Lead Tech, Quality Control

6 days ago

Upper Hutt, New Zealand MSD Full time

Join an **innovative** and evolving **Global Animal Health** company
- **Permanent Full-Time** opportunity based at our Manufacturing site in **Upper Hutt, NZ**:

- Be part of a supportive team committed to deliver **quality** in operations
- Join as a **Lead** and use your **Chemistry **& **People Management** skills
Our Manufacturing Operations teams are the people that make our products. We work in the manufacturing plants with a “Safety First, Quality Always” mindset striving for continuous improvement. We work in the local plant connected to our global manufacturing network to ensure the highest quality of raw materials, intermediates and finished products.

**THE OPPORTUNITY**

Reporting to the QC Manager, you will perform and document tests within the assigned QC Laboratory, monitor assay performance, provide technical support in areas of expertise, plan and co-ordinate own and testing workload and contribute to ensuring the smooth running of their area to meet schedules for release of final and intermediate products.

**WHAT YOU WILL DO**

Your responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

- Test antigen and / or vaccine, to required standards, according to set schedules/timelines
- Planning, conducting, reporting and interpreting routine laboratory assays in accordance with Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
- Ensuring adequate stocks of reagents, test materials and equipment are available to perform tests on time.
- Documenting all tasks in test records, worksheets or logbooks in accordance with Good Documentation Practice
- Peer reviewing work of other team members on procedures in which they are fully trained
- Performing housekeeping tasks and inspections in accordance with SOPs and GLP.
- Maintaining lab equipment in fully operational state of calibration / validation, including performing routine calibrations.
- Monitoring assays for unusual occurrences including preparing and reviewing trends of assay results.
- Authoring or technically reviewing SOPs for procedures
- Authoring and executing test method or equipment qualification protocols and reports
- Providing on-the-job training for other members of the QC team
- Ensure you adhere to all EHS information, policies, instruction, training and supervision as is necessary to perform your work in a manner that is safe and without significant risk to health or the environment
**WHAT YOU MUST HAVE**

To be successful in this role, you will have:

- Hold a tertiary or equivalent qualification specialising in a science discipline (Chemistry preferred)
- Demonstrate strong (8-10+) number of years of lab experience, ideally most experience in Chemistry
- Experience with basic Chemistry testing such as AAS, UV Vis and titrator methods
- Knowledge and experience in cGMP, GDP and GLP
- Experience with equipment and method validation
- Ability to trouble shoot issues with strong report & SOPs writing skills
- Supervisory &/or people management skills of individuals/team
- Well-developed skills to work autonomously as well as within a team
- Be a proactive, quality focused individual with excellent attention to detail, have good communication skills and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment
- Ability to plan, prioritise, multi-task and manage daily workload to meet testing schedules
**WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT**
- A **state-of-the-art facility** that delivers solution to its customers **world-wide**:

- Highly engaging team that aims to **innovate** the future
- Opportunity to continue to **grow** your **career long-term**
Our Manufacturing & Supply Division is committed to be the most trusted supplier of bio-pharmaceuticals worldwide. Our facilities, along with our external contractors, suppliers, and partners, create an interdependent global manufacturing network that’s committed to delivering a high quality, reliable supply to customers and patients on time, every time.

**Who we are **

We are known as Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey, USA in the United States and Canada and MSD everywhere else. For more than a century, we have been inventing for life, bringing forward medicines and vaccines for many of the world's most challenging diseases. Today, our company continues to be at the forefront of research to deliver innovative health solutions and advance the prevention and treatment of diseases that threaten people and animals around the world.

**What we look for **

Imagine getting up in the morning for a job as important as helping to save and improve lives around the world. Here, you have that opportunity. You can put your empathy, creativity, digital mastery, or scientific genius to work in collaboration with a diverse group of colleagues who pursue and bring hope to countless people who are battling some of the most challenging diseases of our time. Our team is constantly evolving, so if you are among the intellectually curious, join us — and start making your impact today.

We are proud to be a company that em

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