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Job Title: Senior Quality Validation Specialist
Role Overview
We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Quality Validation Specialist to provide technical leadership and quality oversight for validation activities within our highly regulated manufacturing facility. In this role, you will be responsible for the review and approval of validation protocols (IQ/OQ/PQ), change requests, and non-conformity investigations. You will serve as a subject matter expert during regulatory audits and inspections, ensuring that all equipment, systems, and processes maintain a constant state of validation and compliance. The ideal candidate is a proactive problem-solver with a deep understanding of root cause analysis and a commitment to continuous process improvement.
Key Responsibilities
• Validation Oversight: Provide quality review and approval for validation activities associated with system changes and site-wide projects. Ensure all activities align with local, corporate, and global regulatory standards.
• Protocol Management: Lead the preparation, execution, and data analysis for Installation, Operational, and Performance Qualification (IQ/OQ/PQ) protocols.
• Compliance & Technical Review: Perform rigorous technical reviews of protocol data and documentation. Identify process improvements before systems are placed under formal change control.
• Investigation & Root Cause Analysis: Review and approve validation failure investigations and non-conformities using advanced root cause analysis (RCA) techniques to ensure robust corrective actions.
• Audit & Inspection Support: Present and defend validation concepts, approaches, and documentation during internal audits and external regulatory inspections.
• Change Control: Manage the quality review and approval of Change Requests (CRs) to ensure the validated state of equipment and processes is maintained throughout their lifecycle.
• Annual Product Review (APR): Manage and complete assigned Annual Product Reviews, collaborating across departments to ensure data is compliant, sufficient, and delivered on time.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Serve as the validation liaison in engineering, R&D, and management meetings, communicating requirements and tracking documentation status across the facility.
Qualifications & Requirements
• Education & Experience:
• PhD in Chemistry, Engineering, or a relevant field with 4+ years of related work experience.
• MA/MS in Chemistry, Engineering, or a relevant field with 6+ years of related work experience.
• BA/BS in Chemistry, Engineering, or a relevant field with 8+ years of related work experience.
• Technical Mastery:
• Extensive experience in Validation/Quality disciplines within drug development or life sciences.
• Proven expertise in authoring and reviewing IQ/OQ/PQ protocols and reports.
• Strong command of Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and failure investigation methodologies.
• Communication: Ability to communicate complex validation requirements to personnel at all levels of the organization.
• Safety: Demonstrated commitment to safety awareness and safe work practices in a laboratory or manufacturing environment. Equal Opportunity Employer / Disabled / Protected Veterans
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Additional Skills
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AllSTEM Representative Contact Info
Account Executive:
Nichols
Branch Phone:
(909) 244-1777
Location:
Ontario, CA