Senior QA Officer in Tredegar, Blaenau Gwent

Senior QA Officers - Why You Should Apply

Ready to step up from QA Officer? This Senior QA Officer (Senior Quality Assurance Officer) role with a leading manufacturer pays up to £40,000. It offers flexitime and a clear path to QA Manager.

Build your day around you: Start any time between 7:30am and 9:30am and finish between 3:30pm and 5:30pm. Do the school run, miss the rush hour, or get to the gym while it's quiet.

A clear route to management: This role is part of the succession plan for QA Management. You'll grow into leadership with the business backing you, rather than waiting for someone to leave.

Be the face of quality: You'll be the main QA contact for your own customers, hosting their audits and quality meetings.

More than the usual QA: Alongside GMP and BRCGS work, you'll manage Export Health Certificates and work with vet inspectors.

Christmas off every year: The site shuts from Christmas to New Year, and there's no weekend or bank holiday working. Your time off is properly yours.

Your salary, benefits & hours of work

• Up to £40,000 depending on experience
• Annual Profit Related Bonus Scheme
• Flexitime: start any time between 7:30am and 9:30am, finish between 3:30pm and 5:30pm, working eight hours a day
• Monday to Friday, with no weekend or bank holiday working
• Shutdown from Christmas to the New Year
• Holidays: 24 days plus 8 bank holidays, increasing with length of service (one extra day for every 5 years, to a maximum of 25 years)

What you'll do as the Senior QA Officer

Reporting to the QA Manager, you'll be the team's senior technical lead. You'll own key parts of the Quality Management System.

• Lead investigations into deviations, non-conformances and complaints, driving root cause analysis and CAPA
• Write, review and approve SOPs, controlled forms, logbooks and quality risk assessments
• Lead the internal audit programme and keep the site audit-ready
• Host customer audits and quality meetings as the main QA contact for your accounts
• Manage Export Health Certificate applications for products of animal origin, working with veterinary inspectors
• Mentor junior QA colleagues and use QA metrics to drive continuous improvement

What you'll need to apply for the Senior QA Officer

• A degree in a relevant scientific discipline, or equivalent industry experience
• Solid experience in a regulated QA environment (pharmaceutical, food supplement or similar), with a working knowledge of EU GMP.
• Proven experience leading investigations, audits or customer-facing QA work

Interested?

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