Qc Associate

**Job Title: Quality Control Associate**

**Location: Bishops Stortford**

**Position Summary**:
This position is responsible for supporting the Quality Systems and ensuring activities performed are following EU GMP / ISO 9001 / HTA / MHRA / and other applicable regulations and standards. Accurately performs QC checks as trained. Perform documentation review to ensure compliance and support the QC Supervisor where applicable.

**Key Responsibilities**:
With training and working in a team the QC Associate will gain proficiency in the following key responsibilities.

Perform the following QC inspections, including but not limited to:

- Receiving - Review and approval of received goods, rejecting incorrect goods and notifying appropriate personnel.
- Packaging and Labelling - Follow Production Order instructions and conduct QC process checks during production and provide support following production errors.
- Dispatch of Materials/Equipment/Kits - Perform final inspection of packed orders prior to collection, release orders for collection, rejecting incorrect orders and notify appropriate personnel.
- Kitting - Perform in process inspections during kitting and provide assistance where required in the event of a kit production error.
- Label Control - Inspection of internally and externally printed labels against current specifications, Inspection of associated label logbooks and Rejection and destruction of incorrect labels.
- Updating inventory systems for QC release.
- Identify, raise and support investigations for any individual internal and/or external non-conformances, identified during QC checks, or notified to QC by another function.
- Recording QC metrics as required.
- Ensure all job-related paperwork is accurate, error-free, and completed in real time as per SOPs.
- Performing documentation review ensuring documentation is accurate, complies to GMP and ALCOA+ standards.
- Perform adhoc duties, as requested by the Quality Team Leader or Quality Manager, to support activities of the Quality department.
- Support the business metrics in ensuring that all Company & Regulatory requirements for Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS) compliance through supporting the EHS Manager.

**Essential Skills / Experience**
- A high degree of accuracy and attention to detail.
- Ability to read and interpret general procedures and governmental regulations.
- Good problem-solving skills.
- Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients and inspectors.
- Proficient in personal digital literacy; specifically, Microsoft Office, Outlook and database management.
- Good verbal and written communications.
- Ability to demonstrate experience of working without direct supervision/under own initiative within the remit of the role.
- Builds good working collaborations.
- Able to work under pressure and problem solve in order to support others within the team.
- This position functions in a repository environment, which may include working with dry ice, liquid nitrogen cryogenics, hazardous and infectious agents, as well as marked changes in temperature.

**Minimum Requirements/Qualifications**:

- Preferably educated to Degree level.
- Experience working in a GMP (GxP) environment (desirable).
- Experience working with biological and/or pharmaceutical samples (desirable).
- Practical experience working in clinical packaging or equivalent (desirable).
- Frequently required to type, sit, stand, walk, lift/carry up to 25kg. Occasionally required to push/roll 280kg lb liquid nitrogen dewars and 4-500kg freezers, and work from a platform ladder.

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