CIPLA QUALITY CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES LIMITED EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES CiplaQCIL is a state-of-the-art WHO certified pharmaceutical manufacturing plant located at Luzira Industrial Park, Kampala producing anti-retroviral drugs (ARV’s) & Artemisinin-based Combination Therapies (ACTs) to combat HIV/AIDS and Malaria respectively. Founded in 2005, it is a joint venture between Uganda’s Quality Chemicals Limited & Cipla Ltd, a leading Indian pharmaceutical company. Designed to meet the world’s most stringent regulatory standards, CiplaQCIL is looking for professionally confident, self-motivated, and committed team players to reinforce their capacity by filling the following positions. A) QUALITY ASSURANCE OFFICERS (2) Reports to the Quality Assurance Manager The main roles include: 1. Ensuring that the sourcing of material, manufacturing, and testing is carried out as per dossier 2. Assisting in the conducting of in-process checks, self-inspection, vendor and quality audits, and investigations that regularly appraise the effectiveness and applicability of quality assurance systems 3. Assisting in the evaluation possibilities of product reprocessing, handling product quality complaints and product recall cases with urgency 4. Preparing SOPs, their reviews, issuance, withdrawal and disposal 5. Assembling and assisting in the review of all documentation relating to the processing, packaging and testing of each product batch Minimum Qualifications & Experience A Bachelor’s degree in science, or any other relevant course, with a minimum of two (2) years demonstrable experience in a pharmaceutical plant setup. B) QUALITY CONTROL OFFICER (2) Reports to the Quality Control Manager The main roles include: 1. Carrying out dossier reviews and ensuring that the sourcing of materials and testing is carried out as per dossier 2. Conducting product analyses, and analyses of stability studies 3. Preparing of trend analyses for water systems, air handling systems and environment control 4. Recording and maintaining all documentation relating to the quality control work for each product batch Minimum Qualifications & Experience Bachelor’s degree in Science Technology, or Industrial Chemistry, with a minimum of two (2) years’ demonstrable experience in a pharmaceutical manufacturing set up. C) PACKING OFFICER (1) Reports to Production Manager The main roles include: 1. Maintain the operational status of packing machines in the prescribed standard 2. Manage in-process parameter checking, take batch details, and maintain downtime record 3. Manage and participate in machine and area cleaning as per SOPs for both product and batch change-overs. 4. Monitor efficiency trends of packing machines by documenting equipment cleaning logs and machine history records 5. Filling of Batch Packing Records and daily documents. Minimum Qualifications & Experience Bachelor’s degree in, Science, Technology or Industrial Chemistry and any other relevant course, with a minimum of two (2) years’ experience in a pharmaceutical setup. D) STORES OFFICER (1) Reports to Stores Manager The main roles include: 1. Receiving of raw materials & packing materials and miscellaneous materials in Store. 2. Dispensing of raw materials, packing materials and miscellaneous materials. 3. Maintaining of inventory/stock records. 4. Determining procedural standards that cater for the maintenance of desired inventory levels and making timely follow-up with procurement team. 5. Assisting in the handling of damaged containers, returned stocks, rejected vendor materials and recalled batches Minimum Qualifications & Experience Bachelor’s degree in Science with relevant course in stores management, a minimum of two (2) years demonstrable experience in a pharmaceutical setup. Application Procedure: Applicants with the above requirements can post, email, or hand deliver their applications, curriculum vitae, copies of relevant academic and professional qualifications, contact details for three (3) professional referees and a daytime telephone number to the address below: The Human Resource Manager Cipla Quality Chemical Industries Ltd Luzira Industrial Park, P.O. Box 34871, Kampala. Email: [email protected] CiplaQCIL is an equal opportunity employer lobbying for any of the above positions will lead to automatic disqualification. Closing date for applications is 25th August 2014, at 5:00 pm. Only short listed candidates will be contacted.