Our Automation Specialist plays a vital role within our organization. Once you complete our training, your responsibilities will include operating mechanisms to improve system performance by implementing, reviewing, testing, repairing, and maintaining our operating systems. At Quva, you will be an essential part of a mission-driven organization dedicated to expanding critical access to quality, affordable medication and data insights while promoting a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement. Your attention to detail and adherence to precise procedures will guarantee that our medications meet the highest standards of safety, efficacy, and quality, providing patients with the best possible care and outcomes. Turn your passion for precision and your commitment to quality into a meaningful impact on healthcare across the US.
What the Automation Specialist Does Each Day:
- Provides technical skills and expertise to support operations and ensure automated manufacturing equipment operates efficiently
- Supports constant operations by trouble shooting machines, monitoring PLC issues, performing root cause analysis on complex issues and executing improvements
- Investigates automation incidents and problems to prevent recurrence including the development and implementation of corrective actions
- Evaluates automated and information technology systems, and develops strategies to optimize and ensure quality and stability of automation systems through future expansion, replacement, or upgrade
- Uses different software tools and computer applications including but not limited to Microsoft Office, PLC programming software, electrical schematic design software, HMI programming software, SCADA systems and industrial networks
- Effectively and accurately handles most technical questions and objections for assigned products
- Maintains appropriate documentation for equipment and processes including change control, drawings, manuals, and validation
- Streamlines workflows and develop automated laboratory processes and instrumentation systems, including collecting and documenting requirements, developing concepts, design, testing/validation, implementation, and training
- Recognizes priorities and takes action; makes productive use of time
- Works in Clean Room Environments; obtains and maintains gowning certification
- Understands and adheres to policies and procedures
Our Most Successful Automation Specialist:
- Works effectively with all levels of the organization
- Builds and maintains strong business and collaborative relationships, internally and externally
- Possesses excellent interpersonal, communication, and writing skills, ability to analyze technical issues, define/solve problems, establish project plans, and draw valid conclusions
- Thinks analytically and systematically
- Is proficient in technical writing and current computer usage (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)
- Has a good working knowledge of regulatory guidance as it pertains to APIs and injectable drug products
Minimum Requirements for this Role:
- Associate’s degree in electrical engineering, or related technical field
- 5+ years’ experience in a manufacturing environment
- Aseptic Operator Qualification and Process Simulation
- Ability to work in Clean Room Environments; obtain and maintain gowning certification
- Proven ability to adapt and manage effectively in fast paced, changing environment
- 18+ Years Old
- Able to successfully complete a drug and background check
- Must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis; Quva is not able to sponsor applicants for work visas
Any of the Following Will Give You an Edge:
- Experience in aseptic processing
- Experience with FDA, GMP, and ISO standards
- Professional Engineering License (P. Eng. Or P.E.) or Certified Engineering Technologist (C.E.T)
Benefits of Working at Quva:
- Set, full-time, consistent work schedule
- Comprehensive health and wellness benefits including medical, dental and vision
- 401k retirement program with company match
- 17 paid days off plus 8 paid holidays per year
- Occasional weekend and overtime opportunities with advance notice
- National, industry-leading high growth company with future career advancement opportunities
About Quva:
Quva provides industry-leading health-system pharmacy services and solutions, including 503B sterile injectable outsourcing services and AI-based data software solutions that help power the business of pharmacy. Quva Pharma’s multiple production facilities and industry-first dedicated remote distribution capabilities provide ready-to-administer sterile injectable medicines critical to patient care. Quva BrightStream partners with health systems to aggregate, normalize, and analyze large amounts of complex data across their sites of care, and through proprietary machine learning, transforms data into actionable insights supporting revenue optimization, script capture, inventory management, drug shortage control, and more. Quva’s overall progressive and integrated platform helps health-systems transform pharmacy management to achieve greater value and deliver highest-quality patient care.
Quva is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to creating and maintaining a work environment that is free from all forms of discrimination and harassment. Quva's Equal Opportunity Policy prohibits harassment or discrimination due to age, ancestry, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, military or veteran status, national origin, race, religious creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, and any related medical conditions), sexual orientation, and any other characteristic or classification protected by applicable laws. All employment with Quva is “at will.”
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QuVa Pharma is a leader in 503B outsourced compounding, serving all 50 states with a full portfolio of sterile, ready-to-administer injectable products. QuVa was purpose-built to change the 503B industry for the better and is leading the way in making it more safe, efficient, and reliable. With unmatched expertise in cGMPs and sterile pharmaceutical manufacturing, we achieve higher than required quality and safety standards and maintain a leading FDA compliance record, so hospitals can more confidently and reliably focus on patient care. While our leading cGMP processes, sterile-to-sterile portfolio, and expansive capacity of 300,000 sq ft across four facilities are the foundation of success, it is our transparency, customer-focused service, and contracted supply arrangements that enable us to help hospitals and health systems better meet their patient care and operational needs. As FDA compliance becomes more stringent, QuVa's ability to reliably supply the highest-quality products is more valuable than ever and allows hospitals to spend more time on patient care and less time worried about beyond use dates, waste, workload inefficiencies, and compliance. That is why QuVa is proud to be recognized as the partner of choice for many of the nation’s leading health systems. So, whether you are calling for a response or being called on for a solution, know that QuVa is accountable, and in us, you always have an answer.
