About the job

Job Description

We are excited to announce a new opportunity at our Carlow Site for a Quality Control Manager. As a Quality Control Manager, the successful candidate will play a pivotal role in ensuring the highest standards of quality and compliance in our manufacturing processes.

Bring energy, knowledge, innovation to carry out the following

• You will ensure adherence to data integrity principles (Attributable, Legible, Contemporaneous, Original, and Accurate) and complete applicable Current Good Manufacturing Practice training.
• Escalate potential Current Good Manufacturing Practice violations and concerns affecting product safety, efficacy, quality, or purity.
• Provide training to team members and foster a safe, compliant, and high-performing culture through collaboration.
• Support quality reporting improvements and step in for the Associate Director, Quality Control during absences.
• You will ensure processes for batch testing, review, release, and product disposition are followed.
• Resolve quality issues with compliance guidance and support material/product lifecycle controls and procedures.
• Conduct, review, and approve laboratory testing, material inspections, and validation of laboratory methods.
• You'll manage Corrective and Preventive Actions activities, quality agreements, and risk management processes, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements and divisional Quality Management System policies
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What Skill You Will Bring To The Team

• Bachelors Degree in Engineering or Science
• You bring 5+ years of experience in the pharma industry.
• People management experience
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Our facility in Carlow site broke ground in 2008 and is a filling site for the launch and commercial supply of vaccines, biologics and small molecule drug product. Since its initial launch, the site has attracted significant internal investment and is now home to a number of state-of-the-art production facilities, laboratories and temperature-controlled warehousing units. The Carlow site is a significant employer in the South East region and attracts high performing talent through close collaborations with universities and colleges in the region

We keep the patient at the very heart of all that we do and strive to find solutions and treatments for some of the world's most challenging healthcare needs.

As an equal opportunity employer, we are proud to be a company that embraces the value of bringing diverse, talented, and committed people together.

Please don't hesitate to contact the Talent Acquisition Advisor assigned to this role should you need any support during our recruitment process.

We are committed to flexible working where possible, and this is why our Company has introduced a new hybrid working model for office-based colleagues around the world.

Please feel free to speak to us about what flexibility means to you during your application.

So, if you are ready to

Invent solutions to meet unmet healthcare needs, please apply today.

Required Skills

BioAssay, Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), Quality Control (QC), Quality Management, Regulatory Requirements

Preferred Skills

Collaboration

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Employee Status

Regular

Relocation

VISA Sponsorship

Travel Requirements

Flexible Work Arrangements

Not Applicable

Shift

Valid Driving License

Hazardous Material(s)

Job Posting End Date

09/10/2026

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