Quality Assurance Associate

1w1 week ago

Canadian Blood Services

Calgary, CA · Full-time · C$86,400 – C$110,000

About this role

Canadian Blood Services is looking for a Regular full-time Quality Assurance Associate to join our dynamic Quality Assurance team in AB-Calgary-Operations. The Quality Assurance team ensures products and services meet operational needs, quality requirements, and applicable legislative, regulatory, and standard requirements. Focus areas include manufacturing and collections environments.

This role provides assurance that products and services consistently meet requirements by ensuring a state of control in manufacturing and collections processes. Maintain overall compliance with regulations and standards through appropriate application of Quality System processes like document management, validation, change control, and corrective action preventative action. Activities support auditing, training, quality control, and quality event management.

Utilize interpersonal and communication skills to educate staff on Good Manufacturing Practices as defined by Canadian Blood Services' Quality Management System. Explain how these principles apply to the organization's activities. The position involves a mixture of on-site and off-site work at Calgary Operations Location.

Assist the organization to monitor and continuously improve quality by collecting and analyzing data. Facilitate root cause analysis, investigations, and monitoring of improvements. Perform work in accordance with Corporate Health and Safety Policies and Procedures.

Requirements

Post-secondary degree in a related discipline from a recognized academic institution
Certificate in Quality Management Systems and/or certified Quality Engineer designation, or currently working on certification
Ten years of experience within a Biologics manufacturing
Knowledge and experience in quality assurance
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
Attention to detail and ability to be proactive

Responsibilities

Provide assurance that products and services consistently meet requirements by ensuring state of control in manufacturing and collections processes
Ensure compliance with regulations, standards, and appropriate application of Quality System processes including document management, validation, change control, corrective action preventative action, auditing, training, quality control, and quality event management
Educate staff on Good Manufacturing Practices as defined by Canadian Blood Services' Quality Management System and how these principles apply to activities
Monitor and continuously improve quality of products and services by collecting and analyzing data
Facilitate root cause analysis, investigations, and monitoring improvements
Perform work in accordance with Canadian Blood Services' Corporate Health and Safety Policies and Procedures

Benefits

Mixture of on-site and off-site work to meet organizational needs
Part of a dynamic, collaborative and caring organization
Committed to saving and improving lives through safe blood, plasma, stem cells, organs and tissues