Quality Control Technician

This is maternity leave replacement and we offer a temporary contract.

Major Accountabilities:

• Manages the receipt of raw materials and production material;
• Ensures correct order and cleaning of cabinets and refrigerators for storage of reagents, standards, raw materials and production material;
• Supports the head of CQ in the execution of the various activities under the responsibility of the Department of Quality Control (preparation of standards and reagents, micro-biological monitoring of pharmaceutical facilities, management of Counter-sample and dispatch of samples to external companies for complementary quality control controls, periodic qualification and calibration of analytical instrumentation;
• Under the coordination of the response QC, performs the necessary activities for the correct execution of the various activities of the laboratory of quality Control;
• Assists people in charge of radioprotection in management of radioactivity measuring instruments (environmental monitoring probes, pollutants, Geyger-Muller meters, active and passive dosimeters) and in the handling of decontamination tanks.
• Execution of the quality controls of the different radiopharmaceuticals;
• Management of analytical techniques such as: HPLC, gas chromatography, TLC, ph-meter, activity meter, method of detection of endotoxins, etc;
• Compliance with the correct manufacturing standards applied to the quality control of Radiopharmaceuticals.
• Collaborate in the implementation and revalidation of quality control processes

Obligatory requirements:

• Bachelor Degree.
• Strong affinity with and awareness of quality issues.
• Open and clear collaboration and communication to make sure the daily operation runs smoothly.
• Capability to work under pressure and understanding of sense of urgency around given tasks.
• Fluent Spanish, medium-good knowledge of English is preferred.

Desirable requirements:

• Radiation safety education

We offer a market-competitive base salary in line with your qualification, experience and individual proficiencies, learning & development options and worldwide career opportunities within a growing multinational pharma company that develops a job with direct impact on cancer patients.

Why Advanced Accelerator Applications?
Thousands of people die of cancer around the world every day. At Advanced Accelerator Applications, a Novartis company, our mission is to transform lives through radioligand therapy in nuclear medicine to fight several leading types of cancer. How will we continue to be on the cutting edge of medicine?
We believe new groundbreaking solutions can be found at the intersection of medical science and digital innovation. That a diverse, equitable and inclusive environment inspires new ways of working. We believe our potential can thrive and grow in an unbossed culture underpinned by integrity, curiosity and flexibility. And we can reinvent what's possible, when we collaborate with courage to aggressively and ambitiously tackle the world’s toughest medical challenges. Because the greatest risk in life, is the risk of never trying!
Imagine what you could do here at Novartis!

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