Location: Ikeja, Lagos
Employment Type: Full-Time
Industry: Pharmaceutical Manufacturing / Quality Control
Sagar Vitaceuticals Nigeria Limited, formerly known as Strides Vital Nigeria Limited, was established through a strategic partnership between Vital Pharmaceuticals Limited and India’s Strides Arcolabs Limited, a company listed on the National Stock Exchange (NSE). In 2017, Sagar Overseas Limited acquired 100% of the company’s shares, following which it was renamed Sagar Vitaceuticals Nigeria Limited.
The company is recruiting a qualified and experienced professional to fill the position of Senior Microbiologist in its Quality Control department.
Job Summary
The Senior Microbiologist will lead the microbiology laboratory section within the Quality Control (QC) department, ensuring that pharmaceutical raw materials, water systems, in-process samples and finished products comply with established microbiological purity standards, Current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP) and applicable statutory requirements.
The role covers products such as oral liquids, syrups, tablets and capsules, with particular attention to NAFDAC and pharmacopoeial standards.
Key Responsibilities
- Microbiological Testing and Analysis: Oversee and perform complex microbiological tests, including sterility testing, microbial limit tests (MLT), antimicrobial effectiveness testing and bioburden assays.
- Environmental Monitoring: Manage environmental monitoring programmes across cleanrooms, production floors and sterile and non-sterile manufacturing areas. This includes air sampling, surface swabbing and personnel monitoring.
- Water System Validation and Testing: Routinely monitor and test purified water (PW) and water for injection (WFI) systems to ensure compliance with pharmacopoeial water quality specifications.
- Media Preparation and Culture Maintenance: Supervise culture media preparation, maintenance of microbial cultures and strains, and qualification of laboratory reagents and equipment, including autoclaves, incubators and laminar flow hoods.
- Investigation and CAPA: Lead investigations into out-of-specification (OOS) and out-of-trend (OOT) microbiological results, conduct root-cause analyses and implement appropriate Corrective and Preventive Actions (CAPA).
- Regulatory Audit Readiness: Prepare the microbiology laboratory for internal audits, external quality inspections and regulatory visits, including those conducted by NAFDAC and PCN.
- Team Leadership and SOP Management: Develop, review and update laboratory Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), while providing technical training, supervision and mentorship to junior QC analysts and microbiologists.
Qualifications and Experience
- A minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree (B.Sc.) or Higher National Diploma (HND) in Microbiology, Industrial Microbiology or a closely related biological science.
- 4–7 years of practical experience working in a microbiology laboratory within a regulated pharmaceutical manufacturing or healthcare products environment.
Required Skills and Competencies
- In-depth knowledge of pharmacopoeial standards, including USP, BP and Ph. Eur.
- Proven expertise in environmental monitoring, sterility testing and water system validation in pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities.
- Strong understanding of cGMP guidelines and NAFDAC regulatory requirements.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Strong technical documentation and report-writing abilities.
- Effective leadership, supervision and team management skills.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their updated CV to [email protected] and [email protected], using Senior Microbiologist as the subject of the email.
Application Closing Date
15th December, 2026.