Senior Quality Control Technician, Orthopaedics

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About Orthopaedics

Fueled by innovation at the intersection of biology and technology were developing the next generation of smarter less invasive more personalized treatments.

Are you passionate about improving and expanding the possibilities of Orthopaedics Ready to join a team thats reimagining how we heal Our Orthopaedics teams help keep more than 6 million people moving each year while delivering clinical and economic value to surgeons and healthcare systems. Our teams build solutions for joint reconstruction; trauma and craniomaxillofacial; sports extremities and elective foot and ankle; spine; and robotics and digital surgery.

Your unique talents will help patients on their journey to wellness. Learn more at are searching for the best talent to join our DePuy Synthes business as a Senior Quality Control Technician in Blackpool UK.

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In this role you will carry out Quality Control testing to ensure the ongoing quality of product. You will have overall responsibility for your assigned testing area and will interface with other departments to support the timely release of products and materials while ensuring compliance with cGMP quality systems and regulatory requirements. You will report to the Quality Control Laboratory Lead and work closely with site Value Streams and Quality Systems to ensure timely testing and release of products.

You will be responsible for:

Performing physical analytical and chemical testing of raw materials inprocess materials and finished products.
Holding overall responsibility for assigned Quality Control areas (e.g. Main Mechanical Inspection Goods In).
Interfacing with other departments to ensure timely testing release and availability of products and materials.
Initiating and supporting laboratory investigations nonconformance investigations and outofspecification (OOS) excursions.
Ensuring all testing activities documentation and laboratory practices comply with cGMP ISO 9000 ISO 13485 FDA QSRs and Medical Device Directive requirements.
Maintaining accurate and compliant GMP documentation including procedures specifications lab books raw data and reports.
Supporting validation of simple test methods and equipment including generation and execution of protocols and reports.
Ensuring laboratory readiness through equipment calibration consumables management laboratory cleaning and execution of cleaning programs.

Qualifications / Requirements:

Minimum of Alevel education in a science or mathematics discipline (international equivalents acceptable); a BSc degree in a scientific subject (e.g. Chemistry Pharmacy Forensics) is desirable.

Minimum of 2 years experience in a laboratory setting; practical laboratory experience gained solely through a degree is not acceptable.

Previous experience working in a qualityregulated environment within the Food Consumer Pharmaceutical or Medical Device industry.

Ability to perform physical analytical and chemical testing using standard laboratory equipment.

Strong understanding of and ability to follow procedures to ensure compliance with cGMP and applicable quality systems.

Experience working with GMP documentation including procedures lab books raw data and reports.

Ability to work to deadlines manage time effectively and prioritize workload in a changing environment.

Strong communication skills with the ability to collaborate effectively as part of a team toward common goals.

Customerfocused results and performancedriven with a sense of urgency and accountability.

Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications (Word Excel PowerPoint) and willingness to work standard hours including overtime when required

Johnson & Johnson announced plans to separate our Orthopaedics business to establish a standalone orthopaedics company operating as DePuy Synthes. The process of the planned separation is anticipated to be completed within 18 to 24 months subject to legal requirements including consultation with works councils and other employee representative bodies as may be required regulatory approvals and other customary conditions and approvals. Should you accept this position it is anticipated that following conclusion of the transaction you would be an employee of DePuy Synthes and your employment would be governed by DePuy Synthes employment processes programs policies and benefit that case details of any planned changes would be

provided to you by DePuy Synthes at an appropriate time and subject to any necessary consultation processes.

At Johnson & Johnson we want every candidate to feel supported throughout the hiring process. Our goal is to make the experience clear fair and respectful of your time.

Heres what you can expect:
Application review: Well carefully review your CV to see how your skills and experience align with the role.
Getting to know you: If theres a good match youll be invited to a short call with one of our recruitment team to understand more about you and answer any questions that you might have.
Staying informed: We know waiting can be hard and processes can evolve; our recruitment team will keep you updated and make sure you know what to expect at each step.
Final steps: For successful candidates you will need to complete countryspecific checks before starting your new role. We will help guide you through these.

Finally at the end of the process well invite you to share feedback in a short survey your input helps us continue improving the experience for future candidates.

Thank you for considering a career with Johnson & Johnson. Were excited to learn more about you and wish you the best of luck in the process!

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