Grade: Level 1

Hiring Manager: Kayleigh Vickery

Location: Waterford

Job type: 12 Month Fixed term, Full time

About the job

We deliver 4.3 billion healthcare solutions to people every year, thanks to the flawless planning and meticulous eye for detail of our Manufacturing & Supply teams. With your talent and ambition, we can do even more to protect people from infectious diseases and bring hope to patients and their families. Your job as a QC Chemist, will be to provide analytical services while performing a key role in the maintenance of a safe, efficient and functional chemistry Laboratories, developed to the required standards, in accordance with cGLP.

We are an innovative global healthcare company with one purpose: to chase the miracles of science to improve people's lives. We're also a company where you can flourish and grow your career, with countless opportunities to explore, make connections with people, and stretch the limits of what you thought was possible. Ready to get started?

• Provide analytical chemistry services and support to Site
• Effective interaction with other departments on matters related to raw materials, intermediates and finished batch releases. In particular, close contact maintained with Quality Assurance Production, Engineering and Planners
• Maintain, update and issue chemical methods, specifications and SOP's in compliance to pharmacopoeial and regulatory requirements
• Assist with training of the analysts in areas of expertise and knowledge and in new methods, SOP's and updates
• Trend such results, record on COA's where required and complete OOS's investigations on a timely basis
• Update the QC Team Leader on potential problems and highlight improvements where possible by use of the normal communication means
• Audit and review chemistry test results on a daily basis and ensure compliance with cGLP; checking/auditing laboratory notebooks and analytical reports

• 2-3 years' laboratory experience obtained in a manufacturing environment - ideally part of which would be in the pharmaceutical sector

• Operational experience of quality laboratories in a fast-moving manufacturing environment
• Knowledge of quality management systems, pharmaceutical manufacturing operations, requirements for cGLP, pharmacopoeial methods and stability
• Understand relevant quality/compliance regulations, and KPIs for the site
• Can manage projects to plan/budget
• Good communication and an effective facilitator
• Shows flexibility, drive, innovation, can collaborate effectively with others

• Degree in Science (Chemistry or Biochemistry preferred)