Production Support Specialist

Overview

Have you always wanted to work for a company where your work can have a real impact on people’s well being? Do you want to be part of a department responsible for leading the projects that will improve efficiency and ensure compliance within a pharmaceutical production facility in line with Good Manufacturing Principles guidelines and procedures? We are looking for talent that will help us reach our full potential and at the same time help you reach your potential in an inspiring and collaborative work environment. If this sounds interesting, we want to meet you!

Main Responsibilities

• Participates in production readiness and has a coordinator role for the introduction and transfer of new products at the facility
• Discusses problems and possible improvements with the various departments (Production, Product Development, Technology Transfer, R&D, Analytical Group, etc.)
• Collects the required documentation to revise existing manufacturing processes (history, investigation, etc.)
• Assesses process and equipment needs and initiates proposals/business cases for improvement projects including deliverables, planning, and costing, in collaboration with impacted departments
• Leads production and cross functional deviations and investigations
• Supports the Validation department during equipment qualifications and computer system, process & cleaning validations
• Supports the Product Development and R&D departments during tests runs
• Prepares and as required helps in the execution of change controls and CAPAs
• Writes SOPs related to production operations
• Prepares on the job training documents and evaluation sheets and helps train production personnel
• Reviews various types of documents (office work)
• Perform other tasks as assigned
• Back up for this role is the Production Manager

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years of relevant experience in a production organization (preferably Pharmaceutical but Chemical & Food will be considered; relevant academic knowledge can be considered in lieu of job experience)
• Preferred education level: University (but CEGEP level and relevant job experience will be considered)
• Preferably academic degree in a relevant field (Engineering, Chemistry, Biochemistry, Life Sciences, Pharmaceutical technology)
• Knowledge of GMP requirements
• Self-sufficient, proactive, dynamic, and able to work under pressure
• Good analytical, organizational, project management and problem-solving skills
• Capable to synthesize information in a coherent and simple manner
• Capable of working on many projects simultaneously
• Excellent knowledge of Windows and MS Office tools (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Strong writing skills in both French and English
• Functional bilingualism (English and French), both spoken and written are required