Quality Practitioner (PSOQ) Level 4 Apprentice - Pfizer
Cogent Ssc Limited
Kent, CT13 9ND
Closes on Sunday 9 March
Posted on 4 December 2024
Contents
Summary
This is a great opportunity to work for one of the world’s innovative pharmaceutical companies. Pfizer is looking to recruit an apprentice within the Global Clinical Supplies & Vendor Quality Operations (GCS&VQO) Team within PharmSci Operation Quality (PSOQ).
- Annual wage
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£18,000 a year
Minimum wage rates (opens in new tab)
Annual Salary increment increase
- Training course
- Quality practitioner (level 4)
- Hours
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Monday to Thursday, 9am – 5:25pm with 45 minute lunch break.
Fridays, 9am – 4:05pm with 45 minute lunch break
40 hours 45 minutes a week
- Possible start date
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Monday 1 September
- Duration
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2 years
- Positions available
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2
Work
As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.
What you’ll do at work
The main responsibilities will include:
- Completing job-related training and maintain personal training records.
- Building contacts and forming collaborative partnerships with key business lines and Quality Stakeholders Globally.
- Contributing to readiness activities before, during and after audits and inspections.
- Execute Clinical Complaints Intake and Triage activities.
- Track Vendor notifications and communication for Clinical
- Complaint Management.
- Support the monitoring, maintaining, and improving of systems and processes used for Quality Compliance.
- Identifying quality continuous improvement efforts to streamline compliance and efficiencies.
- Execute aspects of Clinical Packaging Release and Disposition activities.
- Support Qualified Persons (QP) activities to include QP declarations.
- Assist with Quality Agreement generation and amendments.
- Perform aspects of Vendor qualification and Vendor oversight activities.
Where you’ll work
Discovery Park
Ramsgate Road
Sandwich
Kent
CT13 9ND
Training
An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.
College or training organisation
CSR SCIENTIFIC TRAINING LIMITED
Your training course
Quality practitioner (level 4)
Equal to higher national certificate (HNC)
Course contents
- Identify, interpret and apply relevant legal, governmental or industry regulations affecting the organisation.
- Communicate using appropriate methods (verbal, written, visual) to influence internal and external stakeholders, using appropriate questioning techniques such as open questions, leading questions.
- Identify, collect and analyse relevant quality data using appropriate tools and techniques such as Pareto analysis, statistical methods and trending analysis.
- Apply methods and tools to improve the quality performance of processes, products and services such as production control plans, standardised work, use of failure modes and effects.
- Identify, analyse and prioritise quality specific risks and opportunities. Support the development, implementation and effectiveness of resulting actions.
- Plan and conduct system, product or process audits.
- Assess the effectiveness of the measurement systems using tool such as Measurement Systems Analysis.
- Identify requirements from technical documents, commercial input or stakeholder statements and converting to definitions that can drive the organisations processes
- Identify gaps in process performance and develop improvement plans to close gaps.
- Apply structured problem solving including identification, definition, measurement, analysis, improvement and control methods and tools.
- Communicate organisational quality strategy to all levels of the organisation.
- Identify who the internal and external stakeholders are and their current and optimal positions (such as hostile, help it work, opposed, uncooperative, indifferent, hesitant, enthusiastic support) required to support quality related activities.
- Identify, interpret and apply relevant legal, governmental or industry regulations affecting the organisation.
- Communicate using appropriate methods (verbal, written, visual) to influence internal and external stakeholders, using appropriate questioning techniques such as open questions, leading questions.
- Identify, collect and analyse relevant quality data using appropriate tools and techniques such as Pareto analysis, statistical methods and trending analysis.
- Apply methods and tools to improve the quality performance of processes, products and services such as production control plans, standardised work, use of failure modes and effects.
- Identify, analyse and prioritise quality specific risks and opportunities. Support the development, implementation and effectiveness of resulting actions.
- Plan and conduct system, product or process audits.
- Assess the effectiveness of the measurement systems using tool such as Measurement Systems Analysis.
- Identify requirements from technical documents, commercial input or stakeholder statements and converting to definitions that can drive the organisations processes
- Identify gaps in process performance and develop improvement plans to close gaps.
- Apply structured problem solving including identification, definition, measurement, analysis, improvement and control methods and tools.
- Communicate organisational quality strategy to all levels of the organisation.
- Identify who the internal and external stakeholders are and their current and optimal positions (such as hostile, help it work, opposed, uncooperative, indifferent, hesitant, enthusiastic support) required to support quality related activities.
Your training plan
Training will take place online.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- 5 GCSE's including Maths and English (grade 4/C or above)
Desirable qualifications
A Level in:
- Higher Qualifications like A-levels or Btec in Sci (grade C)
Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Organisation skills
- Problem solving skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
Other requirements
If you already hold a degree in Marketing then you will not be eligible for this apprenticeship. The apprentice must be able to demonstrate the required attitudes, behaviours and interpersonal skills associated with the professional workplace. The apprentice must be willing to commit an amount of personal time to study.
About this company
Our apprenticeship and graduate services have been supporting science industry employers to attract, retain and develop people who can contribute to business success since 2012.
Company benefits
Holiday Allowance - 25.5 Days Holiday Allowance, plus Bank Holidays Pension - Employee 5%, Employer 3% Annual Salary Review Casual Dress Employee Assistance Programme Onsite Parking Onsite Canteen Employee Recognition/Awards
Disability Confident
A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.
You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.
After this apprenticeship
Upon successful completion of the apprenticeship, you will be eligible to apply for other positions within the business.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
Cogent Ssc Limited
Imogen Russell
imogen.russell@cogentskills.com
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000290307.
Apply now
Closes on Sunday 9 March
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Company’s application instructions
Please apply for this position by completing the application form on the Cogent Skills vacancies page.