Quality Assurance Officer

Company Description

The QC Lab of Eurofins Bactimm in Nijmegen is part of the international operating Eurofins Scientific and offers a diverse package of microbiological analyses regarding raw materials and finished products for various national and international clients within the pharmaceutical and medical device industry. The package of microbiological includes performing of bioburden tests, sterility tests, growth promotion tests and indication of microorganisms.

Job Description

As a Quality Assurance Officer, you are responsible for ensuring quality within our laboratory and operational processes. You will work according to GxP, ISO, and internal quality standards and play a key role in documentation control, audits, training, and compliance.

Your responsibilities include:

• Manage and assess deviations, changes, complaints, OOS, and CAPA in accordance with GMP guidelines.
• Maintain and monitor the change control and deviation systems.
• Perform routine quality assurance tasks according to SOPs and quality standards.
• Contribute to the assurance of the quality system based on regulatory requirements (and implementation of regulatory changes).
• Participate / setup QA initiatives and improvement projects.
• Train personnel on GMP and quality procedures.
• Conduct (internal) audits, self inspections and support external inspections (e.g., by regulatory authorities).
• Create and revise QA procedures and work instructions.
• Maintain the GMP documentation system and archive, including electronic systems.
• Support the creation, review, or updating of QA agreements.
• Manage documentation and compliance related to opiates and precursors.
• Ensure GxP compliance of the personnel, (validation) studies, facility and equipment from a QA perspective.
• Act as deputy for the QA Manager.

Qualifications

We are looking for a Quality Assurance Officer with the following criteria:

• Bachelor’s degree or above in (bio) Chemistry, Biotechnology, (bio) Pharmacy, (molecular) Biology or related field -OR- a MBO degree with at least 3 years of experience.
• Minimum of 1 year of experience in the (bio)pharmaceutical industry.
• Minimum of 1 year of experience in a quality oriented environment (GMP / GLP / ISO).
• Organized, structured and accurate.
• High quality awareness.
• Proactive and customer orientated team-player.
• Fluency in Dutch or English; knowledge of both is preferred.
• Knowledge of GMP quality system and regulatory requirements (Eudralex, ICH).
• Knowledge of (micro-)biological QC testing is preferred.
• Located in the Netherlands within reasonable distance of our site in Nijmegen and in possession of a valid work permit. 
• Available for a contract of 32 hours a week.

Additional Information

Bactimm and Eurofins: A world of possibilities 

This position is based at Eurofins Bactimm in Nijmegen. We have a close-knit team where collegiality and collaboration come first. We offer a responsible and challenging position within the team with room for your own ideas and input. Eurofins Bactimm also offers: 

• A competitive salary; 
• Flexible working hours; 
• 25 days of vacation (with the option to purchase 7 additional days); 
• Travel allowance of 23 cents net per kilometer. Are you traveling by public transport? Then your travel expenses will be fully reimbursed via NS Business Card; 
• Participation in a pension scheme with 50% contribution by Eurofins; 
• Each month, you accumulate a choice budget balance of 8.95% of your gross salary. This includes, among other things, holiday pay and a year-end bonus. You can choose to have this amount paid out, or you can use it to buy extra days off, for example. You choose what suits you best; 
• Discount on additional health insurance; 
• Tax benefit via FiscFree when purchasing various products and services via your gross salary, such as a bicycle, sports contribution, fitness, mobile telephony, computers & tablets or a weekend away; 
• Professional training and opportunities for training and development; 
• Training options via the online learning platform Good Habitz. 

Working at Eurofins Bactimm offers you the flexibility and personal touch of working in a medium sized and dynamic company, whilst also allowing you to benefit from having Eurofins as a parent company. Our ambitious growth plans provide ample opportunities for our employees: 

• Diverse developmental opportunities within the organization; 
• A large client portfolio ensures a lot of diversity in your work. 

More about Eurofins Scientific  

Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat, to the water you drink, to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins works with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic and labelling is accurate. Eurofins believes it is a global leader in food, environmental, pharmaceutical and cosmetics products testing and in agroscience CRO services. It is also one of the global independent market leaders in certain testing and laboratory services for genomics, discovery pharmacology, forensics, CDMO, advanced material sciences and in the support of clinical studies. 
 
In over just 30 years, Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes, France to over 62,000 staff across a network of more than 1000 independent companies in over 62 countries and operating more than 900 laboratories. Eurofins offers a portfolio of over 200,000 analytical methods to evaluate the safety, identity, composition, authenticity, origin, traceability and purity of biological substances and products, as well as providing innovative clinical diagnostic testing services, as one of the leading global emerging players in specialised clinical diagnostics testing. 
 
In 2025, Eurofins generated total revenues of EUR € 7.296 billion, and has been among the best performing stocks in Europe over the past 20 years. 

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