Abbott is a global healthcare leader committed to helping people live not just longer, but better lives. Abbott employs approximately 110,000 people worldwide in 160 countries with a diverse portfolio in diagnostics, medical devices, nutrition, and pharmaceuticals.
Abbott Biologicals Olst produces medicines sold worldwide. The Olst site is unique in that it fills and packages for sterile administration, including the flu vaccine Influvac®, and for oral administration as a liquid, Lactulose, and as a solid, hormone preparations and Mebeverine.
Will you come work with us? We are looking for a:
Quality Engineer / Production Support Specialist A
Where will you work?
You will be part of a team of Production Support Specialists for the Hormone Franchise. Within the Hormone Franchise, you will deal with the preparation of medicines used worldwide. This all takes place in a controlled environment (examples include pressure control, temperature control, microbiological control). You will work with all employees in the factory to deliver a product that meets the high-quality standards that Abbott sets for its products. You will report to the Production Support Manager.
What will you do?
You are responsible for ensuring the quality and compliance aspects of our products and work with production employees and various support departments such as Quality, Engineering, Maintenance, and Supply Chain to ensure that the production process can continue to run day and night and that issues with potential quality impact are resolved as quickly as possible.
What are your tasks and responsibilities?
- Optimization and review of production documentation
- Optimization and review of batch records
- Responsible for the department being inspection-ready at all times.
- Involvement in internal and external inspections
- Training of departmental personnel (e.g., on GMP regulations)
- Investigating quality issues by performing root cause analyses and impact assessments
- Support in implementing optimizations (change control)
- Ensuring compliance with (GxP) guidelines
What knowledge and experience do you bring?
- You have completed a Bachelor's or Master's degree in a pharmaceutical, biomedical, or similar field.
- You demonstrate ownership and focus on collaboration.
- You are analytical and proactive.
- You are capable of maintaining an overview and taking on a coordinating role.
- You have a good command of the Dutch and English languages, both spoken and written.
- A thorough understanding of quality systems such as GMP and/or ISO is a plus.
What do we offer?
Abbott offers a varied, challenging, and international role in a dynamic and pleasant working environment. With our organization, you can count on excellent primary and secondary employment conditions, a positive work atmosphere, a personal growth plan, extensive training opportunities, and good career prospects. We strive for progress, both in healthcare solutions and in the lives and careers of our employees. Our work worldwide and in many areas of healthcare offers our employees a rich environment to explore career paths, interests, and opportunities.
JOB FAMILY: Manufacturing
DIVISION: EPD Established Pharma
LOCATION: Netherlands > Olst : OAA/OAB
WORK SHIFT: Standard
TRAVEL: Not specified
MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE: Not Applicable
SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES: Not Applicable
