Job Description
Quality Assurance Officer
- **1 Year Fixed-Term, **full-time role with competitive remuneration and benefits
- Location: Wellington - Upper Hutt, New Zealand (Monday to Friday)
- Career growth: Expand your expertise in a growing, successful industry
- Professional development: Gain valuable experience in a dynamic, evolving role
The QA Officer will support the QA team by ensuring batch documentation is prepared, reviewed, and released on schedule. The role includes performing QA document reviews and helping maintain QA systems to support smooth department operations and ensure compliance with regulatory and corporate standards.
The Quality Assurance Officer sits within the Quality organisation in the QA Batch Release Team, and reports to the Quality Assurance Manager.
What You Will Do
Responsibilities include, however not limited to:
Ensure batch documentation is available to meet production and testing schedules by:
- Issuing batch documents and test worksheets and completing required SAP transactions
- Monitoring department KPIs and, in conjunction with the Quality Assurance Manager, implementing action plans to address trends
- Supporting continuous improvement by contributing to QA systems where trained (for example: batch review, document control and archiving, GMP training systems, internal auditing, change control, deviation management, Right First-Time programs)
Product release
Ensure batch documentation is reviewed to enable on‑schedule product release by:
- Reviewing batch and test documentation for accuracy, completeness, and regulatory compliance
- Facilitating correction or completion of documentation with colleagues in other departments and reconciling records to maintain effective document control
- Ensuring batch release documentation is available to meet export schedules
What You Must have
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in a science-based discipline
- Knowledge of Quality Assurance (QA) systems and Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) and Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) requirements in a production environment
- Prior experience in a similar role within a GMP/GLP manufacturing environment is desirable - preferably in the pharmaceutical industry in Quality Operations or a comparable manufacturing role
- Demonstrated experience across multiple biopharmaceutical functions (for example, manufacturing, technology, validation, engineering, quality, analytical)
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to positively influence others
- Proven ability to work collaboratively in a team to resolve complex problems and issues
- Demonstrated leadership skills and the ability to build effective working relationships and align with key stakeholders across the business
- Sound, logical approach to problem solving
- Strong time-management skills with the ability to plan work and meet deadlines
What You Can Expect
- Take ownership of meaningful work, whilst working independently with clear support from a trusted global leader in Animal Health
- Opportunities for practical development and varied tasks to broaden your experience
- Join a collaborative team of like‑minded professionals where your contributions are recognised
We are proud to be a company that embraces the value of bringing talented and committed people together. The fastest way to breakthrough innovation is when ideas come together in an inclusive environment. We encourage our colleagues to respectfully challenge one another’s thinking and approach problems collectively. We are an equal opportunity employer, committed to fostering an inclusive workplace.
**Required Skills: **
Analytical Problem Solving, Batch Record Review, Detail-Oriented, Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), Manufacturing Environments, Quality Assurance (QA), Quality Assurance (QA) Standards, Quality Assurance Systems
**Preferred Skills: **
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**Employee Status: **
Temporary (Fixed Term)
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Job Posting End Date:
05/19/2026
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