Quality Assurance Technician

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Job Summary: Madre Fruta is seeking a Quality Assurance Technician to ensure compliance with cultivation (GACP) and manufacturing (GMP) processes, supporting audits, analyses, and continuous improvement. Key Highlights: 1. Ensure compliance with GACP and GMP processes 2. Support audits and process control analyses 3. Participate in continuous improvement of the QMS and training Madre Fruta is recruiting a **Quality Assurance Technician** for a local grower-producer located in Luz de Tavira; the employee will be responsible for ensuring compliance with cultivation (GACP) and manufacturing (GMP) processes. The **Quality Technician** shall perform the following duties: * Review documentation generated from Cultivation (GACP) and Manufacturing (GMP) activities, in accordance with the relevant guidelines and the company’s internal procedures; * Support internal audits of cultivation and manufacturing; * Conduct in-process control analyses during manufacturing; * Verify adherence to the Preventive/Corrective Maintenance Plan, Qualifications/Validations, and Calibrations; * Evaluate suppliers/subcontractors and customers; * Support SOP reviews; * Support implementation of Risk Management; * Develop deviation reports and change controls; * Issue labels as part of the manufacturing process; * Support logistics processes (raw material receipt; export of pharmaceutical products); * Support continuous improvement of the QMS by identifying improvement opportunities in cultivation and manufacturing activities; * Participate in training of cultivation and manufacturing staff; * Verify cultivation and manufacturing logbooks; **Profile:** * Minimum education: 12th grade. A higher education degree in health sciences, life sciences, agronomy, or engineering is desirable; * Prior experience in the pharmaceutical industry / cannabis cultivation and manufacturing / food industry is desirable; * Dynamic, rigorous, detail-oriented, and responsible professional; * Strong analytical skills; * Good interpersonal skills and ability to work effectively in a team; * Good verbal and written communication skills in Portuguese and English; * Proficiency in computer applications (MS Office). **Offer:** * Indefinite-term, full-time contract; * Remuneration commensurate with experience.