Inspection & Packaging Reject Verifier in Albuquerque, New Mexico
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Curia is a global contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) with over 30 years of experience partnering with pharmaceutical and biotech companies to provide life-saving treatments to patients. At Curia, we are on a mission to advance our customers’ therapies from curiosity to cure and ultimately to improve patients’ lives.
We proudly offer
- Generous benefit options (eligible first day of employment)
- Paid training, vacation and holidays (vacation accrual begins on first day of employment)
- Career advancement opportunities
- Education reimbursement
- 401K program with matching contributions
- Learning platform
- And more!
Summary:
The Inspection & Packaging Reject Verifier performs inspection and packaging operations while serving as the subject matter expert for reject verification, defect identification, and classification in accordance with established Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP). This role evaluates products requiring further review, completes all required reject verification documentation, and trains and qualifies inspection personnel on defect recognition and inspection procedures. The Reject Verifier collaborates with cross-functional teams to support investigations, process improvements, customer interactions, and regulatory audits while ensuring product quality, compliance, and operational excellence.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Performs inspection and packaging activities when not assigned to reject verification or other designated responsibilities.
- Maintains qualification to perform inspection activities in accordance with applicable SOPs.
- Evaluates "Further Review" vials identified during 100% inspection and determines defect classification in accordance with established SOPs.
- Completes all required documentation related to defect identification and disposition, including Reject Verification Inspection (RVI) forms, batch production records (PBRs), and other applicable records.
- Communicates reject verification results to management and promptly escalates issues through verbal communication and written correspondence, as appropriate.
- Collaborates effectively with cross-functional departments to support production and quality objectives.
- Captures and maintains photographic documentation of defects for use in defect libraries, training materials, customer communications, and presentations.
- Provides training and guidance to inspection personnel on defect identification during online inspection and communicates defect trends and performance concerns to the Line Lead and/or Supervisor.
- Trains new and existing employees on inspection processes, qualification requirements, and other departmental procedures and training programs.
- Supports the execution of annual inspection qualification testing.
- Assists with departmental projects and initiatives related to inspection processes, defect identification, and continuous process improvement.
- Serves as a subject matter expert in reject identification and classification by supporting customer inquiries and technical discussions, as needed.
- Presents reject verification processes, responsibilities, and performance during customer meetings and regulatory or client audits.
- Assists with quality investigations and the implementation of process-related corrective and preventive actions (CAPAs).
- Promotes a culture of continuous improvement by identifying opportunities to enhance operational efficiency, product quality, and process effectiveness.
- Leads or supports departmental projects and ensures assigned initiatives are successfully managed through completion.
- Read/interpret SOPs to ensure compliance
- Maintain up to date trainings
- Other duties as assigned
Education and Experience:
- High school diploma or general education degree (GED)
- Minimum one (1) year of related experience in production, manufacturing, preferred
- Minimum one (1) year of clean room experience, preferred
Language Skills:
Ability to read and interpret documents such as, but not limited to, safety instructions, standard operating procedures, policies, and manuals. Ability to write clearly and communicate effectively.
Mathematical Skills:
Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide into all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, decimals and percentages. Ability to draw and interpret bar graphs.
Reasoning Ability:
Ability to demonstrate understanding and effective application of written and oral instruction.
Computer Skills:
Skilled in Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook. Ability to quickly adapt and learn new manufacturing software systems.
Other Skills and Abilities:
- Fosters a collaborative and positive work environment
- Champions change
- Promotes a safe and healthy work environment by actively identifying and addressing potential hazards, following established safety protocols, participating in safety training programs, and fostering a culture of awareness and responsibility among team members.
- Demonstrates strong attention to detail
- Meet or exceed visual acuity, depth perception and color requirements.
- Must receive passing tests results on vision, color blindness and depth perception eye exam.
- Must have clear vision: up close (20 inches or less), at distance (20 feet or more), color (ability to identify and distinguish colors), depth perception (three dimensional vision, ability to judge distances and spatial relationships), adjust focus (ability to adjust the eye to bring an object into sharp focus), and peripheral (ability to observe an area that can be seen up and down or left to right while eyes are fixed on a given point).
Other Qualifications:
Must pass a background check
Must pass a drug screen
May be required to pass Occupational Health Screening
Must pass initial and annual vision test
Physical Demands:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
The essential physical demands will vary for each Curia position.
All positions may require regular or occasional lifting, pushing and pulling up to 10 pounds, frequently; up to 25 pounds occasionally; and up to 50 pounds infrequently. Additionally, all positions entail regular sitting, standing and reaching, with some roles requiring prolonged periods of time for each activity. Visual acuity, both close and distant, along with depth perception is necessary in each role, with or without corrective lenses. Please note that employees are prohibited from wearing contact lenses in work areas with exposure to cleaning agents. Hand and finger dexterity are integral to all positions, with specific activities varying from typing to manipulating maintenance tools or operating keypads, switches, and buttons. Occasional stooping, kneeling, twisting, crouching, crawling and balancing are also part of each position’s physical requirements. Certain roles may involve climbing and working at elevated heights as well.
Work Environment:
The work environment characteristics, described below, are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
The working environments will vary for each Curia position. The employee may be required to work in an office, manufacturing, or warehouse environment.
The office environment is designed for comfort and productivity, with room temperature settings maintained for optimal working conditions. It is common to hear conversational noise in the background.
The pharmaceutical manufacturing environment is sterile. Therefore, aseptic gowning is required. Personal protective equipment (nitrile gloves, clean room socks, face-shields, safety glasses, aprons, steel-toed shoes and powered air purifying respirators) is necessary, depending upon the task at hand. The employee may be exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, confined areas, and refrigerator or freezer temperatures when working in a sterile environment.
The warehouse environment is typically set at a controlled temperature but the employee may be exposed to refrigerator or freezer temperatures when retrieving materials.
Some positions may occasionally be exposed to moving mechanical parts, elevated heights, airborne particles, electrical activities and vibration. In addition, some positions may work with or be exposed to, compressed gases and must wear ear protection.
All environments may be subject to working with or being exposed to cleaning agents.
Education, experience, location and tenure may be considered along with internal equity when job offers are extended.
We do not accept unsolicited assistance from any headhunters or recruitment firms for any of our job openings. All resumes or profiles submitted by search firms to any employee at Curia, in any form without a valid, signed search agreement by an authorized signatory in place for the specific position, approved by Talent Acquisition, will be deemed the sole property of Curia. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Curia because of the unsolicited referral.
All interested applicants must apply online. Please be aware of scammers. Curia will only send offer letters and requests for sensitive personal information from a curiaglobal.com email address. Curia is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. Curia is an E-Verify employer.
