Viva Pharmaceutical Inc. was established in April 1994 as a dynamic manufacturing company in the pharmaceutical and Natural Health Food Products industries.
Viva’s products – and the processes used to make them – are designed to meet national standards for pharmaceutical or nutraceutical manufacturing. Since February 2000, Viva has been inspected and assessed by government officials to be compliant with the requirements of Canadian GMP pharmaceutical manufacturing. Also, since March 2004, the company has been a compliant Canadian GMP manufacture of natural health products – as per the requirements of the Natural Health Products Directorate and its enforcement body.
In its first decade of operations, Viva Pharmaceutical’s facilities have grown to cover a total land area of some 73,000 square feet and total plant area of more than 52,000 square feet. As such, Viva has become the biggest GMP-certified pharmaceutical and natural health food products manufacturer in British Columbia. Through constant improvement of its facilities over the years, Viva now has advanced manufacturing equipment in all stages of production.
Job Title: Quality Control Manager
Starting Date: ASAP
Job Type: Full Time
Salary: To Be Negotiated
Responsibilities:
- Direct and lead the QC team to perform routine chemical and physical testing of pharmaceutical and nutraceutical materials/ingredients, formulation and finished products;
- Ensure all analytical results and documentations are generated of high quality in a timely fashion;
- Participate in Analytical Investigations of OOS (out-of-specification), examine results, change control requests when necessary, generate deviation reports and root cause determination and provide recommendation for corrective actions;
- Ensure compliance with GMP regulations as required by Health Canada and FDA in order to obtain GMP Establishment License renewal, assist in Internal GMP and 3rd party Audit;
- Review and approve certificates of analysis, stability summary reports, calibration reports, analytical monographs, master batch records and packaging records in compliance with GMP regulatory and customer requirements;
- Develop and update policies and SOPs related to GMP regulations;
- Work with manufacturers and suppliers to address regulatory concerns to approved specifications and maintain compliance with regulatory submissions;
- Provide assistance and technical support for equipment or process optimization, validation, calibration, qualification or certification;
- Provide GMP, safety and WHMIS trainings to laboratory staff; and
- Participate in other tasks that may be assigned by the President when required.
Qualifications:
- A B.Sc. degree in an applicable discipline of science (chemistry, biochemistry, biology or related) or specific medical training (pharmacology, pharmacokinetics, nutritional research or related);
- Three or more years of QC experience in the pharmaceutical or nutraceutical related industry;
- Advanced knowledge of GMP and FDA regulations for manufacturing pharmaceutical or nutraceutical products;
- Familiarity with lab equipments (HPLC, GC, AA) and instruments; and
- Proven ability to supervise personnel and excellent verbal/written communication skills.
Application:
Email: hr@vivapharm.com
- Location: Richmond
- Compensation: To Be Negotiated
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