Quality Control Investigator

Why Patients Need You

Everything we do, every day, is in line with an unwavering commitment to the quality and the delivery of safe and effective products to patients.  Our science and risk-based compliant quality culture is flexible, innovative, and customer oriented. Whether you are involved in development, maintenance, compliance or analysis through research programs, your contribution will directly impact patients.

What You Will Achieve

You will help us in investigation of our quality issues in manufacturing and quality laboratories. You will investigate deviations and out-of-specification results and atypical result investigations. Your problem solving skills will help to identify root cause and suggest appropriate corrective action plan. Your attention to detail will help us ensure that the reports are aligned to regulatory requirements and company policies.

As an associate, your focus on the job will contribute in achieving project tasks and goals. Through your domain knowledge and commitment, you will create a collaborative team environment for your colleagues.

It is your focus and dedication that will make Pfizer ready to achieve new milestones and help patients across the globe.

How You Will Achieve It

• Contribute to the completion of complex projects, manage own time to meet agreed targets and develop plans for work activities on own projects within a team.
• Perform impact risk assessment as well as assist in root cause determination and plans appropriate corrective action and preventative action.
• Ensure Quality Management System for the investigations department are followed and maintained.
• Conduct and write formal investigation reports with the assistance of plant personnel and oversight from manager.
• Coordinate and direct product disposition in accordance to agreed targets and procedures to meet business needs.
• Conduct or participate in major investigations and as required.

QualificationsMust-Have

• Minimum of 5 years experience in a science related position, pharmaceutical industry preferred.
• Bachelor's Degree
• Knowledge of various quality tools
• Has experience and understanding of basic non-instrumental wet chemistry techniques, Manual Titrations, pH, Conductivity, Autotitrations, UV-Vis, Polarimeter as wells as more advanced techniques, i.e. GC, HPLC, AA, FTIR, etc.
• Working knowledge of Food and Drug Administration regulations
• Communication, teaching and coaching skills

Nice-to-Have

• Advanced Degree (MS or Ph. D degree)
• Supervisory experience
• Experience within Quality
• Experience in TrackWise, LIMS, SAP DMS, rDoc and PDOC system and Change Control

  
 

PHYSICAL/MENTAL REQUIREMENTS

Stand up for up to 4 hours, sit for up to 8 hours, walking, climbing stairs, responding to visual warning indicators, respond to audible warning indicators, respond to color or special visual indicators, wear specialized protective clothing (lab coat, safety glasses, gloves, face shield/goggles, apron), repetitive use of upper extremities.

NON-STANDARD WORK SCHEDULE, TRAVEL OR ENVIRONMENT REQUIREMENTS

There are no out of the ordinary travel or shift requirements associated with the position.   Individual will be expected to work nonstandard schedule as needed to support the business objectives.

Pfizer requires all U.S. new hires to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 prior to the first date of employment.  As required by applicable law, Pfizer will consider requests for Reasonable Accommodations.

Sunshine Act

Pfizer reports payments and other transfers of value to health care providers as required by federal and state transparency laws and implementing regulations.  These laws and regulations require Pfizer to provide government agencies with information such as a health care provider’s name, address and the type of payments or other value received, generally for public disclosure.  Subject to further legal review and statutory or regulatory clarification, which Pfizer intends to pursue, reimbursement of recruiting expenses for licensed physicians may constitute a reportable transfer of value under the federal transparency law commonly known as the Sunshine Act.  Therefore, if you are a licensed physician who incurs recruiting expenses as a result of interviewing with Pfizer that we pay or reimburse, your name, address and the amount of payments made currently will be reported to the government.  If you have questions regarding this matter, please do not hesitate to contact your Talent Acquisition representative.

EEO & Employment Eligibility

Pfizer is committed to equal opportunity in the terms and conditions of employment for all employees and job applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, gender identity or gender expression, national origin, disability or veteran status.  Pfizer also complies with all applicable national, state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements of the Immigration and Nationality Act and IRCA.  Pfizer is an E-Verify employer.

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