Job Description

An amazing opportunity has arisen for a Quality Control Technician to join our Dundalk team.

In this essential role you will ensure our QC laboratory equipment is maintained, calibrated, and validated to meet GMP and regulatory expectations. You support the ongoing sample management and distribution processes using LIMS engaging with stakeholders from different departments.

Our state-of-the-art facility is dedicated to formulating and filling vaccine products that improve and transform lives globally. Join our team and contribute to leading scientific breakthroughs in the treatment of some of the world’s most harmful diseases.

What you will do:

Bring energy, knowledge, innovation, and leadership to carry out the following:

• Maintain QC equipment within their qualified state for GMP readiness.
• Review and approve RAMS / permit to works, liasing with both EHS and vendors.
• Follow site local procedures and training expectations.
• Support déviations , change controls and CAPAs.
• Perform periodic reviews of equipment validation / qualification status.
• Perform sample management activities on site.
• Execute sample management tasks using LIMS and other electronic platforms.
• Support ad hoc tasks where and when required.

What skills you will need:

In order to excel in this role, you will more than likely have:

Education

• Minimum BSc Degree in a science related field.

Experience

• At least 3+ years in a pharmaceutical GMP environment
• Analytical equipment maintenance
• In depth knowledge in Quality Control (QC) equipment calibration and validation activities.
• Familiar with using core quality management system (QMS) elements such as deviation, CAPAs and change controls.

Skills

• Vendor Management
• Laboratory Instrumentation
• Equipment Maintenance
• Laboratory Safety
• Troubleshooting
• Inventory Management
• Laboratory Operations
• Recordkeeping
• Chemicals Handling
• LIMS management

As a company, we are committed to ‘Inventing for Life’ in all that we do. 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.

We are proud to be a company that embraces the value of bringing diverse, talented, and committed people together. The fastest way to breakthrough innovation is when diverse ideas come together in an inclusive environment.

So, if you are ready to:

Invent solutions to meet unmet healthcare needs, Impact the future by driving one of the world’s leading healthcare companies, and inspire your team to reach their full potential and push the boundaries of science and technology, please apply today.

Required Skills:

Accountability, Accountability, Calibration Management Software, Calibration of Equipment, Calibration Procedures, Chemicals Handling, Compound Management, GMP Compliance, Hemagglutination Assays, Inventory Management, Laboratory Instrumentation, Laboratory Operations, Laboratory Safety, Microbiology Lab Techniques, Pipetting, Production Quality Control, Purchasing Management, Quality Control Management, Quality Management System Auditing, Quality Standards, Recordkeeping, Regulatory Compliance, Solution Preparations, Supplier Management, Supplier Quality Management {+ 4 more}

Preferred Skills:

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Employee Status:

Regular

Relocation:

VISA Sponsorship:

Travel Requirements:

Flexible Work Arrangements:

Not Applicable

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Job Posting End Date:

10/20/2025

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