Document Control & QA Specialist (QC labs)
Location: San Diego, California
Country: United States
Category: LIMS
Workplace Location: Onsite
Employment Type: Contract
Posted Date: June 18, 2026
Job ID: 648254
Job Description
Pharmaceutical organization seeks a Document Control & QA Specialist to manage QC documentation within a Quality Management System (eQMS) and provide QA oversight for QC laboratory operations, sample management, stability programs, and method transfer documentation. Focus includes GxP compliance, ALCOA+ data integrity, inspection readiness, and governance of controlled documentation supporting a LIMS-enabled QC lab environment, including instrument integrations and method transfer activity into Waters Empower CDS. The ideal candidate will have 6+ years supporting FDA-regulated / GxP environment, and exposure to both LIMS and eQMSs. Opportunity provides an onsite 12-month contract for a qualified individual local to San Diego.
Benefits"
Pay Range: Up to $55/hr. (C2C)
Work Arrangement: 100% onsite in San Diego, CA (local candidates only)
Duration: 12-month contract (ASAP start; extension possible based on business needs)
Responsibilities:
QA Oversight of QC Laboratory, Sample Management, Stability, and Method Transfer Documentation
- Perform QA review and approval routing for QC procedures, sample management documentation, stability protocols, method transfer protocols, SOPs, and work instructions.
- Provide QA oversight of QC process documents and method transfer protocols to ensure alignment with internal quality governance expectations.
- Review/approve QC instrument qualification documentation when equipment is integrated with Empower and/or the LIMS.
- Ensure documentation and records meet ALCOA+ data integrity principles (Attributable, Legible, Contemporaneous, Original, Accurate, Complete, Enduring, Available)
- Ensure document lifecycle compliance within the eQMS (draft, review, approval, issuance, archival, periodic review)
- Provide QA governance over documentation supporting sample receipt, handling, storage, testing, and stability lifecycle activities.
- Support inspection readiness through QA oversight of QC documentation practices and data integrity compliance.
- Author, revise, and review SOPs governing QC laboratory processes including sample management, stability testing, and method transfer.
- Ensure SOPs clearly define controlled laboratory practices and align with regulatory requirements and internal quality systems.
- Partner with QC, QA, and technical stakeholders to ensure procedures accurately reflect current laboratory operations.
- Ensure SOP updates are version-controlled, approved, implemented via eQMS, and paired to required training assignments.
- Maintain standardization across QC procedures to support consistent compliance and data integrity expectations.
- Initiate and manage document workflows within eQMS (draft, review, approval)
- Assign reviewers/approvers and manage effective dates.
- Issue and reconcile controlled documents and QC logbooks (as applicable)
- Maintain document archival and retrieval practices to support audit/inspection readiness.
- Monitor, drive, and close document change requests (DCRs)
- Support periodic review execution for controlled documents.
- Assign training tied to new or revised QC and quality system documents.
- Develop and update training materials and challenge questions linked to SOPs (as required)
- Ensure training content remains aligned to currently approved procedures.
- Support alignment between document revisions and training completion requirements.
- Operate in a LIMS-enabled QC laboratory environment with understanding of GxP controls, sample/data/instrument workflows, and traceability expectations.
- Support controlled processes for sample management, stability tracking, data integrity, and system-related documentation governance.
- Support method transfers documentation and instrument integration workflows, including Empower-related documentation needs.
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Chemistry, Biochemistry, Pharmaceutical Sciences, or a related scientific discipline
- 6+ years regulated industry experience supporting FDA-regulated / GxP environments.
- Demonstrated QA oversight experience in a QC laboratory environment, including sample management and stability processes.
- Hands-on experience authoring/revising SOPs governing laboratory processes (QC-focused)
- Strong knowledge of ALCOA+ and data integrity expectations
- Experience working within eQMS and LIMS environments.
- Experience supporting documentation related to method transfers and instrument integrations, including Waters Empower CDS
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