Specialist, QA Batch Disposition

Full Time
Harmans, MD 21077
Posted
Job description

$5,000 Sign-On Bonus

Catalent Cell & Gene Therapy is looking to recruit a Quality Assurance Specialist-Batch Disposition to join our growing BWI team in Harmans, MD. The Quality Assurance Specialist – Batch Disposition is responsible for providing Quality Assurance support for GMP documentation of master/working cell banks, bulk drug substance and finished drug product. Responsibilities include but are not limited to GMP documentation review and supporting other QA functions as needed. In this role, the individual is responsible for continuously monitoring systems and procedures to ensure compliance with applicable regulatory and industry standards, and to identify areas of opportunity and quality improvements.

This is a 1st Shift Role: Monday-Thursday 8AM-6:30PM (4X10s)

Catalent hires people with a passion to make a difference. Your expertise, coupled with our advanced technologies and collaboration with innovative pharmaceutical, biotech and healthcare companies, will help bring life-enhancing products to the people you know and love. Your talents, ideas and passion are essential to our mission; to develop, manufacture and supply products that help people live better, healthier lives.

The Role:

  • Review documentation for manufacturing activities associated with commercial, development, and engineering execution in accordance with good documentation practices (GDP), including but not limited to: executed batch records, master batch records, product labels, SMPs, and product specific documents.

  • Support the evaluation and lot disposition of intermediates, finish bulk drug substance and drug product.

  • Critically review various documentation types to ensure completeness, accuracy and compliance including but not limited to test methods, method validation protocols and reports and SOPs.

  • Compile and report performance metrics for Batch Review and Release.

  • Contributes to process improvement of batch records and associated processes (e.g. turnaround times) to ensure all QA batch disposition deadlines are met.

  • Oversee status of batches through disposition/release process and remove barriers, communicate escalations as appropriate.

  • Act as QA reviewer for investigations, deviations and CAPAs appropriate and designated by QA Management.

  • Collaborates within Manufacturing to resolve batch record discrepancies or errors as it relates to Good Documentation Practices or Manufacturing Execution System (MES) inventory.

  • Support on-the-floor quality issues in a timely manner, documentation of all events/investigations and required immediate corrective actions.

  • Other duties, as necessary.

The Candidate

  • A B.S., Life Sciences discipline preferred

  • +4 years’ experience within the biologic, biopharmaceutical, pharmaceutical or regulated industry

  • +2 years’ experience in a Quality Assurance/Quality Control or Manufacturing function

  • Familiarity with Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs), 21 CFR 210/211/600s, USP and ICH Guidelines

  • Have the knowledge, and ability to apply basic scientific and regulatory principles utilized to solve operational, as well as routine quality tasks

  • Knowledgeable and/or exposure to biological manufacturing processes including microbial and cell culture cell banking, fermentation/cell culture, purification and fill/finish preferred

Why you should join Catalent:

  • Defined career path and annual performance review and feedback process

  • Diverse, inclusive culture

  • 19 days of PTO + 8 paid holidays

  • Dynamic, fast-paced work environment

  • Employee Stock Purchase Program

  • Generous 401K match and Paid Time Off accrual

  • Medical, dental and vision benefits effective day one of employment

  • Tuition Reimbursement

  • GymPass program to promote overall physical wellness

  • Perkspot - offers exclusive or private discounts from approximately 900+ merchants in a wide array of categories

Catalent offers rewarding opportunities to further your career! Join the global drug development and delivery leader and help us bring over 7,000 life-saving and life-enhancing products to patients around the world. Catalent is an exciting and growing international company where employees work directly with pharma, biopharma and consumer health companies of all sizes to advance new medicines from early development to clinical trials and to the market. Catalent produces more than 70 billion doses per year, and each one will be used by someone who is counting on us. Join us in making a difference.

Catalent is committed to the health and safety of its employees, visitors and the customers and patients we serve. As a result of the global pandemic, we have modified many of our recruitment and on-boarding processes to maintain everyone’s safety. The Human Resources teams will communicate all necessary safety processes and procedures throughout each stage.


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Catalent is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and veterans.

If you require reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process due to a disability, you may submit your request by sending an email, and confirming your request for an accommodation and include the job number, title and location to DisabilityAccommodations@catalent.com. This option is reserved for individuals who require accommodation due to a disability. Information received will be processed by a U.S. Catalent employee and then routed to a local recruiter who will provide assistance to ensure appropriate consideration in the application or hiring process.


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