Sr Specialist, QA Shop Floor - Bristol Myers Squibb

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The Sr. Specialist role is a combined role working 50% Technical Writer role and 50% Specialist role within the QA Shop floor Department that provides quality oversight in the manufacturing areas of S12. Tech Writer role works independently and is responsible for authoring high-quality documentation in support of GMP manufacturing. This includes but is not limited to deviation investigations, CAPA’s, SOP’s and Work Practices (Equipment, personnel, manufacturing, and batch records). Specialist role is responsible for quality activities for the QA shop floor program in accordance with BMS policies, standards, procedures, and Global cGMP. Functional responsibilities include ensuring manufacturing compliance with applicable procedures and batch records, providing real time review of manufacturing batch record documentation and logbooks, and working with operations to resolve manufacturing issues. 

Shift Available:

• Wednesday - Saturday (Every other Wednesday off), Onsite overnight shift, 5 p.m. - 5:30 a.m.

Responsibilities:

Tech Writer:

• Author and reviseGMPdocuments as needed.

• Assist in executing change controls where needed.

• Create tutorials to help end-users train on a variety of activities.

• Create and maintain documentation projects and timelines.

Specialist:

• Perform Quality Assurance oversight of manufacturing and site activities.

• Ensure manufacturing compliance with cGMPs, applicable procedures, and batch records.

• Perform real time review of manufacturing batch records, logbooks, and ancillary documents.

• Perform product label reconciliation for Manufacturing Operations.

• Perform GMP Walk-throughs of manufacturing and site areas.

• Write and approve deviations.

• Directs quality initiatives that accomplish continuous improvement and enhance site quality system efficiencies.

Knowledge & Skills:

Technical Writing

• Proven working experience in writing GMP documents.

• Ability to deliver high-quality documentation under accelerated timelines.

• Ability to quickly grasp complex technical concepts and make them easily understandable in text.

• Advanced ability to work in a collaborative team environment and train others.

• Ability to adapt to changing priorities and manage multiple assignments while meeting timelines.

• Good organizational skills and critical thinking skills.

• Excellent written skills in English.

• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office.

Specialist:

• Must have advanced knowledge and experience with cGMP, Quality Assurance, and compliance.

• Requires moderate direction to complete more complex tasks; completes routine tasks with little or no supervision.

• Confident in making decisions for routine/recurring issues.

• Routinely recognizes and resolves Quality issues; informs management of proposed solutions. Seeks management guidance on complex issues.

• Understands continuous improvement and improves efficiency and productivity within the group or project.

• Able to recognize conflict and notify management with proposed recommendations for resolution.

• Able to effectively communicate and collaborate with other departments when addressing Quality issues.

• Able to effectively multi-task.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

• Able to critically review investigations, interpret results, generate technical conclusions, and make recommendations consistent with Quality Risk Management principles.

Basic Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree preferred.An equivalent combination of education and experience will be considered.

• Minimum of 3 years in Quality Assurance within a manufacturing GMP facility.

• 1 year of direct experience with writing deviations and reviewing investigations.

Working Conditions:

• The incumbent will work 40 hours per week, including some weekends and holidays if needed.

• The incumbent may be sitting at a desk and using a computer for prolonged periods of time, up to 8 hours per day.

• The incumbent may be entering and/or working in a GMP controlled environment.

• The incumbent may be in the vicinity of biohazardous materials when entering the controlled environments.

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