integrity
Actively supports and/or participates in internal audits and regulatory inspections | Assists with ongoing inspection readiness state, ensuring areas are operating in a compliant and high-quality manner
Accountable for actively contributing to and meeting all safety related expectations
Becomes fully trained and maintains compliant state with Company Quality Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), production SOPs, and Systems Applications and Products (SAP) functions as required by EM Quality Specialists
Responds to potentially impactful environmental events in classified areas; these workstreams are associated with unplanned workstreams that warrant immediate cross-functional partnership, going into classified areas to evaluate, project management, creating testing schedules, evaluating and reporting on testing results, and finalizing projects
Authors, reviews, and/or approves routine, event-based, and special study related environmental related project protocols, reports, and data assessments
Aides in review of daily Out of Specification Report and works within the deviation management systems to address environmental excursions; this includes attending DM Tier meetings, working with operations to evaluate events, participation in deviation investigative processes, corrective and preventative action development, routinely going to the shop floor for evaluation, and other associated tasks
Manages projects for process simulations in applicable manufacturing areas
Risk based assessments and test site location map reviews and updates
Authors and manages process and data related change requests
Conducts Quality review/approval of new and updated SOPs and Controlled Job Aids
Manages required data assessments for classified areas and can generate datasets, read, comprehend, and analyze data, results, and trends
Monitors and assesses environmental performance against specifications within classified areas, as warranted, with respect to assigned workstream
Authors and manages special studies and data assessments in support of operational deviations and associated investigations
Provide environmental assistance to manufacturing and EM testing group; this includes working within the classified areas on routine basis
Assists with training and coaching of incoming personnel and cross functional personnel
Cross trains to assist other functional quality areas including but not limited to deviation management, environmental monitoring investigations, and inspection support

Education Minimum Requirement:

Bachelor's degree (firm) in Microbiology, Biology, Chemistry, Technology, or other related scientific areas of study.

Required Experience and Skills:

2- 5 years of pharmaceutical quality experience.
Experience in deviation management
Work independently and as a Team member with Integrity | Precision | Accomplishment | Motivational Ambition | Respect | Inclusion

Preferred Experience and Skills:

Experience working with Laboratory Information Management Systems
Technical Writing knowledge
Project Management experience

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Employee Status:

Regular

Relocation:

No relocation

VISA Sponsorship:

Travel Requirements:

No Travel Required

Flexible Work Arrangements:

Not Specified

Shift:

1st - Day

Valid Driving License:

Hazardous Material(s):

n/a