Quality Assurance Manager (LVP Infusion Plant)
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Erkang Pharmaceutical, a multinational manufacturer of Large Volume Parenterals (Infusion), is hiring a Quality Assurance Manager for its new plant in Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria. The role focuses on ensuring IV infusion production complies with GMP, maintaining the Quality Management System, and overseeing audits, deviations, and product quality reviews. This is a full-time position.
- Multinational pharmaceutical manufacturer starting operations in Ilorin, Kwara State
- Full-time Quality Assurance Manager role focused on LVP infusion plant
- Responsibilities include GMP compliance, NAFDAC audit support, and QMS maintenance
- Focus on sterility, endotoxin, and particulate contamination prevention
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Job Title: Quality Assurance Manager (LVP Infusion Plant)
Quality Assurance Manager (LVP Infusion Plant) at Erkang Pharmaceutical
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Sep 21, 2026, 6:20 AM
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Erkang Pharmaceuticals is a multinational manufacturer of pharmaceutical products starting up in Ilorin, Kwara State Nigeria. Erkang Pharmaceutical is one of the largest manufacturers of Large Volume Parenterals (Infusion) and other products in the world.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Location: Ilorin, Kwara
Employment Type: Full-time
Core Objective
Ensure IV infusion production complies with GMP, prevent microbial, particulate and endotoxin contamination, and guarantee product release quality.
Core Job
Responsibilities
- Quality System Maintenance & Continuous Improvement:
- Organize and conduct full-element GMP self-inspections or mock audits, issue gap analysis reports and CAPA plans, and ensure a high on-time closure rate for non-conformities (e.g., ≥95%).
- Lead or support official audits (e.g., NAFDAC) and customer audits (e.g., large medical institutions, commercial partners) to ensure successful passing and avoid critical deficiencies.
- Establish and maintain a Quality Management System (QMS) covering the full lifecycle of IV infusion products (from material procurement and production to market feedback).
- Production Process & On-site Monitoring:
- Supervise workshop quality checkpoints, develop special monitoring plans for appearance defects (visible particles, leakage), and reduce appearance defect rates of finished products.
- Review all changes affecting product quality (process, equipment, material changes) and conduct risk assessments.
- Conduct daily inspections and quality checkpoint assessments for IV infusion workshops (including compounding, bottle washing, filling and sealing, sterilization, light inspection, packaging, etc.), ensuring personnel operations and environmental monitoring meet sterility requirements.
- Deviation, Change & Risk Management:
- Organize investigation and review of all deviations, quality incidents, OOS and OOT results; identify root causes and implement effective CAPAs.
- Regularly identify, assess, control, and review quality risks in production, especially IV infusion-specific risks (sterilization F₀ value assurance, seal integrity, insoluble particles).
- Draft and review annual product quality reviews, perform trend analysis on quality data and monitoring data (environmental monitoring, water system monitoring).
- Materials & Supplier Management:
- Organize sampling, inspection review, and release review of raw materials, excipients, and packaging materials (PP ports, non-PVC multi-layer co-extrusion films, glass bottles), ensuring non-conforming materials and intermediates are not used.
- Collaborate with the Procurement Department to conduct on-site audits of key material suppliers and regularly evaluate their quality assurance capabilities.
- Team Management & Cross-departmental Collaboration:
- Coordinate with Production, Engineering, Logistics and other departments to handle quality-related matters.
- Manage, train and develop the QA team (on-site QA, system QA, document controllers, etc.), develop training plans to improve sterility assurance awareness.
Qualifications
Education
& Major:
Bachelor's Degree or above in Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Preparation, Pharmaceutical Engineering, Biopharmacy, Chemistry, or related fields.
Work
Experience
Management
At least 3 years of team management
(QA Supervisor or Manager).
Industry: At least 10years of pharmaceutical production and quality management experience, with a background in sterile preparations, especially large-volume IV infusions.
Professional Knowledge & Skills:
Tools: Skilled in risk management, deviation investigation tools (fishbone diagram, 5-Why), strong document writing and review skills.
Regulations: Proficient in NAFDAC Drug Administration Law, latest GMP (especially the Annex: Sterile Medicinal Products); familiarity with EU GMP Annex 1 or FDA sterile processing guidelines is preferred.
Sterility assurance: Deep understanding of IV infusion processes (terminal sterilization / aseptic processing), autoclave validation, HVAC systems, water systems, media fills.
IT: Proficient in office software;
with QMS, LIMS or other quality informatics systems is preferred.
Core Competencies:
Quality awareness: Strong principles, sharp quality risk identification ability.
Decision-making: Good leadership, judgment, and decision-making ability; able to make science- and regulation-based decisions on material and product release.
Communication: Excellent cross-departmental coordination and anti-pressure ability; able to make quick decisions for unexpected quality issues in continuous mass production.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to:
hr.erkangpharma@gmail.com
using the Job Title as the subject of the email.
Application
Deadline:
31st October, 2026.
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