Quality Technician

Job description

Quality Technician, DePuy Synthes
Beeston, Leeds, United Kingdom
GCF: 23

DePuy Synthes, a member of Johnson & Johnson's Family of Companies, is investing in early stage research and insights to build our long-term pipeline and enable us to implement innovative disease and care pathways on behalf of customers and the patients we all serve. As this investment includes attracting top talent, DePuy Synthes Quality department is recruiting for a QA Technician.

What you're great at

You have a technical background, you will have a passion to develop and be intellectually curious.

You will be a good communicator who is able to make data-based decisions, you will use Quality Engineering principles and problem-solving skills to improve and maintain develop products/processes that are aligned with the overall Quality and Business vision.

Ensuring effective risk management to prevent unanticipated failure modes and improve capability of processes.

Responsibilities will include:

You will support processes in Base Business and support other engineers and technicians across multiple sites and/or various geographic regions.

Business Improvements
• Conduct Technical Quality assurance inspections and use results to improve production processes and standards.
• Sampling of in process and finished goods as required
• Collate and entry of data from functional and finished goods testing/inspection
• Review of product on hold, scrap and rework

Compliance/Regulatory
• Support Quality Systems activities within the Value Streams and across the site such as Internal Audits, Non- Conformances and CAPA activities
• Conduct periodic line audits to assess for production controls such as lot segregation. Review results of area audits to ensure that corrective and preventive actions are adequate.

Product Quality, Control & Disposition and Performance Standards
• Supports activities related to the Material Review Board.
• Conduct investigation, bounding, documentation, review and approval of non-conformances, CAPAs and customer complaints. Escalation of quality issues as appropriate.
• Support the collection/presentation of Quality metrics including leading and lagging indicators of quality

Production/Process Controls including Control Plans
• Collect data and execute/conduct various analytical/statistical analysis and interpretation as part of process improvements and day-to-day support.
• Working in conjunction with Quality Engineers, to review effectiveness of current control plans given risk levels.

Risk Mitigation
• Working in conjunction with Quality Engineers, assess the current risk mitigation techniques implemented and whether these are consistent with the product classification, potential defect types, defect frequency, severity, patient risk, process capability, process controls, etc.

Desired profile

Qualifications :

BE VITAL


You will have a proactive approach to work, be flexible in your approach to work and have good attention to detail.

You will have good communication skills and have a team-based ethos

Together with:
• Some knowledge of product/process Risk Management (FDA and ISO standards) is required.
• Experience within medical devices or another regulated environment.
• An understanding of GMP
• The ability to perform and support a "hands on" troubleshooting and problem solving is required.

What you'll own and how you'll grow:

You will be a critical part of the functional team and link closely with Ireland to continue to drive continuous improvement within Quality Operations.


What we're about:

We are passionate about our work, and play vital roles across a range of professional disciplines, and care deeply about our customers and communities. At Johnson & Johnson our culture enables dynamic and impactful careers. We share a kind of DNA where we're each

• Committed to caring
• Responsible to our communities
• Ready to apply our knowledge and know-how
• Unique in our background and experiences
• The drivers of our own success
• Passionate about doing what's right

CLOSING DATE: 12TH AUGUST 2018
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