Quality Assurance Associate

At Alcon, we're passionate about enhancing sight and helping people see brilliantly. With more than 25,000 associates, we innovate fearlessly, champion progress, and act swiftly to impact global eye health. We foster an inclusive culture, recognising your contributions and offering opportunities to grow your career like never before. Together, we make a difference in the lives of our patients and customers. Are you ready to join us?

This role is part of Alcon's UK and Ireland Quality & Regulatory Affairs function, a team that ensures our products are in compliance with global and local regulations, GxP as well as ISO 13485 requirements and meet the strictest standards of quality.

The Sr. Associate, Quality Assurance is primarily responsible for supporting maintenance and monitoring of the Quality Management System to ensure compliance with Alcon policies and local and international regulations. Typical responsibilities in this role will include:

• Supporting the Maintenance and Monitoring of the Quality Management System, including assessing and performing root cause analysis as per Alcon's non-conformance process and defining SMART CAPA and effectiveness checks.
• Participating in or leading quality projects.
• Performing routine work such as product release, monitoring of storage conditions, and redress activities in compliance with local regulatory, GxP as well as ISO 13485 requirements.
• Performing corrective actions as well as field safety corrective actions, communicating with authorities and affected customers.
• Managing supplier qualification and risk evaluation, establishing quality assurance agreements with suppliers.
• Conducting internal and external audits as an Alcon auditor, including monitoring of audit measures.
• Acting as the UK Facility Records Administrator ensuring that GxP records maintained by the site are managed in accordance with Alcon's global procedures.
• Ensuring the annual training mapping exercise and training completion is performed for all roles within Alcon UK.
• Working with Subject Matter Experts from across all Alcon UK functions to support the continuous improvement of training course development and delivery.
• Maintaining records in accordance with Good Documentation Practices and ALCOA++ principles.
• Completing assigned activities within SAP IRIS as directed by the Director of QRA and Quality Manager.
• Completing effective investigation of Nonconformance / DCT records within defined timelines.
• Participating in Site Internal, Internal and External Audits in accordance with ISO 19011 Guidelines for auditing management systems.
• Undertaking any other duties or projects as requested by the Line Manager.

What you’ll bring to Alcon:

• Open to graduates with a science degree; industry experience a plus but not a must.
• Autonomous and self-driven.
• Innovative mindset with the ability to identify and implement process improvements.
• Skilled at streamlining and optimising workflows for efficiency.
• The ability to be onsite in HO Watchmoor Park 5 days per week.

How You Can Thrive At Alcon:

• A competitive salary package with fixed salary, bonus, pension, and health insurance.
• A flexible work environment with competent and committed colleagues.
• Focused growth and development opportunities.

Location: Watchmoor Park, United Kingdom
Type: Full time