Details
Posted: 20-Apr-22
Location: Paris, Kentucky
Type: Full Time
Preferred Education: 4 Year Degree
Categories:
Quality Engineering
Additional Information:
Employer will assist with relocation costs.
Internal Number: R-127865
Why Avantor?
- Full-Time Health Benefits on Your First Day
- Sign-On Bonus
- Annual Bonus
- Competitive Time off Package (PTO and Holidays)
- Employee Stock Options
- Retirement Plan Options with company match
- Direct Hire
The Quality Control Manager will oversee, provide guidance, and coordinate Quality Control activities including testing, sampling, and calibration activities consistent with established standards, while assuring compliance with ISO and internal policies and procedures.
What does the position do?
- Lead all aspects of the quality control and production functions at the site.
- Inspect, test and sample all products from receipt of raw material to release of finished product.
- Prepare and implement appropriate inspection and test procedures.
- Support and make sure quality system, regulatory policies and work instruction.
- Maintain all quality control records; review and approve Quality Control documents including but not limited to: specifications, procedures, work instructions, reports, etc.
- Ensure the control of analytical test and measuring equipment including performing periodic in-house calibration of analytical equipment (GC’s, HPLC’s) and maintenance of these calibration records.
- Ensure product requirements to fulfill customer orders are planned and scheduled via regular planning meetings.
- Ensure that all established and appropriate process controls, procedures and written work instructions are adopted and/or prepared particularly where their absence would affect quality.
- Maintain quality and quantity of output; arrange for equipment, materials and supplies to be available for work assignments; see that equipment is given accurate care; troubleshoot faulty operations to resolve cause.
- Respond to and resolve any product quality related problems that may arise.
- Review any non-conforming product and resolving actions required.
- Assist in the development of new processes and process improvements.
- As needed, develop new analytical methods and procedures; provide analytical technical support to customers.
- Prepare certificates of analysis.
- Complete work in compliance with customer requirements and with the applicable standards, industry, health and safety and company procedures.
- Report on patterns, trends and other quantifiable measurements to resolve effectiveness of the QMS and related processes.
- Control and secure quality control information.
- Assist in figuring out priority of urgent items and appropriate action plan to effectuate priority.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
What do you need to have?
- Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry, Biology , Biochemistry or science related field
- 5+ years of related/applicable Quality Control experience; minimum 1 year of leadership experience
- Experience in a production/manufacturing environment preferred
What would be nice to have?
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Strong analytical skills
- Good interpersonal skills, Strong digital literacy & attention to detail
- Ability to work in a team environment
- Perform duties with the highest regard for safety and quality
- Ability to understand and follow site protocols, policies and procedures
- Ability to prioritize tasks and meet deadlines & Problem-solving skills
What’s the environment like?
- The work environment characteristics and physical effort described here are representative of those associate encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities.
- While performing the duties of this job, the associate is exposed to an industrial warehouse environment.
- The associate works near moving mechanical machinery and noise level in the work environment is usually loud.
- The job requires working in heights, exposure to changes in temperature, driving equipment, and maybe exposed to dust, fumes, or gases.
- The associate is required to stand and walk for the majority of the working day. The physical requirements of the job are for associates to talk, hear, bend/stoop, squat, crawl, climb height, reach above shoulder height, crouch, kneel, balance, and push/pull.
- Furthermore, the job requires associates to lift/carry/push or pull up to 75 pounds with or without assistance.
- Associates use both hands for repetitive actions such as grasping and manipulating as well as both feet for repetitive movement operating foots controls. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
- Each employee is responsible to perform their defined tasks to maintain the site’s certifications and follow all regulatory requirements.
- The employee is expected to shut down the operation and notify management if an unsafe condition is observed or an instance of regulatory non-compliance that requires immediate attention arises.
- Regulatory requirements include, but are not limited to cGMPs, EPA, OSHA, DEA, DOT, and any other applicable local, governmental and company guidelines
- Meet minimum training requirements for RCRA Hazardous Waste Management (40 CFR 262.17(a)(7)) within 6 months of employment, and re-train as required by the Kentucky DEP and US EPA hazardous waste regulations
