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Production Pharmacist
About this role
The role is for a Production Pharmacist at Aquatix Pharmaceutical Company in Ikeja, Lagos, a Nigeria-based firm with a nationwide presence and a portfolio of registered products. The position involves overseeing daily pharmaceutical manufacturing activities, ensuring adherence to GMP, SOPs and batch records, and coordinating with QA/QC and engineering teams. The pharmacist will monitor production processes, manage deviations, maintain equipment and production documents, and support efficiency improvements. It is aimed at a registered pharmacist with a BPharm or PharmD, PCN registration, and practical manufacturing experience. The employer operates in the Nigerian pharmaceutical sector and maintains a production environment with a focus on quality and compliance.
What you would do
- Investigate production deviations and implement corrective actions with relevant departments.
- Review and complete production documentation such as BMRs, equipment usage logs and cleaning records.
- Ensure proper maintenance of production equipment with Engineering and Maintenance.
- Ensure operations comply with SOPs, batch manufacturing instructions and GMP.
- Supervise and coordinate daily manufacturing activities per production schedules.
- Monitor in-process parameters and collaborate with QA/QC to ensure product quality.
- Ensure line clearance and verify equipment cleanliness before production begins.
- Identify and handle raw materials, packaging materials and finished products.
- Monitor processes including dispensing, granulation, drying, milling, compression, coating, capsule filling and packing as applicable.
- Ensure compliance with safety, hygiene and environmental requirements in the production area.
What they are asking for
- Identify, report and document production deviations and non-conformances.
- Understanding of in-process quality control, line clearance, equipment cleaning and production documentation.
- Good knowledge of GMP and pharmaceutical manufacturing procedures.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office, especially Excel (added advantage).
- Knowledge of SOPs, BMRs and BPRs.
- Strong communication, organisational, problem-solving and team-management skills.
- Practical experience in granulation, tablet compression, coating, capsule filling or pharmaceutical packing.
- Bachelor of Pharmacy or Doctor of Pharmacy from a recognised institution.
- Registered pharmacist with the Pharmacists Council of Nigeria and valid practising licence.
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