Quality Assurance Operations Supervisor

About Civica

Critical shortages of essential generic injectable drugs are an ongoing crisis in U.S. healthcare and have reached an all-time high. Over 300 essential medications are currently reported to be in shortage, according to industry and FDA reports.

Shortages put patients at risk and waste hospital resources.

Civica is a market-based nonprofit solution created in 2018 by health systems and philanthropies for the express purpose of preventing and mitigating drug shortages. Today, nearly 60 health systems have joined Civica, representing over 1,400 hospitals and approximately one-third of all U.S. hospital beds. Civica has also supplied the U.S. Department of Veteran’s Affairs, the U.S. Department of Defense and the U.S. Strategic National Stockpile with essential medicines. Civica currently supplies medicines to health system members in 49 states.

Civica’s mission has expanded beyond the hospital setting to reach consumers directly through CivicaScript, which is dedicated to making quality outpatient generic medicines affordable and available. CivicaScript works with trusted manufacturing partners to develop quality generic medicines and has forged partnerships with like-minded payors, pharmacy benefit managers and pharmacies to enable significant cost savings to be passed along to their customers.

Civica’s new 140,000 square foot state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Virginia will soon produce a steady supply of more than three dozen sterile injectables, all drugs that are currently in or near shortage. The plant will also produce affordable biosimilar insulins, ensuring all Americans have access to lower cost, quality insulins, regardless of their insurance status.

The Civica Foundation is a 501(c)(3) organization that fosters philanthropic support for Civica’s work to manufacture and distribute affordable medications. The Foundation’s first commitment is to support Civica’s efforts to bring affordable insulin to all Americans. Leaders from nearly every corner of the diabetes ecosystem are partners in this initiative.

Civica is leading a movement for patients, not profits. Because eliminating shortages and stabilizing high prices are in the best interest of patients.

Join us. Learn more at www.civicarx.org

Job Description

The Quality Assurance Operations Supervisor 3rd Shift will join the Civica, Inc. (“Civica”) organization at the Petersburg, Virginia site by bringing their knowledge and experience in service to patients and pursuit of excellence in quality and compliance. The Petersburg site serves as Civica’s new fill finish facility dedicated to the manufacture and supply of essential generic sterile injectable medications.

The role is essential to assure the Petersburg site’s manufacturing and operations activities comply with applicable regulatory standards (e.g., Current Good Manufacturing Practices, Good Distribution Practices) and expectations for the development and reliable supply of quality medicines.

Responsibilities also include, but are not limited to, shop floor oversight and the generation, review and/or approval of policies, procedures, reports, batch records and other records necessary to support the design, implementation, and maintenance of manufacturing processes that meets or exceed FDA requirements.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Working across functions, establish and maintain the site’s quality systems related to manufacturing and Packaging operations to enable reliable supply of quality medications to patients.
• Responsible for Quality shop-floor oversight including real-time batch record review, response to deviations and implementation of corrective actions.
• Promote a quality mindset and quality excellence approach to all activities.
• Promote a safety mindset and focus on safety for all operations activities.
• Responsible for operational compliance aspects of sterile fill finish manufacturing of products including but not limited to aseptic process simulations, terminal sterilization, batch record review and shop-floor quality.
• Ensure that all aspects of the handling, and manufacturing of pharmaceutical products at the site comply with Civica and relevant FDA and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) regulatory requirements.
• Establish and maintain Standard Operating Procedures and training consistent with CGMPs for QA shop-floor support.
• Provide leadership, direction, and support to ensure shop floor associates and operators are qualified, achieve a high level of competence, are motivated and carry out their duties in a safe manner.
• Responsible for training and development of team members.
• Maintain current knowledge of FDA and Civica requirements to keep pace with evolving requirements for manufacturing.
• Support process transfers, including validation, from development and/or other manufacturing sites.
• Establish and maintain Standard Operating Procedures, and training to ensure that all components, raw materials, excipients, drug product containers, closures, in-process materials, packaging material, labelling and drug products are received in accordance with site procedures.
• Support quality processes and systems across the product lifecycle including, but not limited to, change control, CAPA, deviations and investigations, label control, laboratory control, product quality complaints, Annual Product Quality Review (APQR), and management notification.
• Participate in quality risk analysis.
• Proactively identify and work collaboratively to resolve problems taking risk-based and compliant approaches to solutions.
• Travel limited but may occasionally be required.
  
  
  

Basic Qualifications And Capabilities

• Bachelor’s degree in a scientific discipline with a minimum of 6 years Quality/CGMP experience in the pharmaceutical industry. Experience in sterile injectable manufacturing and packaging operations is required.
• Strong project management, organization, and execution skills with a proven track record of shop floor manufacturing.
• Supervisory experience.
• Quality assurance experience across the product development and commercialization lifecycle including.
• Participation and leading activities to support regulatory agency inspections required.
• Excellent interpersonal and written communication skills and experience using various software/electronic applications required.
• Self-motivated, flexible, and able to work in a small, fast-paced, dynamic, environment.
• Ability to work autonomously and within established guidelines, procedures, and practices.
• Committed to delivering high quality results, working with others to overcome challenges, and focusing on what matters.
• Continuously looking for opportunities to learn, build skills and share knowledge with others.
  
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Technical expertise in sterile pharmaceutical isolator technology, combination product and medical devices is highly desirable.
• Experience in Drug Enforcement Agency requirements for the handling and distribution of controlled substances is desired.
• Prior experience in a supervisory role highly desired.
  
  
  

Physical Demands And Work Environment

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions.

While performing the essential duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to speak or hear. The employee frequently is required to use hands or fingers, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, distance vision, and the ability to adjust focus. The noise level in the work environment is usually low to moderate.

The company is an Equal Opportunity Employer, drug free workplace, and complies with ADA regulations as applicable.