Analyst, Quality Assurance

at  Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC

Founded by Samih Darwazah over 40 years ago in Jordan, Hikma’s purpose is to provide affordable, quality medicines to the people who are competent. Based on very solid foundations, we continue to innovate daily and find practical solutions to transform the lives of the millions of people we serve.
At the end of the 1980s, we extended ours beyond the Middle East and acquired land in Portugal for the construction of a sterile factory for injectable pharmaceutical products. This was an important turning point for the company, and our first step into a new region. Today, in Portugal, we have more than 900 employees and 3 factories for the production of injectable medicines.
Hikma, intends to recruit an Analyst, Quality Assurance (m/f) to integrate Quality Assurance Department, on-site work.

• Conducting or verifying analysis of bulk sample
• Verifying or conducting sampling and analysis of the in-process control during filling of the batches
• Conducting or verifying analysis after cleaning of machine production parts to verify clean conformity
• Verify or enter the data of the in-process forms/logbook/LIMS on a daily basis and check for accuracy upon request
• Ensures that the equipment’s and solutions in use are maintained under validity
• Sample finished product to be tested by the Microbiology and Quality Control Departments
• Performs round checks in production departments, bulk packaging and infrastructures
• Performs inspections in the production areas whenever necessary
• Carries out the start-up before the beginning or during production (whenever necessary)
• Performs Aseptic Practices and Cleaning/ Disinfection Monitoring
• Samples and carries out acceptance procedures in all the different phases of the production, undertakes visual inspection by attributes for defects
• Approves maintenance requisitions for the release of production
• Trains new QA analyst
• Verifies print-outs from equipment related with productions activities