Quality Assurance Specialist

Summary: We are looking for a Quality Assurance Specialist that will be responsible for GMP compliance on all products, ingredients, facilities, and operations throughout the organization. All training will be provided. Clean, safe and friendly work environment with excellent health benefits, paid holidays and vacation, retirement plan, PTO, bonuses and more. All work is done in climate-controlled environments. Career advancement potential.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Maintain, create and administer SOP’s
• Monitor and enforce GMP compliance
• Review QC and production documentation for accuracy and consistency
• Maintain AER database and investigate product complaints
• Conduct mock product recalls
• Storage and tracking of retained finished products
• Manage CAPA program
• Label documentation and tracking
• Perform employee GMP and quality training
• Keep facility prepared for FDA inspection
• Inspect raw and finished materials
• Collect and log data from monitoring devices and equipment
• Monitor pest control program
• Perform other related duties as assigned by management

Qualifications:

• High school diploma or equivalent; further education is beneficial
• Previous QC/QA experience not required, but beneficial
• Familiar with GMP requirements and/or a background in dietary supplements/foods is beneficial
• Basic computer skills required: Microsoft Office (Excel and Word) and basic desktop PC operation
• Ability to work independently or with others, learn quickly and change tasks frequently
• Steady concentration and a strong attention to detail
• Effective verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as material labels, instruction manuals, product specifications and operating procedures
• Ability to reasonably compare results to specifications to verify if result meets requirements
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, percentages and decimals

Physical Demands:

• Frequently required to stand, walk and/or sit
• Occasionally required to reach, balance, stoop, climb, bend, kneel or crawl
• Occasionally required to ascend and/or descend stairs
• Frequently required to talk and/or hear
• Frequently required to taste and/or smell
• Occasional exposure to outside weather conditions
• Must occasionally lift, move, slide, raise and/or place 35 lbs.
• Frequently required to work near moving mechanical parts
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include: Close vision; Distance vision; Color vision; Peripheral vision; Depth perception and ability to adjust focus
• Work environment consists of: office, cleanrooms, packaging & production facilities, and warehouses
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate