Senior QA Shop floor Oversight Scientist
Job Description
We are looking for:
A Senior QA Shop floor Oversight Scientist to maintain a high-visibility, Quality Assurance presence on the shop floor, ensuring real-time compliance with Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), data integrity principles, and internal procedures within a pharmaceutical manufacturing environment. The role provides independent oversight of manufacturing and packaging operations, proactively identifies risks, supports immediate corrective actions, and contributes to a culture of quality, compliance, and continuous inspection readiness.
As a Senior QA Shop floor Oversight Scientist you will be responsible for:
- Maintain continuous and visible QA presence within manufacturing and packaging areas.
- Provide real-time oversight of operations.
- Independently assess compliance of production activities with GMP requirements.
- Act as a key QA representative within operational areas.
- Perform systematic rotation across production suites to ensure comprehensive QA coverage.
- Monitor all stages of manufacturing, including dispensing, granulation, compression, coating, and packaging.
- Ensure consistent application of GMP standards across all production areas
- Perform in-depth QA oversight of:
- Line clearance activities
- Batch manufacturing and packaging operations
- Adherence to SOPs and GMP requirements
- Identify, assess, and document deviations, non-compliance, and risks.
- Initiate and support immediate corrective actions in collaboration with Production and QA teams.
- Escalate critical issues to QA management where required.
- Ensure compliance with ALCOA+ principles in all shopfloor documentation practices.
- Review batch records, logbooks, and real-time entries for accuracy and completeness.
- Identify and address data integrity risks, ensuring timely correction and escalation.
- Apply risk-based thinking to identify potential quality and compliance issues.
- Provide on-the-spot guidance to production teams to prevent deviations.
- Support QA decision-making through timely and accurate reporting of observations.
- Work closely with Production, Quality Control, and Engineering teams to ensure compliant execution of operations.
- Provide expert guidance on GMP and documentation practices.
- Maintain QA independence while fostering a collaborative and solution-oriented environment.
- Prepare structured daily reports including:
- Scope of Activities
· Areas visited
· Personnel engaged
· Products and batch numbers observed
· Manufacturing steps reviewed - Observations
· GMP compliance findings
· Data integrity observations
· Identified risks or deviations - Actions Taken
· Immediate corrections implemented
· Escalations and follow-up actions - Inspection Readiness
· Ensure reports are clear, detailed, and suitable for regulatory inspections (e.g., FDA,EMA) - Identify recurring issues and support root cause analysis and CAPA activities.
- Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives related to GMP compliance.
- Support maintaining a constant state of inspection readiness within manufacturing operations.
- Provide on-the-floor coaching and guidance to production personnel on GMP and data integrity.
- Support training initiatives to strengthen compliance awareness across the shopfloor.
What you will bring:
- Bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy, Chemistry, Biology or related Life Sciences field is required.
- Minimum of 3–5 years of experience in a GMP-regulated pharmaceutical manufacturing environment.
- Proven experience in QA operations or shopfloor oversight is required.
- Familiarity with manufacturing processes and GMP requirements.
- Strong knowledge of EU GMP requirements and data integrity principles (ALCOA+).
- Ability to work independently and make risk-based decisions.
- Strong observational and analytical skills.
- Effective communication and interpersonal skills.
- High level of integrity and attention to detail
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite
- Familiarity with quality systems and documentation tools.
- Good knowledge of Greek and English
What’s in it for you?
- 13th and 14th salary.
- Provident Fund.
- Group Medical Plan.
- Discount scheme.
If you are interested, you can apply via our website: Senior QA Shopfloor Oversight Scientist Job Details | Remedica Limited
How to Apply
Interested candidates are kindly requested to send their CV to the HR Manager at humanresources@remedica.com.cy.