Head of Quality Control

1 week ago


Brisbane, Australia Thermo Fisher Scientific Full time

As part of the Patheon / Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world’s toughest challenges, like protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer.

**About us**

**Discover Impactful Work**
- The Head of Quality Control is an authority in their field and is regarded as such within and outside Patheon Biologics.
- You will lead a diverse department of 50 people, ensuring the high quality and on time execution of raw material, product release and stability testing, analytical method validation and microbiological support to the site.
- As a member of the Quality team, you will have the opportunity to learn and work with a global Quality Management System, Quality Control and analytical development network.
- You will support our customers by leading insightful client communications throughout project, from proposal stages to release and commercialisation of new medicines.

**A day in the Life**:

- Responsible for inspirational leadership of the site Quality Control organisation.
- Coordinates, leads, and ensures the successful, robust and efficient day-to-day operations of the Quality Control teams, including control and oversight of material consumption ands pending against department budget.
- Hires, coaches, develops and motivates staff within the QC team.
- Lead hands on problem solving efforts and root cause investigations to resolve deviations related to the quaity control. Includes the ownership of quality records as required.
- Lead client experience and ensure timely and appropriate response to all client requirements.
- Demonstrate a strong focus on continuous improvement. Lead improvements to workflow, resource, or process gaps
- Ensures continuous readiness and support for health authority and client audits and inspections.
- Collaborates globally withing the biologics business unit and the extended wrold wide Quality Control function.

**Education**
- Tertiary degree in Science or Engineering (biology, biotechnology, biochemistry, chemistry)

**Experience**
- Quality control leadership experience in biologics preferred.
- Knowledge of FDA/EMA regulatory requirements applicable to biologics is preferred.
- Strong MS Excel, PowerPoint and Word skills.
- Excellent problem solving and critical thinking skills, including strong attention to detail.
- Excellent writing, communication and presentation skills.
- Ability to analyze and summarize complex scientific data.
- Excellent organization, planning, and time management skills.
- Self-motivated, willing to learn, independent and a proactive driving force of efficient execution.
- Ability to work constructively on a team and adaptable to function in a changing environment

Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Watch as our colleagues explain 5 reasons to work with us. As one team of 100,000+ colleagues, we share a common set of values - Integrity, Intensity, Innovation and Involvement - working together to accelerate research, solve complex scientific challenges, drive technological innovation and support patients in need. #StartYourStory at Thermo Fisher Scientific, where diverse experiences, backgrounds and perspectives are valued.

**Other Job Requirements**:

- Adhere to OHS policies and procedures and ensure a safe and healthy workplace environment
- Your position may require you to participate in on call work. If you are on call you are required to be available for immediate return to work outside of your normal and regular work pattern. Should this be a requirement of your position, you will be remunerated per the Company’s policy.

Thermo Fisher Scientific is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.



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