Production Documentation Officer At Sagar Vitaceuticals Nigeria Limited
Sagar Vitaceuticals Nigeria Limited
full-time
Role Summary
A Production Documentation Officer is responsible for preparing, issuing, reviewing, maintaining, and controlling manufacturing documents and records.
The officer ensures that production activities are accurately documented and traceable from dispensing of raw materials through manufacturing, packaging, and finished-product transfer.
Key Responsibilities
Preparation and Issuance of Batch Documents:
Prepare and issue Batch Manufacturing Records (BMRs) and Batch Packaging Records (BPRs).
Ensure that the correct and approved version of each document is issued to Production.
Verify that documents contain the required product, batch, equipment, material, and process information.
Review of Production Records::
Review completed BMRs and BPRs for accuracy, completeness, and compliance with approved procedures.
Check entries for proper dates, signatures, initials, quantities, equipment numbers, and processing parameters.
Identify missing, incorrect, or inconsistent entries and ensure they are properly addressed.
Documentation Compliance:
Ensure production documentation complies with Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) requirements.
Ensure activities are documented at the time they are performed, following good documentation practices.
Prevent unauthorized alterations, overwriting, backdating, or incomplete records.
Production Data Verification
Check records for:
Batch numbers
Raw-material quantities
Weighing/dispensing records
Equipment identification
Processing times
Temperatures
Machine parameters
Yield calculations
Packaging quantities
Reconciliation of materials and finished products.
Deviation and Documentation Error Management:
Identify documentation errors, deviations, discrepancies, and missing information.
Assist in documenting and investigating production deviations.
Support Corrective and Preventive Actions (CAPA) where required.
Document Control:
Maintain controlled copies of SOPs, BMRs, BPRs, forms, logbooks, and other production documents.
Withdraw obsolete documents and ensure only current approved versions are available for use.
Maintain proper document filing and retrieval systems.
Coordination with Other Departments:
Work closely with Production, Quality Assurance (QA), Quality Control (QC), Warehouse, Engineering and Regulatory Affairs.
Liaise with QA concerning batch-documentation discrepancies and document approval.
Ensure production records are available for QA review and eventual batch release.
Logbook Management:
Maintain and review production equipment and area logbooks.
Ensure entries are complete, legible, dated and properly signed.
Monitor the use and issuance of controlled production records.
Batch Reconciliation:
Verify material usage and reconciliation against expected quantities.
Review actual yield against theoretical yield.
Report significant discrepancies for investigation.
Archiving and Record Retention:
File completed batch records and other production documents appropriately.
Maintain document traceability and confidentiality.
Ensure records are retained according to company procedures and regulatory requirements.
Important GMP Principles to Know
For a Production Documentation role, you should understand Good Documentation Practices (GDP), including:
Entries must be legible, accurate and permanent.
Records should be completed contemporaneouslyat the time the activity occurs.
Never erase or obscure an incorrect entry.
Corrections should be made according to approved procedures, normally by making a single-line correction, entering the correct information, and adding initials/date and an explanation where required.
Blank spaces should be handled according to the applicable SOP.
Only approved and current documents should be used.
Every manufacturing activity must be traceable.
Typical Qualifications
A Production Documentation Officer may be expected to have:
B.Sc. / B.Tech in Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Technology, Chemistry, Biochemistry, Microbiology, Industrial Chemistry, or a related discipline.
Knowledge of GMP and GDP.
Good understanding of pharmaceutical manufacturing processes.
Strong documentation and record-keeping skills.
Good computer skills, particularly Microsoft Word and Excel.
Excellent attention to detail.
Ability to identify discrepancies and documentation errors.
Good communication and organizational skills.
Example CV Description
You could describe the role on your CV like this:
Production Documentation Officer: Responsible for the preparation, issuance, review, control and archiving of Batch Manufacturing Records, Batch Packaging Records, SOPs, logbooks and other production documents. Ensured accurate and timely documentation of manufacturing activities in compliance with GMP and Good Documentation Practices. Reviewed batch records for completeness, accuracy, material reconciliation, yield calculations, equipment identification and adherence to approved manufacturing procedures. Supported deviation investigations, CAPA implementation and coordination between Production and Quality Assurance.
For a pharmaceutical company such as Sagar Vitaceuticals, this role is particularly relevant to BMR/BPR review, GMP compliance, documentation control, batch reconciliation, production logbooks, and coordination with QA and Production.