QA Specialist (Batch Record Reviewer)
AbbVie · Waltham, MA · 1 mo ago
Quality AssuranceFull-time
AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas including immunology, oncology and neuroscience - and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, X and YouTube.
Responsibilities
- Reviewing and release of semi-finished and finished drug product.
- Ensuring adherence to Standard Operation Procedures and current Good Manufacturing Practices.
- Quarantine and monitor product on hold and preparing required batch disposition documentation for international sites as required.
- Performing the Quality Assurance review and release of semi-finished product, validation, media, and final products.
- Review batch records to support product release schedule, ensuring regulatory compliance, customer satisfaction and delivery of products.
- Quarantine and monitor product in “on hold” status prior to disposition.
- Prepare required batch disposition documentation and provide to international markets as required to ensure current Good Manufacturing Practices compliance.
- Identify and resolve all batch record discrepancies to prevent a regulatory impact.
- Assist department supervisors in maintaining dispositioned batch records to provide an efficient and secure storage and retrieval process.
- Perform all Final Product disposition following global SOPs for release in SAP.
- Exercise independent judgement in every batch based on evidence provided (e.g., CAPAs and their effectiveness).
- Perform Quality Assurance checks of all batch related documents for manufacturing, production, validation, and quality assurance departments.
- Responsible for the final sign‑off of the product being released to the market.
- Ability to exercise independent judgement and critical thinking.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in the Sciences or technical field or equivalent experience.
- 5 years of experience in a quality role or experience handling and reviewing documentation records.
- Intermediate Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel skills.
- SAP experience preferred.
- 3 years of experience in a GMP Environment.
- Prefer experience in an aseptic manufacturing environment.
- Working knowledge of Quality Assurance systems, cGMP’s, ISO 13485, CMDRs, and EMEA regulations preferred.
- Competency utilizing Electronic Systems ie. Maximo and Trackwise for Quality checks.
Skills
- Intermediate Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel.
- SAP.
- Quality Assurance systems, cGMP, ISO 13485, CMDRs, EMEA regulations.
- Electronic systems: Maximo, Trackwise.
- Independent judgement and critical thinking.
Benefits
- Paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick).
- Medical/dental/vision insurance.
- 401(k) plan.
- Short‑term incentive programs.