Supervisor, Laboratory Quality Control
Job Type | Permanent |
Area | Dublin |
Sector | Laboratory/Scientific |
Start Date | |
Advertiser | Mary King |
Job Ref | R1003260 |
Job Views | 422 |
- Description
Team Horizon is seeking a Supervisor, Laboratory Quality Control for our client based in Dublin. As a QC Supervisor, you will be responsible for the QC tech transfer team, monitoring and directing the day-to-day activities in the QC laboratory, including adherence to the System for Management. You will work cross functionally with local and global teams to ensure the successful transfer of products to our site and QC lab.
Why you should apply:
- This is an excellent opportunity to join a world class manufacturing operation, with an outstanding track record of reliably delivering high-quality medicines to patients around the world suffering serious illnesses.
- There is a strong culture of continuous improvement and innovation within the company to strive for solutions that improve health outcomes and dramatically improve people’s lives.
- Our client is developing the capability to produce all its medicines, helping to ensure continuity of supply of our medicines as they expand internationally.
What you will be doing:
- Establish the expectation and standards, and the supportive environment, to ensure that staff has the capability to meet performance expectations. This includes building staff capability by providing ongoing coaching and mentoring of direct reports, providing timely recognition as well as performance counseling, building and executing development plans, and providing career counseling for career progression.
- Supervise daily laboratory operations, ensuring laboratory personnel execute their responsibilities in strict accordance with relevant regulatory guidelines.
- Support the weekly and daily production schedules and participate in the daily Tier 0 meetings to review shift production goals and to review execution against the shift’s goals.
- Attend with the supervisors of support functions daily Tier 1 meetings to review shift production goals and execution against the shift’s goals.
- Provide direction to laboratory personnel internally and at contract laboratories to ensure production is able to complete the targets specified in the daily production plan.
- Manage samples for analytical testing and the generation of results at external /contract laboratories
- Ensure proper coverage in the laboratory by trained, skilled chemists.
- Ensure that laboratory personnel properly follow procedures and submit required documentation completely, accurately and timely according to current cGMPs.
- Ensure data reports on own team’s performance are current, accurate, and distributed according to defined procedures.
- Maintain metrics for laboratory calibration, maintenance and utilization of instrumentation and equipment.
- Contribute to the continual improvement of all laboratory documentation to ensure they are current, accurate, and clearly define process and role responsibilities
- Schedule and/or deliver training to laboratory personnel to ensure staff has the requisite skills to perform their work correctly, safely, and compliantly.
- Maintain accountability for own team’s performance metrics that support the annual operating plan and site strategic plan objectives.
- Seek process innovation and continuous process improvement in laboratory area.
- Provide timely status reports to laboratory management on the status and effectiveness of the laboratory Installation, Qualification, calibration and maintenance programs.
What you need to apply:
- Minimum of 4 years relevant Quality Control experience.
- Good understanding of pharmaceutical manufacturing operations
- Minimum two years direct supervisory experience or demonstration of staff mentoring.
- Experienced in aligning individuals and teams to business objectives
- Experience in managing by metrics Demonstrate strong analytical laboratory skills in a variety of applications and the ability to troubleshoot for investigative purposes.