Immediate opportunity for a Quality Control (QC) Analyst II / Chemist to work with a leading pharmaceutical company, specializing in eye care products, located in Fort Worth, TX.
Schedule/Shift: 1st shift, Mon.-Fri.
Position Type: 6 mos. contract; may extend
location: Fort Worth, Texas
job type: Contract
salary: $40.00 - 44.30 per hour
work hours: 9 to 5
education: Bachelors
responsibilities:
- Ensure that lab cleanliness and safety standards are maintained.
- Develop and qualify new testing methods.
- Train other analysts to perform laboratory procedures and assays.
- Perform visual inspections of finished products.
- Participate in internal assessments and audits as required.
- Identify and troubleshoot equipment problems.
- Evaluate new technologies and methods to make recommendations regarding their use.
- Serve as a technical liaison between quality control and other departments, vendors, or contractors.
- Coordinate testing with contract laboratories and vendors.
- Write technical reports or documentation such as deviation reports, testing protocols, and trend analyses.
- Write or revise standard quality control operating procedures.
- Supply quality control data necessary for regulatory submissions.
- Receive and inspect raw materials.
- Review data from contract laboratories to ensure accuracy and regulatory compliance.
- Prepare or review required method transfer documentation, including technical transfer protocols or reports.
- Perform validations or transfers of analytical methods in accordance with applicable policies or guidelines.
- Participate in out-of-specification and failure investigations and recommend corrective actions.
- Monitor testing procedures to ensure that all tests are performed according to established item specifications, standard test methods, or protocols.
- Investigate or report questionable test results.
- Interpret test results, compare them to established specifications and control limits, and make recommendations on appropriateness of data for release.
- Identify quality problems and recommend solutions.
- Evaluate analytical methods and procedures to determine how they might be improved.
- Complete documentation needed to support testing procedures, including data capture forms, equipment logbooks, or inventory forms.
- Calibrate, validate, or maintain laboratory equipment.
- Compile laboratory test data and perform appropriate analyses.
- Conduct routine and non-routine analyses of in-process materials, raw materials, environmental samples, finished goods, or stability samples.
qualifications:
- Bachelors degree (BS) Chemistry, Biology or related field.
- Three (3) - five (5) years of relevant, Quality Control (QC) experience
- Experience with HPLC or related chromatography method.
- Working knowledge of MS Office Suite (Outlook, Word, and Excel).
- Excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills.
- Excellent problem solving skills including experience independently writing technical investigations that include a root cause and corrective action, i.e. nonconformance reports and corrective action reports.
- LabVantage or similar LIMS, Chromeleon, Empower 3, or similar data acquisition systems.
skills: Quality control, SOP, CAPA, Analytical Chemistry, Chemistry, GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice)
Equal Opportunity Employer: Race, Color, Religion, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, National Origin, Age, Genetic Information, Disability, Protected Veteran Status, or any other legally protected group status.
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Pay offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc. In addition, Randstad offers a comprehensive benefits package, including health, an incentive and recognition program, and 401K contribution (all benefits are based on eligibility).
This posting is open for thirty (30) days.